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Deep in eastern China's Anhui Province, situated in a valley between the mountains, is a small town called Mao Zanchang.

Of the hundreds of cities and thousands of towns and villages in the world's most populous country, Mao Tanchang is, without a doubt,

the most boring of them all.

Unlike even the drabbest of industrial mining or factory towns, here, there's nothing even resembling entertainment.

No bowling alleys, theaters, water parks, bars, or internet cafes.

A game shop once opened, but was promptly forced to close after locals led a boycott.

Its busiest places - a post office,

grocery store, and a few scattered restaurants - close early and stay quiet enough that they could only be doing so intentionally.

But make no mistake: Mao Tanchang is not a forgotten pit stop, slowly fading away to history.

Actually, just the opposite.

Thousands flock to this 4 ,000 -person town, hours away from any major city one with no historical or religious significance.

Though there are no jobs to be had, there is a factory, some would argue, though not the kind you'd expect.

Its private high school is known, across China, as a so -called "study factory",

where parents bring their children to prepare for the most important exam of their lives.

Its remote location and lifeless streets are deliberate features.

There's simply nothing to do but study.

As the town has grown in prominence, its population has doubled, from 4 to 8 ,000, the new residents being the families of test -takers,

who, in turn, drive real estate prices sky -high and consume roughly 90 % of the local economy.

The test is called the gaokao.

Gao meaning "high" as in higher education, i .e university, and cao meaning "exam".

These days, around 10 million third -year high school students, graduating seniors in the Chinese education system, take the test each year,

making it a candidate for the largest anywhere on earth.

In normal years, the 9 -hour exam begins on June 7th and lasts 2 or 3 days, depending on the province.

Although the exam is coordinated and synced across the whole of China, excluding the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau,

the questions and logistics are arranged by each province and provincial -level city.

For most students, it consists of math, Chinese, and a foreign language - usually English,

but alternatively Japanese, Russian, or French - plus his or her choice of either humanities, which includes geography, history, and politics,

or science, meaning biology, chemistry, and physics.

The questions are mainly multiple choice and short answers, though the Chinese section includes an essay, scored by two random graders.

Before or afterward, students list the schools they wish to attend.

By the time scores are released in July, provincial authorities have negotiated their quota for admission to each university,

which determines its lowest accepted score.

The maximum number of points is 750, though anything above even 700 is considered legendary,

thanks to its notoriously inscrutable questions.

When all is said and done, around 10 % of students receive offers to one of the tier 1 best schools

and 20 % end up in a second -tier school.

The highest scores in each province become overnight celebrities, their photos plastered throughout their hometowns,

parents praised on television, and their choice of school subject to much scrutiny.

From a distance, the Gaokao may seem like a larger and slightly more elaborate version of the SAT, ACT, A -Levels, or JEE.

but such an image would be wildly mistaken.

For starters, the Gaokao is only offered once per year.

Meaning, that if a student isn't accepted into one of his or her selected schools, of which there can only be a few, they will have no choice but to wait until the following June,

which many do, sometimes several times over.

To be precise, only about 8 of the 10 million test -takers are accepted.

The other roughly 20 % are faced with a very unenviable decision.

"wait another 365 days" or "give up".

Parents often resent those students who choose to take the exam again, saying they drive up the average score at the expense of their child,

sometimes despite already being accepted to one or more schools.

Gaokao scores are also, in most cases, the only criteria for college admission.

The concept of recommendations, personal essays, and extracurriculars are so foreign to Chinese families

that they usually hire a counselor to guide them through this process when applying to an overseas university.

The gaokao is very much make or break.

which is why it has spawned such a lucrative industry.

of which Mao Tanchang is one of the biggest benefactors.

What sets it apart from all other schools, tutoring centers, and methods is that, quite simply, it really works.

It claims a 90 % university admissions rate compared to the 30 % of its province as a whole.

Of course, this success comes at a price, and quite a steep one.

The campus is run more like a military training academy than a school, with 16 hours of studying scheduled per day.

Everything is designed and optimized for studying.

For example, there are no laundry rooms, electrical outlets, or, for many years, even hot water.

Visitors, including parents, are allowed on campus for exactly three hours each Sunday afternoon.

The security guards, who drive around on golf carts, ensure these rules are followed.

Its real secret formula, however, is the way it meticulously ranks,

rewards, and punishes its 500 teachers alongside their students.

