学进去

Do you know how to cook, clean or grow plants? If not, you will master these skills soon. These will all be part of Chinese public education (公共教育) starting this autumn.

A new standard (标准) for labor education came out in April 2022. Students in primary and middle schools will have at least one class a week to try and experience different kinds of labor (劳动) and learn different life skills and even job skills. The standard includes different tasks (任务) for each grade. For example, fifth and sixth graders learn to cook two or three common dishes, like fried eggs or scrambled eggs with tomato.

This move is to enrich (丰富) Chinese students’ life and build their character through labor. Chinese school education didn’t pay enough attention to this in the past. According to a 2019 report, Chinese kids only do 12 minutes of practical activity each day, while American kids do 1.2 hours each day.

The standard also calls on families to take part in students’ labor education. They will make household lists to help students be more independent. Besides household skills, students will also learn to try new technologies like 3D printing and laser cutting (激光切割).

According to the new standard for labor education, middle school students need to learn some of the following skills:

*Organize their room and classroom.

*Pick proper clothes for travel and pack a suitcase.

*Make a healthy eating plan.

*Cook three or four dishes by themselves.

*Look after and fix up some home appliances (家用电器), such as washing the air conditioner (空调).

*Take part in local labor such as planting and fishing.

*Do one or two kinds of volunteering work, such as do some cleaning in the neighborhood, offer helps in the local old people’s home.

1．When did the new standard for labor education come out?

A．In April, 2012.	B．In April, 2019.
C．In April, 2020.	D．In April, 2022.

2．What change is coming for students in primary and middle schools according to Paragraph Two?

A．They will have classes on weekends for further studies.

B．They will learn some basic (基本的)life skills at school.

C．They will write their own learning standards on all kinds of subjects.

D．They will cook their own lunches at school without their teacher’s help.

3．The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refers to (指代) ________.

A．labor education	B．public education
C．Chinese students’ life	D．building students’ character

4．According to the standard, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Parents should play a part in labor education.

B．Students of different grades should learn the same skills.

C．Students should do two hours of practical activity each day.

D．For middle school students, it’s enough to learn the household skills.

5．What’s the real purpose (目的) of developing labor education?

A．To volunteer to offer help to others.

B．To learn to get on well with the others.

C．To improve Chinese students’ life skills and build their character.

D．To teach students to make their near-term goal (目标) and long-term goal.