They will concentrate on teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.

他们将重点教授阅读、写作和算术的基本要点。

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Lessons are extremely practical and include work on farming, carpentry, health and running a home, as well as lessons on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic.

课程非常实用，包括农耕、木工、健康和家庭管理，以及阅读、写作和算术的基本技能课程。

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After breakfast, hidden cameras filmed the pupils as they got on with reading, writing and arithmetic.

早餐后，隐藏的照相机拍摄下了小学生们阅读，写作和做算术的过程。

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These important skills are reading, writing and arithmetic.

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Schools turned out clerks who functioned as interchangeable parts in a vast bureaucracy where the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic were key.

CNN: What if students learn faster without teachers?

But refugee girls are now being taught the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic, in a school sponsored by an organisation that has campaigned for women's rights in Afghanistan.

BBC: Afghan girls' second chance

As for the lack of teaching time, how about cutting out some of the nonessential curriculum, such as bike safety, that currently takes up much of the school day, and refocusing on the basics, such as reading, writing and arithmetic?

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