英语作文我的房间精选5篇 作文初一精品20篇

My name is Liu xia .I am a girl .My frist name is xia .My last name is liu .I am twelve years old .Ihave brother and sister .My mother and father havent work .I like English and art .I have a big eyes and long hair .I like play ping-pong and reading books .I want to be a doctor .

【正文】：

The bell rang and the class was over. Many classmates jumped up from the seat. The classroom became noisy. Some students went out of the classroom while talking and laughing. Two girls were singing a song on their seats. Some boys were telling a joke loudly. They were laughing together. I was chatting with some classmates when Li Hong came to me. She joined us. Our class break was often full of fun and laughter. We often have a pleasant break.

【译文】：

铃响了，下课了。许多同学从座位上跳了起来。教室变得嘈杂。一些学生走出教室，说话和笑。两个女孩坐在座位上唱歌。一些男孩正在大声讲笑话。他们一起笑着。我和几个同学聊天时，李洪来找我。她加入我们。我们的课间休息充满了乐趣和欢笑。我们经常度过愉快的课间。

It is about half past four.It is time for sport.The students are on the playground.

They are playing a football match.LiDong is one of them.He is good at football.He plays well.He is on the school football team.LiDong says,I like playing football.It is my favourite sport.LiDong‘s friends,PanChen and WangHaisay,He‘s a football fan.Ronaldo is his favourite player.

Look at the boys around the basketball court.Many boys are watching a basketball match.The tall boy,Tanglin,is very good at playing basketball.He is very fast and he plays well.Many of his friends say,He is a good basketball player.His favourite basketball player is YaoMing.His team is sure to win.

I hope they can be the good players of our country,too.

现在是四点半。该是体育运动的时候了。学生们在操场上。

他们正在踢足球match.lidong就是其中之一。他擅长踢足球，他踢得很好。他是学校足球team.lidong说，我喜欢踢足球。这是我最喜欢的运动。立冬&lsquo；的朋友，潘琴和WangHaisay，他&lsquo；是一个足球迷，罗纳尔多是他最喜欢的球员。

看看周围的男孩篮球场。许多男孩正在看篮球比赛，高个子的男孩，Tanglin，篮球打得非常好。他很快，他打得很好。他的许多朋友说，他是一个很好的篮球运动员。他最喜欢的篮球运动员是YaoMing，他的团队肯定赢。

我希望他们也能成为我们国家的好球员。

My dream is to go to Hong Kong. As you know, Hong Kong is an important trade and financial centre in the world. It was once a British colony and on July lst, 1997 it smoothly came back to the motherland.

I like traveling. To make my dream come true I must study hard. If my dream comes ture, I am sure to enjoy myself to the fullest. I will see a lot of places of interest and buy a lot of delicious food for my parents. This is my dream.

There is a big table in it. The table is pink and brown. There is a yellow story book on the table. Look! There is a green trash bin under the table. Where is the teddy bear? Oh! It’s on the bed. The teddy bear is cute. My bed is so big. It’s pink and blue. There is a picture on the wall. There is a mat on the floor. In front of the mat, there is a closet. The closet is beautiful. Over the closet, there is an air- conditioner.

I like my room. It’s the most beautiful room.

"New Years day, New Years day!"The children were grinning from ear to ear on the grass.

The children in the square had some firecrackers and some around the fire.

At night, the sky becomes a colorful kaleidoscope.There are all kinds of firecrackers on the ground, red and red lanterns.From a distance, ah!It is more beautiful than spring, hotter than summer, richer than autumn, and more magnificent than winter.

There was a tray of candy and reunion dinners.Everyone happily gathered together, happily ate the reunion dinner, said to each other: "happy New Year to you!"I also say to everyone: "happy New Year!"

“过年了，过年了!”孩子们在草地上高兴得合不拢嘴。

广场上孩子们有的放鞭炮，有的围着火炉团团转。

夜晚，天空变成一个五彩缤纷，光彩夺目的万花筒;地上有各种各样的花炮，红红火火的灯笼。从远处一看，啊!比春天还美丽，比夏天还红火，比秋天还丰富，比冬天还壮观!

