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The Guardian/英国卫报:

Is China’s gaokao the world’s toughest school exam?

网友评论：

timbonz

How not to educate children. What a terrible environment to be in. We have a significant number of Chinese students at my University. They are extremely intelligent but can't think outside of the box.

DaveSmith2016  @timbonz

An outdated stereotype of Chinese students.

Tykeza  @timbonz

Those students at your university are the ones who can't hack it at the gaokao. That's why they are spending time with you.

onegift  @timbonz4

The same can be said about most students from most countries. I don't find Chinese students particularly bad at thinking out of the box.

bkkmei

I remember watching Beautiful Young Minds where one English boy who was brilliant at maths and had also studied in China, said one of the reasons why he loved being in China so much was because being good at maths there meant peer respect - it was cool. Whereas in England you were more likely to be seen as a geek and bullied.

PerfumedPonce3

Pressure makes diamonds.

PzjnnAQXWmcDCZbX  @PerfumedPonce

It also crushes skulls

kevintxu  @PerfumedPonce

Except the average diamond is not all that precious. It's mostly marketing and supply monopoly. Ever tried to sell one on the secondary market?

yula

I don't like the system for all its excesses. But I recognize the formidable intellectual machines and the strong ethic it brings. When creativity fully flourishes, I am not sure at all if the Western world will be able to keep up.

a significant number of 大量的；相当多的

think out of the box/think outside of the box 创造性思考

stereotype 成见

can’t hack it/couldn’t hack it 应付不了

peer 同龄人

bully 欺负

crush 压碎

skull 头盖骨

marketing 市场营销

monopoly 垄断

secondary market 二手市场

excesses 过分的行为

formidable 可怕的；令人敬畏的

flourish 旺盛成长

Western world 西方世界