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近年来，素质教育在全国搞的有声有色，各学校开展的活动也丰富多彩，下面的一篇文章让你了解我国素质教育的真谛。

　　To get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as being most important for a student, and it is also what parents always expect their children to do．But is it enough? These days increasing attention has been paid in schools across the country to what is called quality education．It means that a student, besides doing well in exams, should develop his skills in other ways in order to turn himself into a qualified(合格的)graduate of the country．

　　“Quality education”, said Xing Jizu, Party Secretary of the Education Bureau of downtown Hongkou District Shanghai, “aims to help students to gain a high moral(道德的)standard(水平), a strong sense of patriotism(爱国主义), a strong wish for learning, as well as a sound mind and body．

　　“We need reforms(改革)to achieve our goal for quality education,” Mr．Xing Jizu said．He also outlined what they planned．

　　Xing said that the return of Hong Kong to the mainland(大陆)in July 1997, for example, was regarded as a very good chance for educational advance．A lot of related activities were organized at all the schools in Hong Kou．

　　Besides, all schools in the district were advised to set up after-class art or science groups．A students’ art festival is to be held in each school every year．

　　As for physical education, every student is required to have at least one hour of exercise a day．Every year, a sports meeting will take place at each school．

　　Besides, various kinds after-school activities will be organized to help develop the students’ practical(实践的)and social abilities．“What we are doing is by no means weaken(使-变差)the importance of the regular classroom teaching or exam results．” Xing pointed out, “Instead, we hope that through quality education, students can learn more, in less time, in an easy way．Only in this way can we bring up children fit for the bright future of China．”

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　　You prlbably know the food pyramid(金字塔)well enough．It is a food pyramid with horiaontal stripes(水平线)．Carbohydrates(碳水化合物),such as bread, rice and potatoes, are on the dase of the pyr-amid．They are most of our everyday food．The fats and oils(脂油)are at the top of the pyramid．We should eas the least of them．

　　Well, the food pyramid．with vertical stripes(垂直线)．Instesd of the horizontal stripes, the vertical stripes mean the five food groups and fats and pyrmid．This is because not all foods in a food group give us the same health benefits(好处)．A fresh apple, for example, would be on the base of the pyramid, while an apple pie would be at the top Tis shows that we can eat more fresh(阶梯)going up the side This shows us how important exercise is．It also shows us that we will be healthier and healthier if we take exercise every day．

　　Sp wju did some American experts change the pyramid? They did this to do a better job of tell-ing people how to be healthy．The new pyramid tells us to have dalanced(平衡的)food from each food group eery daly．and it shouw us that we need Iess of some us kinds of food than othen, For ex－ample, you need less meat or fish than rice or fruit．It also shows us that not all foods in a groupgive us the same health benfits, and that exercise is quite important in oru everyday life．