家里摆着一盘盘糖果和团圆饭。大家开开心心地聚在一起，高高兴兴地吃团圆饭，互相说声：“祝你新年快乐!”我也跟大家说：“新年好!”

初一英语作文一：My day

I had a wonderful holiday at spring festival.I went to the park with my friends.We met at eight oclock at the school gate.We went to the park by bike.It was a beautiful day.We sat under a big tree and chated with each other.We took about some movies and some fun things.We had lunch there.We ate hamburgers and some drinks,but I know they are not healthy and not good for us.Then we played some games.

We were all fell tired,but we were very happy!It was great fun!

初一英语作文二：My day

In the morning of yesterday ,I got up a little earlily.After my breakferst ,I began to stduyed until the moon . I played soccer and computer to rest.In the final of the day ,I spent 30 mins on watching TV berfore finishing my homework.

初一英语作文三：My day

My Day Today is sunny. I get up early and read some English. Then I have breakfast and go to school. In the morning we have four lessons, they’re two Enlish lessons, one Chinese lesson and one history lesson. I like English best. At noon we have lunch at school, we have rice and vegetables, but we don’t like them very much. In the afternoon we have two math lessons and one music lesson. Math is difficult, but I study hard. And we sing a beautiful song. We finish school at a quarter to five. I play basketball with my friends on the playground. It’s fun! Then I go home and do my homework, next I have dinner with my parents and watch TV. I go to bed at nine o’clock.

【参考译文】

今天是晴天。我起得很早，读了一些英语。然后我吃早饭去上学。在早上我们有四节课，他们是英语课，一节语文课和一节历史课。我最喜欢英语。中午我们在学校吃午饭，我们吃米饭和蔬菜，但是我们不太喜欢他们。下午我们有两节数学课和一节音乐课。数学很难，但我努力学习。我们唱一首美丽的歌。我们在五点一刻结束学业。我和朋友在操场上打篮球。这很有趣!然后我回家做作业，然后和父母一起吃晚饭，看电视。我九点睡觉。

Teachers Day

September 10 is our Teachers’ Day. In the afternoon, Zhonghua school held a celebration meeting, at which more than twenty old teachers each were praised with a medal for their over thirty years of teaching. Our principal made an enthusiastic speech at the meeting, and then the representative of the teachers and students gave a talk to us. After the meeting, we started performances played by some teachers and students, which were very interesting and instructive. We all had a wonderful time. I think we all should respect the teachers, engineers of human soul.

译文：九月十日是教师节，下午中华小学举行了一场庆祝活动，会上有20多位教师授以奖牌，为他们30多年坚守在教育岗位。会上校长做了激情澎湃的演讲，然后分别是老师代表，学生代表发言。会议结束后，我们观看了老师及同学表演的节目，非常有趣且有教育意义，我们度过了很棒的一天。我觉得每个人都要尊敬老师——这位灵魂的工程师。

Teachers Day

Teachers’ Day comes on September 10th every year. On the day we usually give our teachers cards to show our thanks. I thank them for helping me when I am in trouble, and I thank them for teaching me how to be a real man.

Of course they are very friendly to everyone. They always get on very well with their students. They are not only our teachers but also our friends. They love us very much and we love them,too.

