山东省自考英语二Unit 6.docVIP

Unit 6 （山东省自考英语） Text A The British Educational System 英国的教育体系 All over the world，the mention of English education suggests a picture of“public schools”， and it suggests in particular the names of certain very famous instructions—Eton，Oxford and Cambridge; but People do not always realize what place these institutions occupy in the who1e educational system． 一提起英国教育呈现在人们面前的往往是一幅“公学”的画面，特别是一些著名的教育机构——伊顿、牛津、剑桥等；但是人们往往不了解这些机构在英国整个教育体系中所占的位置。 Oxford and Cambridge are universities each haying about 12，000 students out of a total of over 250，000 students at all British universities． 牛津和剑桥两所大学分别拥有大约12 000在校生，而全英在校大学生的总数超过250 000。 Eton is a public school，and the best known of the public schools. which，in spite of their name，are not really public at all，but independent and private secondary schools taking boys from the age thirteen to eighteen years． 伊顿是所公学，也是最著名的公学, 尽管名字叫公学，其实并不是真正意义上的公立学校，而是所独立的私立中学。它只招收13-18岁的男孩。 The public schools in reality form a very small part of the whole system of secondary education； only about one out of forty English boys goes to a public school，and one out of 1，500 goes to Eton． 实际上，公学仅仅是英国整个中学教育体系中的一小部分；在英国仅有1／40的男孩能进入公学读书，而1 500个中只有1个能上伊顿公学。 Apart from the so-called public schools there is a complete system of state primary and secondary education．which resembles in general the state education in most other countries． 除了所谓的公学之外，英国还有一套完整的国立小学、中学教育体系，这同大部分国家的国立教育大体相似。 A11 children must, by law , receive fulltime education between the ages of five and sixteen． 法律规定所有5～16岁的孩子必须接受全日制教育， Any child may attend，without paying fees， a school provided by the public authorities, and the great majority attend such schools． 任何孩子都可免费到由政府当局开办的学校读书。 They may continue，still without paying fees，until they are eighteen． 大部分孩子都上这类学校，并且可以一直读到18岁。 In presenting an overall picture of English education it would be reasonable to concentrate on the state system alone and refer briefly to the public schools． 要全面介绍英国的教育，应单独集中介绍其国立教育体系，同时简要介绍其公学教育。 However，a1though the