My name is Vivian Luo, I am 16 and I am from Beijing China.

我叫羅衛維恩，我16歲，來自中國北京。

My name is Saffron Huang, I am 15 and I am from Guangzhou China.

我叫黃薩夫榮，我15歲，來自中國廣州。

Bevan: So, what do you think there are the differences between NZ schools and Chinese

莊家欣:那麼，你們覺得中國的學校和紐西蘭的學校

school, in China?

有什麼不同？

Vivian Luo: Well, I think the main difference is like the expectation is different, like

羅衛維恩：我覺得最主要的不同是 就像期望是不同的，

in China everyone does the same subject, you stay in the same classroom for the whole day,

比如說在中國每個人都學相同的科目，一 整天都呆在同一間教室裡，

and you basically just have different teachers coming to teach you, and you either choose

基本上就是不同的老師來教你，你要不就是選這 一組課程，要不就是選另一組課程，

this group of subjects or another group of subjects, it is not like here, you can say,

不像這裡，我可以選藝術，

I want to do art, like Chemistry or something else, you can choose like your own option

像是化學或其他課程， 你可以選擇你自己的選擇的，

things stuff, that is completely different, you do not have to move around at all.

這是完全不同的，你根本不需要到處移動。

Saffron Huang: The classes are massive, like 60 people, 60 kids in a classroom, it is pretty

黃薩夫榮：教室很大，能裝60人， 60個孩子在一間教室裡

big, the school itself is huge. And oh did you guys ever have to do the like the warm

特別的大，當然學校超大。對了， 你們曾經做過熱身運動，

up, like the exercise routines oh, in the morning, you do exercise routines in the morning,

像是例行鍛煉，在上午的時候，你做晨練嗎，

and like as one big school, you also have to at certain time of the day, we you have

就像是在一個大的學校裡， 在每天的一個固定的時間裡，

to do eye exercise, and really, because in the school time, so much reading and just

你必須要做眼保健操，因為事實上在學校的時間， 要讀很多的東西，眼睛總是盯著教科書，

focusing on textbooks, your eyesight gets terrible, and we have like this eye exercise,

你的視力變得很差，我們很喜歡眼保健操， 就像是給眼睛作按摩，

you like eye massage, around you eyes, it is kind of weird, I don't know, that is the

按摩眼周圍，就是這樣，有點兒奇怪，

difference.

這是不同的。

Vivian Luo: It is not like here at lunch, you can just go out to play football or something,

羅衛維恩：沒有正式的午餐時間， 你就是出去踢足球或其他活動，

and we basically have no time to do anything else other than study. And the homework amount

我們基本上除了學習沒時間做其他的事情。

is like massive, it's the same amount for everyone.

並且家庭作業很多，每個人的量都差不多。

Saffron Huang: We didn't have a field either, a big block for our school oh, everybody can

黃薩夫榮：我們也沒有一個運動場， 或一個很大的場地，

go home for lunch, you can just walk home for lunch, and walk back school.

每個人都可以回家吃飯，你可以走路回家吃飯， 然後再走回學校。

Bevan: What do your parents think about schools in New Zealand?

莊家欣:你的父母怎麼看紐西蘭的學校？

Vivian Luo: My parents think it is a lot easier, be kind of like different easier, not like

羅衛維恩：我爸媽覺得這裡的學校很容易，

everything is just not difficult, you are expected to study by yourself more, like the

並不是所有的事情都不難，你需要自學的東西很多，

teachers don't push you to finish by tomorrow, you have to learn how to study at your own

例如老師很早就會提醒你要明天就做完， 你還要學會如何按照你自己的節奏學習，

pace, or else you will fail your test, in China teacher just give you heaps to do, you

要不得話你就通不過考試，在中國， 老師就是給你很多東西去做，

just have to do them.

你不得不去完成它們。

Saffron Huang: Everything is due next day, and over here you expect to do more co-curricular

黃薩夫榮：每件事都是明天到期， 在這邊你可以做很多課外活動，

activities, and in China, you just expect to school for studying, you go to school and

然而在中國，你到學校就是學習， 你去學校，學完習，

learn things and back, you do not play football at school.

然後回家，在學校從不踢足球。

Dianna Gui: My parents believe, now that they have seen my brother and me going through

桂戴安娜：我的父母相信，也許現在他們看到 我的哥哥已經在這裡學習，

school here, the misconception is that although China has a higher academic requirement, something

一種誤解認為儘管中國對於學業的要求高， 就是那樣，其實在這裡也不是那麼容易，

like that, studying here is not any easier, because although it seems easier, but if you

因為儘管這裡似乎簡單些， 但是如果你不努力的話，

do not put effort in for it, it still going to be very hard for you.

對你來說還會很難的。

Vivian Luo: Like my parents sometimes get annoyed with me, because I do a lot of co-curricular

羅衛維恩：我父母有時候對我很鬧心， 因為我做很多的課外活動，

I have to drive you here today to do this, you are going to be wake up earlier in the

今天我得駕車帶你到這兒做這， 你得早起去做哪兒，

morning to do that, I think they brought me here in first place because they don't really

我覺得他們把我帶到這兒的最主要原因是 因為他們不喜歡中國的教育系統，

like the education system in China, part of the reason why they brought me here because

他們把我帶到這兒的部分原因是因為他們希望我在這邊有更多的選擇，

they think I have more options, like variety here.

像是多種多樣這兒。