Unit 2 More practice

Education in the UK
英国的教育
Every child in the UK must receive a full-time education until the age of 16.
在英国，每个孩子都必须接受全日制教育，直到16岁。
Parents can choose to send their children either to a state school, which is free, or to a private school, where a fee is required.
父母可以选择送子女去公立学校，（这类学校）是免费的，或者去一所私立学校，（这类学校）需要付费。
The school year is generally divided into three terms. Each term ends in a holiday.
每学年一般分为三个学期。每个学期结束后是假期。
The summer holiday is the longest and usually lasts from the middle of July to the beginning of September.
暑假是最长的，一般从 7 月中旬持续到 9 月初。
Education has two main stages-primary school and secondary school.
教育主要有两个阶段——小学和中学。
Primary schools are for students from the age of 5 to 11.
5 岁至 11 岁是上小学。
The main subjects are Maths, English, History, Geography, Science, Art, Music and PE.
主要科目是数学，英语，历史，地理，科学，美术，音乐和体育。
Secondary schools are for students from the age of 11 to 16 or 18.
中学是从 11 岁至 16 岁或 18 岁。
The same subjects are taught there, as well as other subjects such as foreign languages (usually French, German or Spanish), Technology and Computer Studies.
授教相同的科目，以及其他科目，如外语（通常是法语，德语或西班牙语）、技术和计算机学。
After the age of 16, students can either find a job or continue their studies at a school or college until they are 18.
16 岁后，学生可以选择找工作或是在学校或学院继续深造，直到他们18 岁。
Between the ages of 16 and 18, students must choose only three or four subjects to study.
16 到 18 岁，学生只能选择 3 到 4 个科目进行学习。
At the end of the two years, they must take some important exams. If they do well, they can then go on to study at university.
两年（学业）结束后，必须参加一些重要的考试。如果他们考得好，他们就可以上大学学习。
There are over 100 universities in the UK, and the most famous are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
英国有超过 100 所大学，最有名的是牛津大学和剑桥大学。