The School Life in the UK

何君霞

你想了解英国的小学生活吗？他们也穿校服，也有很多家庭作业吗？下面的文章可以告诉你答案。

The students of primary schools in the

UK arrive at school at 8：45 am. Most of the children walk but some go to school by car.

The children wear school uniforms and carry their homework and lunch in their school bags. School begins at 8：55 am. The children stand in line on the playground and wait quietly for their teachers to take them to the classrooms. After they go into the classrooms， they take out their books and homework.

The first lesson of a day begins at 9：20 am. The morning lessons are usually English and math. Each of these lessons lasts for an hour.

The children have their morning break from 10：20 am to 10：35 am. They bring a snack from home to eat and they play games on the playground. Football is a very popular game but the children also play many other games.

Lunchtime is from 12：00 at noon to 1：10 pm. Most children bring their own lunch from home.

Afternoon lessons are usually P.E.， science， art and computer， and the afternoon lessons go on until 3：15 pm.

Notes：

Words：

primary adj. 第一的;初步的;初级的

Hes in primary school now. 他现在上小学。

arrive v. 到达

The doctor arrived at the village at last. 医生终于到达了那个村子。

We arrived in London last week. 我们上周到达伦敦。

【注意】arrive为不及物动词，arrive at +小地点，arrive in + 大地点。

break n. 短暂的休息时间

The bell rang for the break. 课间休息的铃响了。

Lets have a break from TV. 咱们歇一会，暂时别看电视了。

Sentence：

Each of these lessons lasts for an hour. 每节课一个小时。

本句也可表示为Each lesson lasts for an hour. 当“each of + 名词复数”结构作主语时，谓语动词要用单数。如：

Each of the boys has an English book.

= Each boy has an English book. 每个男孩都有一本英语书。

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1. The children CANTduring the

morning break.

A. talk with each other   B. eat snacks

C. go home               D. play games

2. What lessons do the children usually have in

the afternoon？

A. English， P.E. and math.

B. Math， science and computer.

C. Art， science and English.

D. P.E.， art and computer.

3. The children spend abouthours a

day at school.

A. seven and a half        C. eight

C. six and a half           D. five

4. The passage mainly tells us something about

in the UK.

A. childrens school life

B. primary schools lessons

C. childrens holidays

D. famous primary schools

5. What do we know from the passage？

A. Every lesson lasts for about half an hour.

B. The children usually bring their lunch

from home.

C. Most of the students go to school by

car.

D. Baseball is a very popular game during

morning break.

（Key?p. 64）