专八Minilecture,以讲座的形式展开，考察在整篇lecture中捕捉信息和关键词的能力，逐步领会Minilecture的命题规律和答题技巧
本篇选用的是《2013年星火满分听力》lecture的模拟篇。
Today I'll talk about the British educational system, including the primary and secondary education and the higher education in Britain. Meanwhile, I'll try to make a comparison between the US and the UK higher education. First, I'll briefly introduce the primary and secondary education in Britain. In England and Wales, students study in primary schools from age five until eleven. They attend secondary school until age 16. Before graduating, students usually take seven comprehensive exams, called the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams. After passing the GCSE exams, students choose to study two to four subjects intensely for the GCE Advanced Level exams, called "A levels." At 18, they enter higher education to focus on a particular subject, called a "course." Now let's move on to the higher education in Britain. First I'll talk about the general practices in England and Wales,and then the general practices in Scotland.
今天我们来谈谈英国教育制度，包括小学和初中还有英国的高等教育。 同时，我还要做一个美国和英语高等教育的对比。 首先，我要简单介绍一下英语的小学和初中教育。在英国和威尔士，学生从5岁到11岁在小学学习。知道16岁才会上初中。在毕业之前学生一般会参加7个综合性考试，叫做GCSE，叫做初等教育资格证。在通过GCSE考试之后，学生要选择2到4个学科为GCE高级水平考试做集中深入学习。叫做”A Level“。在18岁，他们将讲集中专注一个学科，成为课程。 现在我们来看英国的高等教育制度，首先我们来看看在英国和威尔士的一些一般常识，然后再来看苏格兰的。