求英语文章

高一外教课用，3-5分钟，最好是笑话或介绍中国文化，两人对话也可以。

Western students enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experience. This, however, is not the case for students in Asia, who face crushing workloads and are often very disciplined. In the first part of her Globalist.

China has a long history of standardized tests, beginning with the ancient imperial exams initiated during the Sui Dynasty.Shelly Chen is at the top of the class at the Shanghai foreign language school, one of the city’s best middle schools. Already near fluent in English, she is studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade in physics. Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard to study biochemistry. It is not only Western expatriates that grow anxious when hearing about students like Shelly.

Throughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behind. Though there is some debate surrounding the statistics, it is widely believed that North America is failing to produce sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering.
Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little room for debate.North American education needs to move away from an emphasis on fun, flexibility and individual learning styles.Instead, it has to shift towards a more strict, disciplined teaching environment that math and science, in particular, seem to demand.This shift can be discerned even in Canada, where there are no college entrance exams, and where, standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon.

A: Hi, Jim. How are you going? A: 喂，Jim, 最近在忙什么呢？ B: I'm writing a book. B: 我正在写一本书。 A: Really? What book? A: 真的吗？什么书啊？ B: About Olympics and Chinese culture. B: 关于奥运和中国文化。 A: Terrific! Talk aout it, OK? A: 非常棒! 谈谈如何？ B: Yes. It's well-known that Beijing will hold the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, and it's a golden chance to prosper our culture. I want to introduce the common cultural sense of China to show our splendid culture through my book. B: 可以，众所周知，北京将在2008年举办第29届奥运会，我想通过这本书介绍一些中国的文化常识，借此展示一下中国灿烂的文化。 A: Good idea! Anything else? A: 好主意，其他的呢？ B: About the other.. oh, by introducing the common cultural sense, I want to make readers, especially foreign readers understand Chinese social value, life style and etc. B: 关于其他...哦，对了，通过这些文化常识，我想让读者，特别是外国朋友明白中国人的社会价值观、生活方式等等。 A: Good, very good! A: 好，真棒! B: We try our best to make Chinese culture merge into the world's cultural, economic and social development, to make it meet the need of the time. B: 我们要尽力使中国的文化发展涌入世界文化、经济和社会发展潮流之中，使它更好地适应时代发展的需要。 A: Fantastic! I hope to become the first reader after you complete it. Wish you success! A: 妙极了，我希望成为这本书的第一个读者，祝你成功! B: Thank you very much! B: 谢谢你的支持!