Shao entered primary school in Zigong, Sichuan Province, in 1960. Back then, sports and watching movies were the students' favorite times.

1960年，邵进入四川省自贡市的一所小学。那时，运动和看电影是学生们最喜欢的活动。

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I'm sure many of you know Harry Potter books! I have read them many times since primary school.

我相信你们很多人都知道哈利波特丛书！从小学开始我就读过很多遍了。

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Xu finally could write 500 Chinese characters before becoming a primary school student, after practising thousands of times.

经过上千次的练习，徐终于能在上小学前写出500个汉字了。

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The review found that on average the cost of educating a child in a small primary school could be three times higher than a larger school.

BBC: Panel: Too much spent on keeping small schools open

Today's primary school children tend to learn songs and lines for a play, as well as useful tools like times tables, says Mark Brown, head teacher of St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Axminster, Devon, but rarely whole poems, as their grandparents would have done.

BBC: Memory and method: In praise of learning by rote

Even today, with Chinese children learning English from primary school onwards, it's a barrier that can be almost completely impenetrable at times.

CNN: 5 top tips for China first-timers