译文：每年的9月10日是教师的节日。在这一天，我们通常会给老师卡片以示感谢。我感谢他们在我遇到困难的时候帮助我，感谢他们教会我如何成为一个真正的人。

当然，他们对每个人都很友好。他们总是和他们的学生相处得很好。他们不仅是我们的老师，也是我们的朋友。他们非常爱我们，我们也爱他们。

第一次七年级英语月考试卷充分体现了新课改的精神，切实有效地考察了所学知识内容。下面对试卷试题进行具体分析：

一、试卷题型情况

1、注重对基础知识、基本技能的考察，题型新颖、覆盖面大，涉及到了所学的全部内容，促进学生有效学习。

2、注重从实际中选取素材，考察了学生的分析和处理问题能力。

3、试卷对学生探究能力是一个重点考察，增强了学生的探究分析能力。

二、试卷结构分析

试卷充分体现了新课标课改精神，注重了对学生基础知识和综合能力的考察，因此对学生的细心程度要求很高。

1、听力部分：试题难度不大，因此学生在该部分的得分率较高，但是学生的两极分化严重，高分很高，甚至满分，而低分则太低。

2、完形填空和阅读理解：难度适中，但是得分率一般，主要原因是学生理解文章不透彻，阅读能力差造成的。

3、词语运用：此题是各大题中得分最低的一个题，主要原因是学生对词的用法掌握不好，一些固定词组记不清。

4、书面表达：该题对于学生来说是比较容易的一题，它是对学生整体知识的一个考察，但两极分化最为严重。

三、学生分析

存在问题：

1、优等生对基础知识掌握较好，但是还有一部分学生对语言的运用能力较差，对比较碎的知识点没有能够很好地掌握。

2、中等生的基础知识掌握不够牢固，并且做题比较粗心。

四、具体改进措施

1、钻研新教材，夯实英语基础。练习中很多学生“一看就会，一做就错”，这种现象比较普遍，失误原因是对于常见用语掌握的熟练程度还不够。其根本原因就在于基础不牢，只有扎扎实实从基础做起，才能最终达到“一看就会，一做就对”。

2、加强英语课外阅读。英语知识的获得与能力的提高是在不断的听、说、读、写的训练过程中逐步形成的，而教材和课堂所能提供的训练还是比较有限的，因此，要加强理解语篇的能力训练，增强英语语感。

3、规范训练，改进学习方法。要善于分析学生，找出学生的薄弱环节，合理安排好教材知识梳理、专项训练和应试技巧指导。

在今后的教学中应注意开阔学生视野，多渠道、大容量地给学生提供具有时代感的英语信息，加强语言运用能力的培养，少讲解，多给学生实际运用语言的机会，在用中学英语。

Open the door,oh,the room is very beautiful!Whose room is this?Its my room.

The bed is near the window.a quilt and a doll is on the bed.What color is my bed?Its my favourite colorpurple.Its very dreamily color.the dresser is next to the bed.There are some books and a pen on the dresser.

I like watching TV.The TV is before the bed.I an lie to watch TV on the bed.I have a piano.The piano is near the TV set.Sometimes,I play the piano.And the computer is near the window.I often play the piano.

This is my room.Do you like my room?What about your room?

[我的房间的英语作文

Our school is in the west of the city. It is very big with a tall teaching building.

There are thirty classrooms, a modern library, a dinning hall and a gym. There is a big playground where we often have sports. There are lots of trees and flowers beside the playground. There are more than five hundred students and teachers in our school and we all work hard.

Our school is so beautiful that we all like it very much.

In recent years our life is becoming better andbetter. But our environment

is becoming worse and worse. It’s very bad for ourlife. Now many people have

air-conditioners and cars, they produce (give off )waste gas. More and more

trees are being cut down. There are so much sand onthe earth (leaving only sand

) . We often see factories pour waste into riversor lakes. Water in the river is

quite dirty. We haven’t enough clean water todrink in cities. Now we are in

danger. It’s very necessary and important toprotect the environment well. I

think if everyone tries his best to protect theenvironment, the world will

become much more beautiful , and our life will bebetter and better .

Dear John,

Long time no see, how is your summer vacation? I’m really sorry for writing so late. I have been too busy at this moment. I am happy to hear that you have traveled to Tibet at this summer holiday. How I wish I could go there with you!

Let me tell you something about my summer holiday. My summer holiday is rich and colorful. My parents take me to Hong Kong. That’s a beautiful place. I buy a lot of funny things at there. Such as pretty dresses, cute dolls and the snacks I never eat before. I really want to stay there and never come back! In a word, I really appreciate the life there.

I’m really looking forward to your reply!

