英語課外知識積累

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　　英語課外閱讀1

　　An investigation into claims that students in Henanprovince were cheated out of high scores in thenational college entrance examination, or gaokao, hasfound no evidence of wrongdoing, disciplinaryauthorities said.

　　紀檢監察部門近日表示，針對河南省高考考生的高分成績疑被動了手腳一事，調查未發現存在不當行為的證據。

　　The parents of four students in four cities claimedlast week that their children's answer sheets hadbeen switched, resulting in them receiving muchlower scores than expected in the June exam. Theyblamed malpractice in local admissions offices.

　　上週，4個城市的4名考生的家長稱，自己孩子的答題卡被掉包，孩子高考成績與估分相差太多，指責當地招生辦涉嫌舞弊。

　　The provincial discipline inspection commission and supervisory commission launched aprobe into the allegations.

　　河南省紀委監察委隨即就該指控展開調查。

　　After checking the student's papers, answer sheets and surveillance footage from the testcenters, they issued a joint statement, saying nothing untoward had been found.

　　在檢視過4名考生的試卷、答題卡和考務中心的監控錄影後，河南省紀委監察委釋出聯合宣告，稱未發現任何不當行為。

　　The authorities said a review of surveillance camera footage showed there had been noswitching of the students' test papers and answer sheets. Every exam procedure at the sitesused by the four students was done strictly in compliance with set standards.

　　該監察部門表示，經檢視監控視訊，4名考生的試卷和答題卡不存在被掉包現象。4名考生所在考場的各項考試程式均嚴格按規定程式操作。

　　The investigation found that two admissions office officials -- identified only by their surnames, Zhu and Yu -- did not abuse their powers or collude with others to conduct cheating in theexam, the statement said.

　　該宣告指出，此次調查沒有發現省招辦幹部朱某某、於某存在濫用職權、組織高考作弊行為。

　　英語課外閱讀2

　　As the end of the summer holiday approaches, Chinese elementary and junior high school studentsincreasingly find themselves bogged down with toomany school assignments.

　　隨著暑假接近尾聲，我國中小學生越來越覺得自己深陷在堆積如山的學校作業中。

　　However, emerging illegal ghostwriting servicesoffered on different online platforms seem like agreat "help" to them.

　　然而，各大網路平臺提供的新興非法代寫服務對他們來說似乎“大有幫助”。

　　"Contact customer service -- tell the requirements -- set the price -- mail the notebook -- paythe agreed fee -- get the returned manuscript," that's the chain of the ghostwriting industry, according to a report.

　　有報道稱，代寫行業的服務鏈是“聯絡客服——告知要求——確定價格——郵寄作業——支付議價——收到成品”。

　　On Taobao, China's largest e-commerce platform, you can find shops undertaking suchservices.

　　Ghostwriting advertisements can also be seen on some social media platforms such as Weibo.

　　微博等社交媒體平臺上也能看到代寫廣告。

　　College students are reported to be the main force of the ghostwriters. Plenty of time in thesummer and the desire to earn pocket money motivate them to "help".

　　據報道，大學生是代寫主力軍。他們暑期時間充裕，加上渴望掙零花錢，所以他們樂於“幫忙”。

　　Under the slogan of "burden alleviation," Chinese education authorities have been trying to cutback on homework for primary school students for years.

　　在“減輕負擔”的口號下，中國教育部門多年來一直在努力減少小學生的家庭作業。

　　However, more and more Chinese parents tend to arrange their children's spare time, including vacations, for extracurricular classes. Students apparently can't bear the homeworkform by both the school and the cram school.

　　但是越來越多的中國家長傾向於對包括假期在內的孩子的業餘時間進行安排，為他們報課外班。學生們顯然無法承擔來自學校和補習班的雙重作業的重壓。