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A group of Chinese teachers has blamed the generosity of Britain's benefits system for lack of ambition, ill-discipline and idleness among school pupils. They believe the option of living on welfare handouts has produced 'feather-bedded' teenagers prone to rudeness and disrupting the classroom rather than concentrating on working and getting ahead. 一组中国老师指责英国慷慨的福利制度让学生没有进取心、缺少纪律性而且很懒散。他们认为，选择依赖福利救济生活，这使得娇生惯养的青少年很容易变得粗鲁，扰乱课堂秩序，而不能专心做功课，积极进取。 This verdict on the failings of British pupils and the influence of the welfare state was delivered by five Chinese teachers who spent four weeks in a Hampshire comprehensive school to see whether the strict methods used in China would work here. 针对英国学生的弱点，以及英国福利制度的影响，五名中国老师作出了上述判断。他们在汉普郡一所综合中学待了4周，试验中国所采用“严加管教”是否也会在这里奏效。 Teachers who stand in front of a class giving instruction for up to 12 hours a day have been credited with putting Chinese schools at the top of international ratings in maths, sciences and literacy, in which the record of UK schools is mediocre. 每天，老师们站在教室前讲课多达12小时，因此，中国学校在数学、科学和文化素质方面处于国际领先水平，而英国学校在这些方面的记录却很普通。 | 
