In England, children always begin to go to school at the age of five or six. After finishing their ninth grade, some of them go to high school to continue their further education, and some of them go to vocational school to learn some practical skills.

在英國(guó)，孩子們?cè)谖寤蛄鶜q的時(shí)候就開始上學(xué)。完成九年紀(jì)的課程后，他們中的一些人會(huì)去高中繼續(xù)深造，他們中的一些人會(huì)到職業(yè)學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)一些實(shí)用的技巧。

Vocational schools are much more interesting than high schools, for there are many different classes in the school, like mechanics, electronics, car-repairing, computer-programming, nursing, accounting, and so on. At vocational schools, students usually have classes in the morning, while in the afternoon; they often go outside school to practice. Some of them work as cashiers in the shops; some of them work as waiters or waitresses in the restaurants; some of them work as tour guides to show the visitors around the city. Sometimes they also go to the factories. The old workers often teach them how to operate the machines. Most of them are very hardworking. When they graduate from school, they will have gained some work experience, so they will have more opportunities to find a good job.

職業(yè)學(xué)校比高中有趣多了，因?yàn)閷W(xué)校里有許多不同的課程，如機(jī)械，電子，汽車修理，計(jì)算機(jī)編程，護(hù)理，會(huì)計(jì)等等。在職業(yè)學(xué)校，學(xué)生通常在早上上課，而在下午;他們經(jīng)常去校外實(shí)踐。有些人在商店做收銀員;有些人在餐館做服務(wù)員;有些人做導(dǎo)游帶領(lǐng)游客參觀城市。有時(shí)人也去工廠。老工人經(jīng)常教他們?nèi)绾尾僮鳈C(jī)器。他們中的大多數(shù)都很努力。當(dāng)他們從學(xué)校畢業(yè)的時(shí)候，他們就獲得了一些工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)，這會(huì)使他們有更多的機(jī)會(huì)找到好工作。