亲爱的约翰：

好久不见，你的暑假过得还好吗?很抱歉那么晚才写信给你。这段时间我真的太忙了。我很高兴听说暑假你去了西藏旅游。我真希望我也和你一起去。

让我告诉你我的暑假趣事吧。我的暑假过得丰富多彩。我父母带我去了香港。那是个美丽的地方。我在香港买了很多新奇的玩意。比如漂亮的裙子，可爱的娃娃和一些从来没有吃过的零食。我真想待在那里再也不回来了。一句话，我喜欢那里的生活。

我很期待你的回复!

This afternoon, our classmates dressed in neat uniforms, volunteers on the cap, began volunteering --

We divided into two group, a number of initiatives with miss zhou, a batch of picking up litter and yan teacher to square. Its my pleasure, was chosen by miss zhou to the initiative. Followed from the store before we come to the experimental middle school, take action! "Uncle hello, we are extending to the situation of primary school volunteers. You know we delay, kratos elementary school campus experimental middle school have?" We have a stretcher, uncle smiled to the florist asked. "Yes!" Uncle looked confused, replied. "Oh, we want to initiative to you." My partner [garbage? Said, "first, I hope you can dont throw rubbish path at the playground, does not affect the environment, can do it?" The uncle nodded: "can!" "Second, dont talk loudly, to avoid disturb the students learning." I the tacit understanding of a second. "Well, no problem." Uncle smiled and nodded. "Then please receive initiative book!" [garbage? Uncle handed the initiative to the flower shop, a company a standard stretcher, out of the flower shop. "Yeah, success!" Me and [garbage? High-five ". "Teacher, completed a!" We call the teacher. Miss zhou out his phone and said, "come, take a photo! The classmates huddled in a block, a bright smiling face record together, "click"! We finished, and initiative.

"Hello!" , "thank you for your support! . "there are several initiatives. Such word, replaying fall back such as flow! Although sweat wet clothes, but our heart is full of joy. The activity of today and further increased my courage, increased my confidence!

今天下午，我们班的同学穿着整齐的校服，戴上志愿者帽，开始了志愿活动——

咱们分两批，一批与周老师做倡议，一批与颜老师到广场捡垃圾。我很荣幸，被周老师选去倡议了。我们来到了实验中学前的一家家店面，开始行动啦!“叔叔您好，我们是延奎小学的志愿者。您知道实验中学有我们延奎小学的分校吗?”我行了个队礼，微微一笑对花店叔叔问。“知道啊!”叔叔疑惑的打量着，答道。“噢，我们想向您提出倡议。”我的搭档陈星?说道，“第一，希望您能不乱丢垃圾道分校操场，不影响环境，能做到吗?”叔叔连忙点头：“能啊!”“第二，不大声喧哗，避免打扰学生们学习。”我默契的说出第二条。“好，没问题啊。”叔叔笑笑，点点头。“那请接收倡议书吧!”陈星?把倡议书递给了花店叔叔，我们一同行了个标准的队礼，走出花店。“耶，成功咯!”我与陈星?击掌叫好。“老师，完成一家了!”我们叫唤着老师。周老师拿出手机，说：“来了，拍张照吧!”同学们挤在一块，灿烂的笑脸记录在一起，“咔嚓”!我们拍完照，又去倡议啦。

“您好!”，“谢谢您的支持!”，“有几点倡议。”这样的话语一遍遍重复着，都倒背如流啦!虽然汗水打湿了衣裳，但我们心中充满了喜悦。今天的活动更进一步的增加了我的勇气，增加了我的信心!

Therearesomephotosonthewall.They’reverybeautiful.

Inthemiddleoftheroom,thereismybed.It’snotsobig,butit’svery

comfortable.Everynight,Ilayonthebedandhaveagooddream.Ontherightofthebed,thereismydeskandchair.They’reinfrontofthewindow.Mycomputerisonthedesk.Thereisalamponthedesk,too.Icandomyhomeworkhereandplaycomputergames.

Mybookshelfisontheleftofthebed.Therearealotofstorybooksandpicturebooksintheshelf.Ilikethemverymuch.

