2018考研英語雙語閱讀：我國教材“出口”英國

考研英語來源：人民網 2017-08-31　

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Too early to say Chinese textbooks go viral overseas: expert

專家：教材“出口”英國現在談“走紅”為時尚早

Chinese education became a recent hit after New York Times’ report on Britain turning to Chinese textbooks to improve math scores. However, experts said that it is still too early to say Chinese textbooks have entered into the western education system.

《紐約時報》網站的一條“為提高數學成績英國采用中國教科書”的報道，引起了大家對中國教育的關注。然而，現在談中國教材走紅西方教育系統還為時過早。

It is reported that 36 math textbooks of the Shanghai Century Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd will be introduced to Britain by HarperCollins UK, a British publisher. The books will be used in UK primary schools this September. The Guardian, a UK media, positively commented on the amazing Chinese teaching approach of math.

報道稱，上海世紀出版集團共計36個品種的數學教科書由英國哈珀.柯林斯出版集團引入英國。這些書籍會在今年9月用在英語小學課堂上。英國媒體《衛報》對中國數學驚人的教學方法給予了積極評價。

"All this time, Asians have been learning from the Western education system," said Yong Zhao, a professor of education at University of Kansas. "Suddenly, it’s the reverse."

美國堪薩斯大學的趙勇教授表示，“一直以來，亞洲都在借鑒歐洲的教育模式，突然之間，情況就反轉了。”

Like China’s economy, its education is also influencing and changing the world, said Hu Xinhong, a Chinese middle school teacher. Chinese teaching deserves spreading and Chinese should have confidence.

中學教師胡欣紅表示，如同中國經濟那樣，中國教育正在影響和改變著世界。“中國式教學”當然可以輸出，我們無需妄自菲薄。

However, some experts suggest looking at this phenomenon objectively.

不過，一些專家說我們應當客觀看待這個現象。

It is still too early to say that teaching materials for Chinese primary and middle schools have entered into the UK education system in a large scale, just because Britain is importing teaching materials from China, said Xiong Bingqi, vice president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute in Beijing.

21世紀教育研究院副院長熊丙奇表示，目前僅因為英國引進中國教材，就說我國中小學教材已大規模進入英國國民教育體系，還為時尚早。

Chinese math textbooks going out shows advantages in domestic math teaching, but it doesn’t mean Chinese textbooks are superior to western ones or math teaching in China doesn’t need reform, said Chu Chaohui, a researcher of National Institute of Education Sciences.

中國教育科學研究院研究員儲朝暉說，我國的數學教材有機會出現在外國的課堂上，說明我國的數學教學可取之處，但并不一定說明我國教材比他國教材更好或者就不需要改革了。

In fact, introducing Chinese textbooks to the UK this time is a fruit of China-UK exchanges on education. Early in 2014, an education delegation from the UK and 61 math teachers and researchers from Shanghai exchanged visits, boosting further development of math teaching in the UK.

事實上，此次教材進入英國課堂是中英教育交流的成果。早在2014年，英國的一個教育代表團和61位上海的數學老師和研究人員就進行過交流訪問，促進了英國數學教育的進一步發展。

Chinese and western education has its own advantages and disadvantages. The best is to learn from each other’s strong points and offset weaknesses, the middle school teacher Hu believes.

中學教師胡欣紅說，中西教育各有優勢又都存在各自的問題。最好的方式是相互借鑒學習，取長補短。