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On Education谈论教育
Wang Ping: I'm looking for a little background about the English education system.
王平：我想了解一下英国教育体制的情况。
Jackson: I'm delighted to help. What can I tell you?
杰克逊：我很乐意帮忙。你想知道些什么呢？
Wang Ping: I would like a general outline to begin with, if that's OK.
王平：如果可能的话，我想先了解一下大概情况。
Jackson: Fine. Perhaps I'd better begin from the beginning.
Children start school at about the age of five. From five to eleven, they attend primary school. At eleven, they transfer to secondary school.
杰克逊：好吧。也许我得从头说起。孩子们5岁左右开始上学，5岁到11岁上小学，11岁时升入中学。
Wang Ping: I see. And how long do they stay there?
王平：我明白，那他们中学上多长时间？
Jackson: Well, 16 is the soonest they are allowed to leave, but many choose to stay and continue until they are 18. A third option o for kids in this age range is to enroll in
technical college. These schools offer not only regular theory but also vocational and technical training.
杰克逊：嗯，最早16岁就可以毕业，但是很多学生都选择继续留校，直到18岁才毕业。这个年龄段的孩子还有第三种选择，就是升入专科学校。这些学校不但教授常规理论，还进行职业和技术的培训。
Wang Ping: So they could train students in. say, bricklaying or car mechanics?
王平：那他们会培训学生，比方说，盖房子或汽车修理？
Jackson: Yes, that's the sort of thing.
杰克逊：对，就是那类的培训。
Wang Ping: How many secondary school students go on to university?
王平：有多少中学生上大学？
Jackson: Still a minority. Less than twenty percent of eighteen-year-olds go to university.
杰克逊：还是少数。在18岁的人群中，只有不到百分之二十的人会上大学。
