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Nowadays, school buses are becoming more and more popular in China. Many students go to school by school bus. It a lot of time. It's more convenient (方便的) than the undergrounds or buses. What about other countries?
In the US, yellow school buses are for children to get to school. It was in 1939 when yellow became the color of school buses. The color helps warn (警告) other cars. People can see the black letters "School Bus" written on a yellow bus in the early morning.
However, there are not many school buses in the UK. Students from public schools usually walk or take buses or the subway to school. There are some school buses in private (私立的) schools.
In Japan, the school districts (区) are small in cities, so there is no to use school buses. Children usually walk to school.
And, on the islands next to Washington State in the US, some kids even to school. In some places where the weather is bad, such as Iceland, children go to school in a special car. The car looks like a jeep. It can drive over thick ice.
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Do you know how to cook, clean or grow plants? If not, you will soon. These will all be part of Chinese public education (教育) starting this autumn.
A new standard (标准) for labor education recently came out. Students in primary school will have at least one c a week to try different kinds of labor, life skills and even job skills. The standard includes different tasks for each grade. For example, fifth-and sixth-graders learn to cook two or three d, like boiled eggs or fried eggs with tomato.
This is to make Chinese students' life rich and colourful and build their character (塑造品行) through labor. Chinese school education didn't pay e attention to this in the past. According to a 2019 report, Chinese kids only do 12 m of practical activity each day, but US kids do 1.2 hours each day.
The standard also asks families to take part in students' labor education. They will make lists of housework to help students work at home, such as cooking, w clothes and so on.
Students will also have a chance to try new technologies like 3D printing and laser cutting. They will also learn to make traditional handicrafts.
The Giant's garden
In a castle lives a Giant. He has a nice garden.
During the daytime, the giant goes out. Some children come and play in his garden. The Giant comes back and sees the children. He is very angry. "Get out!" he shouts. The children are afraid and run away. The Giant builds a tall wall all around the garden and puts up a sign. Now the children mustn't play in his garden.
Miss Spring arrives. She brings beautiful flowers and birds. But she sees the sign on the Giant's castle, so she does not go inside. "It's so cold. Why didn't Miss Spring come into my castle this year?" the giant feels puzzled. There is snow everywhere. He feels cold and sad.
Later Miss Summer and Miss Autumn don't come to the castle either. It is always winter in the Giant's garden.
One morning, the giant hears some lovely sounds from his garden. He smells flowers too. "Spring is here at last!" the Giant is happy and looks out of the window. He sees that some children come into the garden through a hole in the wall. They bring Miss Spring into his garden!
"Let me break down the wall! __________." the Giant says to the children. Since then, Miss Spring, Miss Summer and Miss Autumn have never come late.