Their salaries are already higher than average, but what drives them to essentially give up on their lives, quit their jobs, hold off on starting a family,

and move to the middle of nowhere, are the bonuses.

If a student is accepted to China's famous Peking or Tsinghua universities, say, then 50 ,000 RMB,

or about 8 ,000 US dollars, is divided between all of his or her teachers.

A good educator, therefore, can easily double or triple his or her salary.

On the flip side, the lowest -ranked teachers each year can expect to be fired.

To many people, these descriptions elicit pity, if not outrage.

Whenever an image or anecdote of a six -foot pile of books or the school's 16 -hour schedule goes viral,

a certain fury follows: "How dare someone trying to pay to game a test?"

or "What an incredible waste of young people's lives." In reality, the vast majority of Mao Tanchang students are not rich kids from the city,

rural families who have saved for years.

For them, the Gaokao is a route, their only route, to upward social mobility, and Mao Tan Chang is their golden ticket.

Which is why, when the day finally comes, it's one of hope and celebration, not dread or hatred.

To an observer, June 7th may look like the beginning of a festival.

Parents book hotel rooms near the testing venues.

Rows of buses full of students roam the cities, escorted by a parade of their families.

Cars are forbidden from honking their horns, construction sites within half a mile are ordered to stay silent,

and over one million supervisors across the country proctor at 7 ,000 exam sites.

Then, on their final day, After their final stroke is written, Students overwhelmingly report the same unexpected feeling.

Loss While these nine fateful hours have consumed nearly every second and thought of the last few years of their lives,

if not entire education, the Gaokao also acts as a powerful goal.

A singular milestone far in the future and yet close enough to always instill urgency.

The Gaokao is not a thing to be romanticized.

Critics rightly emphasize the unfathomable mental strain it places on students, strain which sometimes spirals into permanent damage.

The years of lives it robs of every boy and girl.

the unnecessary rote memorization which is never recalled.

and the permanent destiny it prescribes to those deemed unfit.

But such an all -encompassing task also provides a concrete purpose that drives students forward,

and a universally accepted excuse to all failures non -academic.

One can be bad at just about everything, and still be celebrated for scoring highly.

In some ways, the Gaokao is a mask, hiding all accomplishments and challenges behind a single, person -defining number.

And not only at the level of the individual,

Social and economic inequalities are also rationalized and upheld by the meritocratic nature of the Gaokao.

It suggests that everyone gets what he or she deserves, providing an excuse for huge differences in opportunity.

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And while there have been many moves to reform the Gaokao, and even discussions about replacing it entirely,

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the great irony is that those who suffer the most - families and students themselves - are also sometimes its most vocal supporters.

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일상 대화를 위한 상위 5개 표현

가오카오 (Gaokao): '높은 시험'이라는 뜻으로, 중국의 대학 입학 시험을 지칭합니다.
전문적인 교육 (Expert Education): 이 마을의 학교는 '공부 공장'으로 불리며, 집중적인 교육을 제공합니다.
학생의 선택 (Student’s Choice): 과목 선택이 학생의 미래에 중대한 영향을 미칩니다.
체계적인 보상 (Systematic Reward): 교사들은 학생의 성적에 따라 보상을 받습니다.
시험 재응시 (Re-taking the Exam): 원하는 학교에 합격하지 못한 학생들은 다음 해에 다시 시험을 치를 수 있습니다.

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첫 단계: 먼저 사전 준비를 하세요. 영상의 주제와 관련된 어휘를 미리 알아두면 도움이 됩니다.
두 번째 단계: 영상을 처음부터 끝까지 시청하며 전체적인 흐름을 이해하세요. 이때 중요한 표현들을 메모하세요.
세 번째 단계: shadowing site에서 영상을 재생하고, 비디오의 내용을 따라 해보세요. 교사의 발음과 억양에 집중합니다.
네 번째 단계: 발음 연습 후, 자신이 녹음한 내용을 들어보며 수정이 필요한 부분을 확인하세요.
다섯 번째 단계: 반복 연습을 통해 점차 자신감을 키우고, 마지막으로 자연스러운 회화를 연습해보세요.

이와 같은 방식으로 영어 회화 연습에서 자신감을 높일 수 있습니다. Shadowspeaks의 기법을 활용하여 보다 효과적으로 언어를 익혀 보세요!

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수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점	was promptly forced · be had · is known
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때	has grown · have negotiated · has spawned
관계절 who / which + 절 — 사람이나 사물에 대한 추가 정보	students who choose · memorization which is · those who suffer

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