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　　Chinese children come under extreme parental pressure to pass exams

　　中国的孩子们面临着来自于父母的极端的压力。

　　China's hi-tech answer to cheats

　　中国应对高考作弊的高技术做法

　　By Quentin Sommerville

　　BBC News, Beijing

　　(尊重知识产权从我开始)

　　In China, video cameras are being installed in almost 60,000 examination halls to prevent cheating in next week's national college entrance exams。

　　在中国，数码摄像头马上要应用于60000个考场，以阻止下周的全国高考过程中的考试作弊。

　　In the past, some students have been caught using hi-tech equipment, including tiny radio receivers, to get help with exam questions。

　　在过去，一些学生已经被发现使用高科技作弊设备以有助于获得试卷答案，其中就包括微型无线电接收器。

　　For three days next week, more than 10 million Chinese students will sit exams to determine their college entrance。

　　下周的三天中，将有超过1000万中国考生参加决定其大学入口的高考考试。

　　The exams are seen as potentially life-changing and the competition is fierce。

　　高考看起来会潜在地决定人们的一生，竞争异常激烈。

　　Some students have been using increasingly sophisticated cheating methods to get ahead。

　　一些学生千方百计地增加作弊高招以获得考试通过。

　　Tiny radio receivers, mobile phones connected to teams of university students, and illegally obtained question sheets, are just some of the scams that have been uncovered recently。

　　与高考学生紧密相关的微型无线电接收器、移动电话，非法获得高考考卷，只是近些年被发现的作弊手法的一部分。

　　In April, eight parents and teachers caught helping children cheat were sentenced to prison。

　　China takes the cheating very seriously。

　　四月份，有八名家长和老师因帮助学生作弊而被判刑。中国对于治理高考作弊异常重视。

　　So as well as video cameras and metal detectors in examination halls, cheats will have to outwit the public security departments, the armed police and the State Bureau for Protection of Confidential Documents - all of whom have been drafted in, to ensure fair play in this year's exams。

　　因此，只要数码摄像头和金属探测器用于高考考场，作弊将很难再成为公众关注的焦点，武警和试卷保护机构都已经在加强筹划，以确保在今年高考中实现公平竞争。