Summer Holiday-driving School Thrives in China

　　More and more students and teachers are taking advantage of their summer holiday this year to earn their driver's license¹ in China.

 

　　CRI's Li Dong has more.

 

　　In a driving school in Chu Xiong city in Yunnan Province, the instructors³ are fully⁴ booked. Many more students are still enrolling⁵. This situation is common in almost all the driving schools in the city. According to a member of staff at the driving school, most of those enrolling or taking lessons are students and teachers.

 

　　One student says the ability to drive is now a useful skill when job hunting as well as being beneficial for one's daily life.

 

　　"I passed the written exam in January. The practical training started in July. If I can pass the field test this month, I plan to pass the road test by the winter holiday."

 

　　Another learner who comes here is a teacher at a primary school.

 

　　"Teachers like me and students are pretty occupied during weekdays. It's not convenient for me to ask for days off to taking driving lessons. The summer holiday is a comparatively good time for me to learn how to drive."

 

　　Everyone wants to pass their driving test as soon as possible. Aside from practicing as much as you can, He Jianping, a traffic police office in Chu Xiong city, provides learners with another piece of advice, that people should choose bigger driving schools with more customers.

 

　　"We will assign more test quotas⁶ to those driving schools which have more school students and teachers. We will try our best to ensure that all the students in driving schools have a chance to take the test."

 

　　However, the summer holiday driving school market is also attracting criminals who are attempting to cash in by misleading those who want to learn how to drive. Recently police in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, arrested a suspect who lured⁷ university students to part with their cash with the promise of discounted lessons despite the fact that he wasn't a qualified⁸ instructor².

 

　　Police remind students to be cautious⁹ of such schemes. Students should check the qualifications of the driving school and are advised to choose those institutions with a good reputation.

 

　　For CRI, I am Li Dong.

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 instructors   

指导者，教师( instructor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
• He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份，被邀请到主席台上。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 enrolling   

v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
• You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句

6 quotas   

（正式限定的）定量( quota的名词复数 )； 定额； 指标； 摊派

参考例句：

• In fulfilling the production quotas, John made rings round all his fellow workers. 约翰完成生产定额大大超过他的同事们。
• Quotas of the means of production are allocated by the higher administrative bodies to the lower ones. 物资指标按隶属关系分配。

7 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

8 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

9 cautious   

adj.十分小心的，谨慎的

参考例句：

• We should not only be bold,but also be cautious.我们不仅要大胆，而且要谨慎。
• He was cautious about his work.他对工作非常谨慎。