Noteveryonehasabedroom.I’mverylucky,becauseIhaveaverybeautifulbedroom.I’lltrymybesttokeepitcleanandtidy.

1.OurSchool

Ourschoolisinthewestofthecity.Itisverybigwithatallteachingbuilding.Therearethirtyclassrooms,amodernlibrary,adinninghallandagym.Thereisabigplaygroundwhereweoftenhavesports.Therearelotsoftreesandflowersbesidetheplayground.Therearemorethanfivehundredstudentsandteachersinourschoolandweallworkhard.Ourschoolissobeautifulthatwealllikeitverymuch.

2.Howdidyouspendyoursummervacation

Ihadabusyandinterestingsummervacation.IdidmyhomeworkeverydaysoIfinisheddoingmyhomeworktendaysbeforethenewterm.Ialsoplayedtabletennisandbasketballwithmyfriendseveryday.Isometimeswent

moviesandwenttotheparkswithmyfriends.Isurfedtheinternet,readbooksandwatchedTVeveryevening.Ivisitedmygrandparentsandhelpedthemwiththehousework,too.Ihelpedmyparentscleantheroomandcookmeals.ThemostimportantwasthatmyparentsandIwenttoHannanIslandandspentaweekthere.

3..AhappyDay

Itwassunnyandveryhottoday.Igotupearlyandhelpedmyparentscookbreakfast.ThenIwashedthedishesandcleanedtheroom.AfterashortrestIdidmyhomeworkinthemorning.IntheafternoonIwentswimminginthe

nearestswimmingpoolwithmyfriends.Itwasreallycooltoswiminsuchahotday.Isurfedtheinternetandreadastorybookintheevening.Ireallyhadabusyandhappyday.今天天气晴朗比较热。我起得很早，帮父母做早饭。然后我洗碗打扫屋子。休息一会后我上午做作业。下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。在如此炎热的夏天游泳的确很棒。晚上我上网、看故事书。我今天很忙过得很快乐。

4.给笔友的一封信

DearLucy

Iamverygladtohearfromyou.Nowletmeintroducemyselftoyou.MynameisLiLei.Iamelevenyearsold.Iamtallwithapairofglasses.NowIam

studyingatYuyingPrimarySchool.IaminClassOne，Grade5.Ilikesingingandplayingthepianoverymuch.IamgoodatEnglishandChinese.很高兴收到你的来信。现在让我介绍我自己。我叫李雷。11岁。我高个子、带眼镜。我在育英小学。我在五年级一班。我非常喜欢唱歌和弹钢琴。我数学和语文学得都很好。

6。暑假打算

Iwillhaveabusysummervacation.Iamgoingtodomyhomeworkeveryday.Iamgoingtothelibrarytoborrowsomebooksandgototheshopstobuysomebooks.Iamgoingtodosportssuchasplayingtabletennis,swimmingandsoon.Iamgoingtovisitmygrandparentsandstaythereforaweek.Iamgoingtohelpmyparentsdosomehousework.我暑假会很忙。我每天要写作业。我打算去图书馆去借书、去商店买书。我要做运动，如：打乒乓球、游泳等。我要去看爷爷奶奶并在那住一周。我要帮父母做家务。

7.自我介绍

Hello,everyone.MynameisKelly.Iamfriendlyandhonest.IamgoodatEnglishandmaths.Ilikesurfingtheinternet,playingcomputergames,watchingTVandtraveling.IalsolikeplayingtabletennisandIamgoodatit,too.Ioftenplaytabletenniswithmyfriendsonweekends.AndIwanttobeafamoustabletennisplayerwhenIgrowup.WhatIlikemostistoseethe

seagullsflyingfreelyintheskysoIoftengototheseainsummer.MyfavouritecolouriswhitebecauseIthinkwhiteissymbolizepurity.大家好我的名字叫KELLY.我很友好、诚实。我擅长英语和数学。我爱上网、玩电脑网络游戏、看电视和旅游。我也喜欢打乒乓球。我经常和朋友们在周末打乒乓球，长大了我想当一个乒乓球运动员。最喜欢在海边看着海鸥自由自在的飞翔，因此在夏天我经常去海边。白色是我的最爱。因为我觉得白色是纯洁的象征。

