Parents strong supporters of "big exam" sitters

时间：2007-06-09 06:07:34

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A girl kissed her mother after examination in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province June 7.

Parents waited anxiously outside the examination rooms in in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province June 7.
 
Chinanews, Beijing, June 8 - On the morning of June 7, the first day of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), many parents accompanied their children to exam venues1 to encourage them.

 

"OK, go," said Mr. Ma to his son. However, it had taken him several hours to think about these two simple words, and his mother said the same thing to Ma when he was about to leave home to take the examination years ago.

 

Mr. Ma took part in the NCEE himself in 1977, the first year when the NCEE was restored after a ten-year gap in the notorious2 “cultural revolution” (1966 - 1976). "At that time, the examination wasn't the focus of the public attention, and none of parents accompanied their children to exam venues that day," said Mr Ma.

 

China's NCEE is the biggest of its kind in the world, with several million candidates taking part every year. In Beijing alone, 125 thousand students will compete in the current examination, and 70% of the lucky ones will be admitted to college.

 

After 30 years, today's parents in China have learned how to control their emotion in a way that will not put a heavy pressure upon their children.

 

"It's hard enough for them to face the pressures from both the society and school, thus what we parents can do is only to show our love to them," said a father. "Besides, I firmly believe parents should be responsible for children's failures and mistakes, so it's no use to put any more pressures upon our kids."

 

"Take a deep breath and you can do it, sweet, because you have worked hard enough!" said Zhao to her daughter.

 

Most parents left after the examination began, because "waiting here won't help the children anyway."

 

Though both the media and the government have tried very hard not to make a great deal of fuss3 about the NCEE, it has still triggered4 widespread concern, as drivers are asked not to sound the horns and traffic control is exercised around exam venues, even the working hours of construction sites are shortened5, to make sure that all the examinees will enter the “arena” in top form and play their best in the examination.

 



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1 venues c277c9611f0a0f19beb3658245ac305f     
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点
参考例句：
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
2 notorious S5Yz8     
adj.臭名昭著的，声名狼藉的
参考例句：
  • He was notorious as a gambler.他是臭名昭著的赌徒。
  • His short temper had become notorious.他的臭脾气是出了名的。
3 fuss Ifkz4     
n.过分关心，过分体贴，大惊小怪，小题大作
参考例句：
  • My mother makes a fuss of me every time I come home.我每次回家，母亲总对我体贴备至。
  • Stop all this fuss and do your homework.别大惊小怪了，去做你的家庭作业吧。
4 triggered 7c1bdcf7e82a67d7b3f778af4288bc57     
触发的
参考例句：
  • An indiscreet remark triggered off a long and costly strike. 一次轻率的讲话导致长时间、代价高昂的罢工。
  • The incident triggered an armed clash. 这起事件触发了一场武装冲突。
5 shortened 8560273e5cfe310f2c9d5ab5defa48f3     
v.弄短，缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延长，工作周就缩短了。 来自辞典例句

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