“儿童早期教育” 如何翻译为英语?请看《中国日报》的报道: The Ministry of Education released guidelines on early childhood education on Monday, in an effort to curb the growing practice of young children being educated in a way that pushes them beyond what children at their age should learn. 教育部于周一发布了有关儿童早期教育的指南,以遏制日益盛行的超前教育行为。 Early childhood education就是“儿童早期教育”,这里主要指针对preschool children(学龄前儿童)的教育。指南在health(健康)、language(语言)、social ability(社会)、science(科学)以及arts(艺术)等方面列出了detailed development criteria(详细的发展标准)。 很多家长都认为“不能让孩子输在起跑线上(you cannot let your child lag behind at the starting point)”,很多幼儿园儿童都长期奔波于piano class(钢琴班)、painting class(绘画班)、dancing class(舞蹈班)等各类训练班中,同时还要在幼儿园提前开始学习primary school courses(小学课程)。