Ministry of Education Finds Students Sleeping More with Reduced Workload

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Ministry of Education Finds Students Sleeping More with Reduced Workload

学业负担减轻学生睡眠时间增多

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学业 - xuéyè - studies / schoolwork
负担 - fùdān - burden / to bear a burden
部门 - bùmén - department / branch / section / division
采取 - cǎiqǔ - to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
措施 - cuòshī - measure / step
课业 - kèyè - lesson / schoolwork
学期 - xuéqī - term / semester
参与 - cānyù - to participate (in sth)
充足 - chōngzú - adequate / sufficient / abundant
受访者 - shòufǎngzhě - participant in a survey / an interviewee / those questioned
建议 - jiànyì - to propose / to suggest / to recommend / proposal / suggestion / recommendation
监控 - jiānkòng - to monitor
控制 - kòngzhì - control / to exercise control over / to contain
分配 - fēnpèi - to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive)
家庭作业 - jiātíngzuòyè - homework
笔头 - bǐtóu - ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form
补习 - bǔxí - to take extra lessons / to cram (for a test)
课程 - kèchéng - course / academic program
补充 - bǔchōng - to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary
布置 - bùzhì - to put in order / to arrange / to decorate / to fix up / to deploy
方式 - fāngshì - way (of life) / pattern / style / mode / manner

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是否 + Verb / Adj. - Expressing "whether (or not) / is or isn't..." with "shìfǒu… + Verb / Adj."
教育部基础教育司司长吕玉刚表示，共有7714万家长参与了关于孩子的睡眠是否充足的调查。

同时... - Expressing "at the same time / simultaneously..." with "tóngshí..."
同时，学校应控制分配给学生的家庭作业数量，以保证小学生能在校内完成所有的笔头作业，中学生能在校内完成大部分家庭作业。

大部分 + Noun Phrase - Expressing "in large part / the greater part of sth" with "dàbùfen + Noun Phrase"
同时，学校应控制分配给学生的家庭作业数量，以保证小学生能在校内完成所有的笔头作业，中学生能在校内完成大部分家庭作业。

据称… - Expressing "it is said / allegedly / according to reports…" with "jùchēng…"
据称，教育部还在4月份提出了停止过早开学的建议。

目前… - Expressing "at present / currently..." with "mùqián..."
目前，全国96.1%的小学8点20分开始上课，97.4%的中学8点或更晚开始上课。

Grammar

是否 + Verb / Adj. - Expressing "whether (or not) / is or isn't..." with "shìfǒu… + Verb / Adj."
教育部基礎教育司司長呂玉剛表示，共有7714萬家長參與了關於孩子的睡眠是否充足的調查。

同時... - Expressing "at the same time / simultaneously..." with "tóngshí..."
同時，學校應控制分配給學生的家庭作業數量，以保證小學生能在校內完成所有的筆頭作業，中學生能在校內完成大部分家庭作業。

大部分 + Noun Phrase - Expressing "in large part / the greater part of sth" with "dàbùfen + Noun Phrase"
同時，學校應控制分配給學生的家庭作業數量，以保證小學生能在校內完成所有的筆頭作業，中學生能在校內完成大部分家庭作業。

據稱… - Expressing "it is said / allegedly / according to reports…" with "jùchēng…"
據稱，教育部還在4月份提出了停止過早開學的建議。

目前… - Expressing "at present / currently..." with "mùqián..."
目前，全國96.1%的小學8點20分開始上課，97.4%的中學8點或更晚開始上課。

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