Unit 75 Compulsory Education in China
根据下面的提示，以“Compulsory Education in China”为题用英文写一篇介绍中国义务教育的文章。介绍须包括以下内容：1、上学的年龄；2、开学的时间；3、学制情况（小学六年初中三年）；4、所学课程；5、收费情况；6、义务教育的特点。要求100字左右。
“范文”
Compulsory Education① in China
In China, school begins on September 1. Children go to school when they are six years old. Children will study for six years in primary school②, where they will learn Chinese, maths, English, music, drawing, P. E. and so on. When they finished primary school, they will enter junior school, where they will learn other subjects besides what they learn in primary school, such as physics, chemistry, politics, history, geography, biology and so on. They shall study for 3 years in junior school. During the compulsory education, parents only have to pay the fees③ of books and exercise books for their children education. According to④ the law,⑤ it is parents’ duty to send their children to reccive⑥ the compulsory education
“注释：”
①compulsory education：义务教育
②primary school：小学
③fee：n.费用
④according to：根据
⑤law：n.法律
⑥reccive：vt.接受
“点评：”
本文是根据命题展开的说明文。这种题型尤其值得我们平时备考训练时注意。全文围绕“中国的义务教育”这个中心展开。
作者首先指出了中国的开学时间及孩子们入学的年龄，随后对义务教育分两个阶段进行说明。在小学期间学习六年，要学习语文、数学、英语、音乐、绘画、体育等课程。小学毕业后，他们就要进入义务教育的另一阶段，即3年初中阶段。除了小学所学的那些基础课程外，逐渐增加了物理、化学、政治、历史、地理、生物学科。最后，作者对义务教育阶段的收费情况及特点作了说明。
整篇文章内容客观，语言简炼，叙述清楚，可以作为此类写作的参考范文。
资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
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