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Little Li is a grade three high school student who is going to attend the National College Entrance Exam next June. In China, this test is the main thing children study in school all that time for. Preparation for the test is grueling, and fear of failure and a less than ideal future motivates most grade three students to study incredibly hard.
高三學生的一天李琳是天津一所重點中學的高三學生。她明年6月就要參加高考了。在中國，高考被視為人生重要的轉折點。為了能夠擁有美好的將來，高三的學生們全力以赴，備戰高考。
6：30 Get up and have breakfast.起床，洗漱吃早點。
7：30 Arrive at school and begin classes. There are four different classes in the morning, with 10-minute breaks between each one. Each class is 45 minutes.到學校上課。每天上午四節課。每節課45分鍾，課間休息10分鍾。
12：05 Morning classes finish and the lunch break begins. I have lunch with classmates at the cafeteria and chat with my classmates for a while after lunch. I can relax a bit while chatting.上午課結束，午休時間開始。和同學去食堂吃飯。飯後大家聊聊天，讓我感覺輕松了不少。
12: 30There are many classes to come in the afternoon, so I decide to take a nap and do some homework..下午還有課要上，所以要稍微休息一下，再寫寫作業。
13：40 Afternoon classes begin.下午課開始。
15：20 The first two classes finish and the 25-minute break finally arrives. I need to go out to get some fresh air. Then, I return to the classroom and do some homework.前兩節課結束。終於盼來了25分鍾大課間，可以出去透透氣，再抓緊時間寫點作業。
15：45 Daily test hour begins. In order to mentally prepare students for the exams, teachers design various test papers that have the same structures and items as the real one and ask the students do one test paper every day for practice.開始做模擬試卷。每天一個半小時做卷子時間，每天一科，就像模擬考試一樣。
17：25 After a ten-minute break, teachers begin to go over the practice tests that we just finished.休息十分鍾後老師開始講解剛纔做過的卷子。
18: 30 Dinner break. I feel a little hungry and go to the nearest grocery store to buy some biscuits.課間休息。有點餓了，到學校附近的小賣部買點餅乾。
19：00 I start my extra lessons to focus on my weaknesses. I am not good at physics, so I take physics lessons.一小時的補課時間，我的物理不太好，所以要補一補。
20: 00All of today」s classes finally finish. I Pack up my books and go home.補課結束，一天的課程終於結束了！可以收拾書包回家了！
20：30I arrive at my home and have my real dinner. I read the newspaper for a while.到家。吃晚飯，看看報紙。
21：00 I do my homework and review today」s lessons.寫作業、復習功課。
00：00 I wash up and go to bed.夜深人靜，洗漱睡覺。
Terrible, right? This day is probably more stressful than you could possibly imagine, and grade three students go through it every day for a whole semester! However, it can」t be helped. Nearly every Chinese student needs to slave through this time in his life. Try asking your Chinese friends about their grade three experience and watch them cringe.
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