课外英文知识 提高英语的水平往往可以看一些英语的新闻和阅读，还有英语的电视剧和电影，这样可以很快的提高我们的英语口语，接下来小编给大家带来英语新闻，需要的同学们可以看一看。 英语课外阅读1 Chinese primary and secondary school pupils spendlonger at school and take more extra-curriculartutoring classes compared with their peers in othercountries, a report said. 一份报告显示，与其他国家的中小学生相比，我国中小学生在校学习以及参加课外补习班的时间均更长。 In 2015, the average school time for primary pupilsincreased to 8.1 hours a day, from 6.7 hours in 2010, according to the report released by the 21stCentury Education Research Institute. 这份由21世纪教育研究院发布的报告称，2015年，全国小学生平均在校时间从2010年的6.7小时增加到8.1小时。 Besides, middle-school students spent 11 hours a day in school in 2015, compared with 7.7 hours five years ago, it said. 此外，该报告还指出，我国中学生的平均在校时间也从五年前的7.7小时增加到11小时。 In addition, Chinese students were overloaded with homework, which also placed pressure ontheir parents. About 80% of parents said they had to closely supervise their children whilethey completed their homework. 另外，我国学生的家庭作业负担也很繁重，这给家长也带来了压力。约8成家长称孩子写作业时他们必须陪伴在侧。 Chinese students also spent more time on learning outside the official classroom setting. Bythe end of 2016, about 137 million students had taken part in extra-curricular tutoring classes, the report said. 我国学生在正式课堂以外的学习时间也更多。报告称，截至2016年年底，约1.37亿学生参加过课外补习班。 Chinese students spent 17 hours a week on learning after classes finished, much longer thanthe 7.8-hour average internationally. 我国学生每周校外学习时间达17小时，远高于国际平均值7.8小时。 英语课外阅读2 A primary school at Sanmenli Village in GongzhulingCity in northeast China's Jilin Province has come intospotlight — two teachers teach just one 12-year-oldstudent. 近日，中国东北吉林省公主岭市三门李村的一所小学成为人们关注的焦点，只有两名教师，他们只教一名12岁的学生。 Chen Hongyan works as the class teacher while LiuHaitao as PE teacher. The situation has startedseveral years ago, Xinhua reported. 陈洪艳是班主任，而刘海涛是体育老师。据新华社报道，这种情况几年前就开始了。 When the only student, Wang Hao, reads the text in class as the new semester begins, Chenwill feed coal into the furnace from time to time as the classroom isn't equipped with heatingsystem. 在新学期开始的时候，当唯一的学生王浩在教室里阅读课文时，陈洪艳会不时地把煤送进炉子，因为教室里没有暖气系统。 Meanwhile, Liu goes to the town to get new textbooks and teaching tools for Wang. 同时，刘海涛也到镇上为王浩买了新的教材和教学工具。 Although there is only one student at the school, Wang never misses a single class on Chinese, mathematics, English or early-morning individual study. 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/179e80ee6237ee06eff9aef8941ea76e58fa4aeb.html