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UKPart5:CulturalAffairsSectionA:EducationEducationinBritainiscompulsoryforallchildren sof5andEducationisdividedintofourprimary(5-secondary(11-furthereducation(17-highereducation(18-Educationismainlytheresponsibilityoflocal The ernmenthaspracticallynoroletheoperationofemploymentofprovisionoftextbooksandotherteachingthecontrolofanexaminationformerlyusedtoselectschoolpupilsatabout of11foranappropriatesecondaryeducation(academic;non-academic)ThetermisstilllooselyusedtoapplytoasimilarselectionprocedureoperatedinBritainbysomeLocalEducation(LEAs).TheNationalTheEducationReformAct1988providesfortheestablishmentofaNationalCurriculumfor5to16year-olds.ItconsistsofthecoresubjectsofEnglish,mathematicsandscienceaswellashistory,geography,technology,music,art,physicaleducationand,forsecondarylevelstudents,amodernforeignlanguage(usuallyEuropean).Also,teststocheckchildren’sknowledge,understandingandwhattheyareabletodoatsof7,11,14and16areuptoanationalstandard.Thosewhodidwellwentontogrrschoolswhichfocusedonacademicstudies.Grrschoolsprovidedthemainroutetouniversity.ThesecondgroupwenttotechnicalschoolsthatfocusedonvocationalThethirdgroup,mostofwhowereworking-classchildren,wenttothesecondarymodernschools. ndSecondaryTwoparallelschoolThestate/maintainedthesecondarymodernthecomprehensivesecondarythe rThet/publicapreparatory(prep)apublicThemostfamouspublic hesterEtonHarrowRugbyBritishboastssomeoftheoldestandmostprestigiousuniversitiesintheworld,suchCambridgeOxfordUniversityHigherUniversitieslegallytandenjoycompleteacademic ernedbycouncilswhicharemadeupofteachers,businessmen,andsomepublicfigures.Vice樣一則：1999年1月，著名科學(xué)家家卸下已經(jīng)當(dāng)了6年的復(fù)旦大學(xué)校長12月12日，著名的英國諾丁漢大學(xué)董事會宣布，科學(xué)家家先生為下一屆校長（Chancellor），從起，3年。這則消息當(dāng)時(shí)令海內(nèi)外歡欣鼓舞，更令在諾丁漢大學(xué)求學(xué)的 《實(shí)用英漢詞典》（，），一般都將Chancellor解釋為“（某些大學(xué)的）校長，（英國某些大學(xué)）名譽(yù)校長”，而把Vice-Chancellor直接解釋為“（大學(xué)）副校長”。《英漢辭海》還加上一條：級別僅低于大學(xué)校長的。是“副校長”，而且從語詞上看副校長當(dāng)然不是學(xué)校的。（《英漢辭海》還明確了一下。）二、英語國家大學(xué)中還有一個(gè)“校長”。可是，這種說法只能解釋一些大學(xué)里的Vice-Chancellor，而不能解釋英國大多數(shù)大學(xué)里的TheVice-Chancellor,ProfessorSirColinCampbell,isthepripalacademicandadministrativeofficeroftheUniversity.SixPro-Vice-Chancellors,eachofwhomhasspecificresponsibilitiesformajorareas,assisttheVice-Chancellor.均稱做Pro-Vice-Chancellor。然而，也知道，一般來說pro也具有“副或”譯成“副副校長或副校長或副校長助理”，這些譯法顯然都不符合漢語的習(xí)慣，SectionB:TheTheBritishnationalnewspaperscanbedividedintotwogroups:nationaldailiesandnationalSundays.Theyarealsopopularlydividedintothreegroupsonthebasisofdifferencesinstyleandcontent: t,andTheTimesSundays: egraph,ThetonSunday,TheObserver,TheSundayPopularDailies:DailyMirror,DailyStarandTheSundays:NewsoftheWorld,SundayMirror,andThe“Mid-Market”Dailies:DailyMails,DailyExpress,andSundays: onSundayandSundayNewsThe ipalnewsReutersthePressAssociation NewsWeeklyTheNewMonthlyReader’sBBCdominatestheTheBritishBroadcastingBritainhasareputationforbroadcastingsomeofthe evisionintheThereare4nationalITV(tChannelSectionC:SomeofthemajorsportsinBritainareasCricketAthleticsSnookerSectionD:The icandculturalheritageisoneoftherichestintheMuseumsandArtBalletandArtMuseumsandArtTheBritishMuseum英國TheNaturalHistoryMuseumTheNationalGalleryTheTateGallery(London,Liverpool)美術(shù)館（圣伊夫斯TheNationalPortraitMadameTussaud’sWaxMuseum夫人蠟像TheBritishareinterestedinawiderangeofmusic,fromclassicaltodifferentformsofrockandpopmusic.Jazz,folk,worldandlightmusic,andbrassbandsallhavesubstantialBritainisoneoftheworld’smajorcentresforTheRoyalShakespeareThe