8.海南之旅

wenttoHainanIslandwithmyparentsforaholidyandwestayedthereforaweek.IttookusonlymorethanthreehourstogettoHaikouairport.Weenjoyedthewarmsunshineandthesoftwind.Wewalkedonthebeachandpickedupthebeautifulshells.Wealsosufedonthewavesanditwasreallyexciting.Weplayedballgamesonthebeachaswell.IbelievedHainanwasreallyanattractivecitywithfamousbeachandmountains.WereallyenjoyedthebeautifulsceneryofHainan.

9.AniceSunday

ItisSundayanditisafinedaytoday.WecometothePeopleParkwithourEnglishteacherwhocamefromCanada.Look!Tomandotherfiveboysareplayingfootball.Cinaandsomegirlstudentsareflyingkites.AliceandIaretakingphotosnearthepark.Aliceandweareveryhappy.AlicehelpsusalotwithourEnglish.

今天是星期天，天气晴朗。我们和来自Canada的英语老师Alice来到人民公园。瞧，Tom和五个男同学在踢球；Cina和一些女同学在放风筝；我和Alice正在公园附近拍照。Alice和我们都非常高兴。Alice在英语方面帮助了我们很多。

10.Thismorning,Iwokeupwithastart:myclockwasalarming.Unwillinglyopenedmyeyes,Ifounditwas6:30already.Nevertheless,theroomwasverygloomy,foritwasrainingoutside.Whatacoldday!HowcomfortableitwouldbeifIcouldstayinbedforthewholeday,readingafavouritebookinthe

soundofrain.But,Ididhavetogotowork.Thoughitwasarushhour,ontheway,therewerefewerpeoplethanusual.Manypeoplearduouslyheldanumbrellawhichwasalwaysblowndownbyablastofwind.Fortunately,Iwasdressedinaraincoat.Severalyardsaway,apolicemanwasguidingthetrafficintherain.Iwasfilledwithdeepesteemforhisseriousness.Ikeptthinkingoftodaysplanforashortwhileand,then,Iwasinmyoffice.Abusydayisbeginning……

Hi,everyone,Im excited to introduce myself to you.My name is __,and you can call me__.I was born in a tradition family,my father is a __,and my mother is a __.I am intrested in learning __,and in my spare time id like to play__.Now,we have went step to junior high school,Id like to be friend with you,angI think we will learn more during this period together.

Mom was always right in my eyes before. This is what mom implanted into my mind. Every sentence she said to me was correct. So I got used to following her words. Then there came one thing lately, which made mom herself admit that she was wrong. The fact goes like this. Although mom loves me, she doesn’t like girls. So she wanted all along to have a boy.

But what she did violated the birth control policy of China. She was seriously condemned. It seemed that mom’s dream of having a boy had come to nothing. Mom, I really thought you were right at the beginning, but I was wrong.

[I Thought You Were Always Right初一英语作文

In the lively sound of firecrackers, sent unforgettable year; the number of warm spring breeze, give smiling people sent a new year. We have been one year longer, and all families open the doors and windows to let the bright sun shine into the house in the early years.

In the sound of the firecracker, where will not be mixed with the noise of the gongs and drums, the cheerful instrumental music, will not be filled with bright laughter?

I am one year older. I should be more sensible. Mom and dad have worked so hard on me. I have to study hard and grow up to win glory for my motherland and contribute to my motherland. It takes a hundred years. I will not fail to live up to my parents and teachers.

Friends are important for us, everyone has their own friends, we share sorrow and happiness with our friends. We are making new friends now and then, but it is hard to find the genius friends, the trust between friends are hard to build. If the trust exists, friends can talk anything, they are willing to show who they are in front of their friends. While if the trust doesn’t exist, the friendship is not real deep, people will ask you when they are in trouble. The real friendship is built on the basis of trust. My best friend will never ask me to do thing all the time, instead, she cares about me, and comforts me when I am upset. That’s a real friend.

