WELCOME UNIT 开启快乐学习之旅英国的教育体系3 岁到 5 岁的幼儿园教育；5－11 岁的小学教育；11 岁－16 岁的中学教育(5 岁－16 岁为法律规定的强制教育阶段。适龄儿童必须入学，由国家负责必需的学费、书籍和必要的供应。)；16 岁－18 岁是中学高级班或大学预备班，为中学至大学的过渡期，也称继续教育阶段，主要是学术方向和职业方向学习；大学教育一般从 18 岁开始，读本科需要 3 年－4 年(医科为 5 年)，可取得学士学位。硕士通常为 1 年－2 年，博士为 3 年－5 年。School life in the UK英国的校园生活Going to a British high school for one year was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for me.I was very happy with the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 am and ends about 3：30 pm.This means I could get up an hour later than usual, as schools in China begin before 8 am.On the first day, all of the new students attended an assembly (晨会) in the school hall.I sat next to a girl whose name was Diane. We soon became best friends. During the assembly, the headmaster told us about the rules of the school. He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote ourselves to study and achieve high grades. This sounded like my school in China.I had many teachers in the past year. Mr Heywood, my class teacher, was very helpful.My favourite teacher was Miss Burke—I loved the lessons that she gave in English Literature.In our class there were 28 students. This is about the average size for British schools. We had to move to different classrooms for different classes. We also had different students in some classes, so it was a struggle for me to remember all the faces and names.I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school.However, it was a bit challenging for me at first because all the homew...
