2018考研英语双语阅读：学生放学后打扫卫生是义务吗

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　　Should students have cleaning duties?

　　学生放学后打扫卫生是义务吗?

　　This is the difference in teaching styles between the East and the West. In China, there is a tradition that students are required to clean their schools from the first grade through high school. Their cleaning duties include floor dusting, cleaning the hallways and moving the desks. I considered myself lucky as the school toilet was not on the list when I was young. Nowadays some schools reportedly require students to clean the toilets.

　　这是东西方教学方式的差异。在中国，学生从一年级到高中被要求打扫学校卫生已成传统。他们的打扫职责包括除去地板灰尘、打扫走廊、和移桌子。幸运的是，在我还小的时候，学校厕所不在打扫之列。据报道，现在一些要求学生打扫厕所。

　　The purpose of students cleaning, as my teacher explained, is to encourage respect for the school environment and more importantly, to learn how to be part of society and develop concern about collective interests.

　　正如我的老师所说的那样，学生打扫卫生的目的是鼓励尊重校园环境，更为重要的是学会如何成为社会的一部分，关注集体利益。

　　However, requiring students to clean at school is a foreign idea in many foreign countries. The argument is that the purpose of school is to educate, not to use child labor.

　　然而，在很多外国，要求学生在学校搞卫生是一个奇怪的想法。争论点是学校的目的是教育，而非使用儿童劳力。

　　I can’t say which side is right or wrong. But speaking from my own experience, it was not all that bad.

　　我说不清楚孰是孰非。但是从我的个人经历来说，事情并没有那么糟。

　　Let me take you back to the 1990s. When I was in middle school, we were required to take turns to clean up the classroom after school. We were called "zhirisheng," which translated into student on duty. I liked it. It made me feel like I was old enough to take some responsibility.

　　让我带你回到90年代。读中学时，我们被要求在放学后轮流打扫教室卫生。我们被称为“值日生”。我喜欢这样。这让我觉得我长大了，能够承担一些责任了。

　　To be clear, I hated cleaning. Like many spoiled single children, I did not have to do any cleaning at home. My mother took care of all the housework so that I could focus on studying. But somehow, I enjoyed cleaning at school. First of all, it was a relaxing opportunity. There were not many non-academic activities in schools. Outdoor activities were not encouraged as our over protective parents were afraid we would get hurt. We often had to sit in the classroom all day long, repeatedly taking notes and doing endless homework. Therefore, any chance of freeing myself from studying and any opportunity to take my mind off homework was precious time for me.

　　坦白说，我讨厌打扫卫生。跟很多娇生惯养的独生子一样，我在家不需要搞卫生。我的母亲承包了一切家务活，这样我就可以全心全意读书了。但是，不知怎么地，我喜欢在学校打扫卫生。首先，这是一个放松的机会。学校没有很多非学术性活动。户外运动也不被鼓励，因为我们过度保护孩子的父母害怕我们会受伤。我们往往是一整天待在教室里，不停地做笔记，和完成看不到头的家庭作业。因此，对于我来说，任何从学习中抽出身和任何从家庭作业中转移注意力的机会都是弥足珍贵的。

　　Secondly, we had fun a lot while cleaning. Unlike the "noisy" classrooms in the West, we have to remain absolutely silent to respect the teachers during class. There was not much opportunity to interact with other students. Back in those days, if a student approached another student of the opposite sex about a non-academic topic, they would be laughed at.

　　此外，在打扫过程中，我们还可以尽情玩乐。不像西方“嘈杂”的教室，我们在课堂上为了尊重老师不得不保持绝对的安静。和其他同学交流的机会不是很多。在那段时光里，如果一个学生跟另外一个异性同学讨论非学术话题，他们就会被人嘲笑。

　　Therefore, cleaning together after school was a social interaction opportunity for us. We could make new friends and talk freely about anything with anyone.

　　因此，对我们而言，放学后一起打扫卫生是一个社交机会。我们可以结交新的朋友，并且和任何人畅所欲言。

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