朋友对于我们来说很重要，每人认都有他们的朋友，我们和朋友分享喜怒哀乐。我们会时而不时地交朋友，但是交到真正的朋友很难，朋友间的信任很难建立。如果信任存在，朋友间可以讨论任何事情，他们愿意在朋友面前展示真正的自己。

然而如果信任不存在,友情就不会很深，人们只会在他们有困难的时候才叫上你。真正的友情是建立在信任的基础上的。我最好的朋友永远都不会一直叫我去做事情，相反的，她一直关心我，当我感到烦恼时，给予我安慰。这是真正的朋友。

In modern society, pressure is ubiquitous. As students, we have to endure

the pressure from examination, from homework and from our parents’

expectations.As workers, people are faced with the pressure from deadline, from

difficulties and from finance and so on. Here I would like to give some

suggestions about relieving pressure.

First of all, to confide to others is an efficient way for relieving

pressure. When we feel so anxious and worried that we cannot continue to work or

study, go to talk with our friends or family members and we will get some relief

and feel better. Second, to do some exercises is another way to relieve

pressure. If we are under pressure for a long time, doing some exercises can

make us refreshed and regain power to continue our task. Finally, another common

way for women to relieve pressure is to cry. The effect of crying is the similar

as the effect of confiding to others. After crying, we would find that we are

relaxed and then we have spirit to fight against difficulties again.

In a word, there are many ways to relieve our pressure. But the most

important point is that if we cannot solve the problem at once, we need to call

off our attention from the pressure we are faced with to other things. Only in

this way we would not be entangled with the pressure for a long time.

Throughout the millennia, students of all ages in China have had to endure the miseries of learning by rote. Teachers have stifled creativity in the pursuit of the accumulation of facts, and parents have forced children to spend mind-numbing hours cramming for exams. But for the past year, the government has been experimenting with what could amount to revolutionary changes in Chinas classrooms. The aim is to make education more pleasant, more useful and, above all, to challenge students to think for themselves.

What has prompted the reforms is a belated recognition that Chinas education system is failing to produce enough innovative thinkers. In addition, students are deeply unhappy. A survey conducted by the Education Ministry five years ago found more than 80% of students disliked school. Dropout rates have been rising in rural areas—partly for economic reasons but also because of the stultifying atmosphere of their classrooms. Exam pressures frequently lead to suicides. According to a survey last year among senior secondary-school students and university freshmen in one area, more than 50% had considered killing themselves.

Several other countries in East Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, are grappling with similar problems. But the implications of Chinas reform efforts are particularly profound. Chinas traditional education methods are ideally suited to a political culture that requires citizens to submit blindly to authority. By encouraging students to question their teachers and regard them as equals (even official literature now talks of fostering a “democratic” atmosphere in classrooms), China could be ushering in a new kind of relationship between the rulers and the ruled.

整个几千年,在中国所有年龄段的学生不得不忍受苦难的死记硬背。老师扼杀创造力的追求事实的积累,和家长迫使孩子花的小时死记硬背的考试。但在过去的一年里,政府一直在尝试什么革命性的变化在中国的教室。目的是使教育更愉快、更有用,最重要的是,挑战学生独立思考。

什么促使改革是一个迟来的承认,中国的教育系统是无法产生足够的创新的思想家。此外,学生感到非常不满。五年前教育部进行的一项调查发现,超过80%的学生不喜欢学校。农村辍学率一直在上升的经济原因,还因为愚蠢的教室的气氛。经常考试压力导致自杀。去年的一项调查显示,在高级中学学生和大学新生在一个地区,超过50%的人认为是自杀。

其他几个国家在东亚,包括日本、韩国和台湾,也面临着类似的问题。但中国的改革努力的影响尤为深刻。中国传统的教育方法是适合一个政治文化,需要公民提交盲目权威。通过鼓励学生质疑老师和把他们视为等于(甚至现在官方文学对话培养“民主”的气氛中在教室),中国可能成为引领一种新的统治者和被统治者之间的关系。