别人家的学校：学生边玩网游边做寒假作业

 Students at a high school have been assigned to playing online games to finish their chemistry homework during winter break in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, according to website Cqnews.net on Monday.

周一，根据重庆新闻报道，重庆一所高中学校鼓励学生玩游戏来作为寒假作业。

The game, named Gas Station of Chemistry, was initiated¹ and developed by 16 chemistry teachers at the Chongqing Tsinghua High School. The development process began in 2012.

这款游戏叫《化学加油站》，是2012年由重庆清华中学的16名化学老师联合开发。

Head of the team Wen Jiming said the game covers all basic knowledge points in Chemistry and it has been made available to the public since 2014.

化学教研组组长组长文继明说这款游戏覆盖了化学中的所有知识点，游戏在2014年就公之于众了。

There is a total of 35 passes of the game to be braved, with increasing levels of difficulty.

这款闯关游戏共有35道关卡，难度依次递增。

Yin Yuanyuan, now a college freshman², used to study at the high school. She said she played the game during her winter break.

尹媛媛，现在是名大学生，曾在这所高中就读过。她说她读高中时也在寒假玩这个游戏。

She added that the easy way to the game is to keep the basics of chemistry in mind.

她说玩这个游戏的好处是能把化学的基础知识牢记于心。

Liao Qi, a Professor of Education at Southwest University, believes that learning by playing games help students study more efficiently³ and therefore should be encouraged.

西南大学的教育学教授廖其发说，他相信玩这款游戏能帮助学生提高学习效率，值得提倡推广。

1 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

2 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

3 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。