Guangzhou pupils' school bags too heavy

时间：2007-11-02 08:22:30

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Chinanews, Guangzhou, November 1 – The Qingyang District Education Administration1 of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, has issued a regulation on the weight of schoolbags of elementary school pupils, saying that the schoolbag of a pupil should be no heavier than 10% of the weight of its owner. However, most pupils in Guangzhou have to carry schoolbags as heavy as 6 kg, much heavier than the 10% requirement in Chengdu.

 

Carrying heavy schoolbags can be harmful to the pupils’ backbone2 development.

 

Our reporter came to the Jianghai Elementary School in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, on the afternoon of October 30, to check the schoolbags of the pupils of various grades.

 

Tan3, a boy of grade 5, carries a schoolbag of 6 kg heavy every day. Though he is rather tall and strong for his age, the bag is still too heavy as he himself is only 42 kg in weight.

 

Luo, a girl of grade 6, has a 5-kg schoolbag. She says that she cleans up her bag every day to make it as light as possible.

 

Everyday, when Luo and Tan walk to school, the bags make them feel rather painful in their necks and shoulders.

 

Then our reporter random-checked the schoolbags of 12 students from each grade, only to find that their weight ranged from 4.5 kg to 6 kg. Some of their schoolbags were suitcases with wheels.

 
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1 administration mJLyZ     
n.经营，管理；行政，行政机关，管理部门
参考例句：
  • Who is in charge of the administration of your company?你们公司的行政工作由谁负责？
  • The teachers are responsible to the school administration.教师向学校行政负责。
2 backbone ty0z9B     
n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气
参考例句：
  • The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
  • The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
3 tan zICzp     
n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色
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  • She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
  • His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

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