新闻中文Free sample lesson
AI in the Classroom
These three sentences come from a news text about artificial intelligence entering China's primary and secondary schools: an official proposal, the real aim of the new curriculum, and generative-AI case studies in textbooks. They are packed with the formal written Chinese used in news reporting.
For each sentence you get the original with tone-marked pinyin, a chunk-by-chunk literal reading, a natural translation, the sentence structure, a grammar note and key vocabulary. Finish with the word-order quiz on the first sentence.
Source: News Chinese app, chapter 4 "AI Education Enters the Classroom" · free chapter
Key grammar in this lesson
- 将A纳入B
- A formal "disposal" structure: "to incorporate A into B". 将 is the written counterpart of 把, and 将…纳入… or 将…列入… is common in reports on policies and curricula.
- 不是A，而是B
- "Not A, but B": it rejects one reading and states the real one. Here B is introduced by the formal verb 旨在, "to aim to".
Sentence 1
中国教育部门提出，将人工智能素养纳入更多中小学课程。
Zhōng guó jiào yù bù mén tí chū， jiāng rén gōng zhì néng sù yǎng nà rù gèng duō zhōng xiǎo xué kè chéng。
Natural translation: China's education authorities have proposed incorporating AI literacy into more primary and secondary school curricula.
Literal reading (chunk by chunk)
- 中国zhōng guóChina's
- 教育部门jiào yù bù méneducation authorities
- 提出，tí chūhave proposed
- 将jiāng(object marker)
- 人工智能素养rén gōng zhì néng sù yǎngAI literacy
- 纳入nà rùincorporate into
- 更多gèng duōmore
- 中小学zhōng xiǎo xuéprimary and secondary school
- 课程kè chéngcurricula
Sentence structure
- Subject中国教育部门
- Predicate提出
- Disposal marker (把)将
- Disposal object人工智能素养
- Proposal content predicate纳入
- Incorporation target object更多中小学课程
Grammar note
将A纳入B is a formal written disposal structure meaning to incorporate A into the scope of B.
Key vocabulary
| Word | Pinyin | HSK | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 教育部门 | jiào yù bù mén | – | education authorities, education sector |
| 提出 | tí chū | Level 2 | to propose, to put forward officially |
| 人工智能素养 | rén gōng zhì néng sù yǎng | – | AI literacy — the ability to understand how AI works, how it shapes society, and how to use it critically; the core goal of this new curriculum |
| 纳入课程 | nà rù kè chéng | – | to incorporate into the curriculum — making AI literacy an official subject or unit within existing school structures |
| 中小学 | zhōng xiǎo xué | Level 2 | primary and secondary schools (grades 1–12) |
Sentence 2
新课程不是要求每个学生都成为程序员，而是旨在引导学生理解算法如何影响生活。
Xīn kè chéng bú shì yāo qiú měi gè xué shēng dōu chéng wéi chéng xù yuán， ér shì zhǐ zài yǐn dǎo xué shēng lǐ jiě suàn fǎ rú hé yǐng xiǎng shēng huó。
Natural translation: The new curriculum is not about requiring every student to become a programmer — it aims to guide students to understand how algorithms affect daily life.
Literal reading (chunk by chunk)
- 新课程xīn kè chéngthe new curriculum
- 不是要求bú shì yāo qiúis not about requiring
- 每个měi gèevery
- 学生xué shēngstudent
- 都dōuall
- 成为chéng wéito become
- 程序员，chéng xù yuánprogrammers
- 而是ér shìbut rather
- 旨在zhǐ zàiaims to
- 引导yǐn dǎoguide
- 学生xué shēngstudents
- 理解lǐ jiěto understand
- 算法suàn fǎalgorithms
- 如何rú héhow
- 影响yǐng xiǎngaffect
- 生活shēng huódaily life
Sentence structure
- Subject新课程
- Negative judgment predicate不是要求每个学生都成为程序员
- Contrastive conjunction而是
- Predicate旨在引导
- Pivot学生
- Predicate理解
- Object clause算法如何影响生活
Grammar note
不是…，而是… denies the first purpose and presents the real one, and 旨在 + verb is a formal written expression meaning 'to aim at doing …'.
Key vocabulary
| Word | Pinyin | HSK | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 不是…而是… | bú shì … ér shì … | – | not A but (rather) B — the key contrast framing AI education's goal: not coding, but understanding |
| 程序员 | chéng xù yuán | – | programmer, coder |
| 旨在 | zhǐ zài | Level 7–9 | to aim to; to be designed to |
| 算法 | suàn fǎ | – | algorithm — the computational procedure by which a computer makes decisions, as in recommendations or search |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | Level 2 | to affect, to influence |
Sentence 3
许多教材开始加入生成式人工智能案例，提醒学生区分创作、引用和抄袭。
Xǔ duō jiào cái kāi shǐ jiā rù shēng chéng shì rén gōng zhì néng àn lì， tí xǐng xué shēng qū fēn chuàng zuò、yǐn yòng hé chāo xí。
Natural translation: Many textbooks have begun including generative AI cases to remind students to distinguish between original creation, citation, and plagiarism.
Literal reading (chunk by chunk)
- 许多xǔ duōmany
- 教材jiào cáitextbooks
- 开始kāi shǐhave begun
- 加入jiā rùto include
- 生成式人工智能shēng chéng shì rén gōng zhì nénggenerative AI
- 案例，àn lìcases
- 提醒tí xǐngremind
- 学生xué shēngstudents
- 区分qū fēnto distinguish between
- 创作、chuàng zuòoriginal creation
- 引用yǐn yòngcitation
- 和héand
- 抄袭chāo xíplagiarism
Sentence structure
- Subject许多教材
- Predicate 1开始加入生成式人工智能案例
- Predicate 2提醒
- Pivot学生
- Predicate区分创作、引用和抄袭
Grammar note
A pivotal sentence headed by 提醒: 学生 is the object of 提醒 and at the same time the subject of 区分. It forms a serial verb construction sharing its subject with the preceding 开始加入.
Key vocabulary
| Word | Pinyin | HSK | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 教材 | jiào cái | Level 3 | textbook, teaching material |
| 生成式人工智能 | shēng chéng shì rén gōng zhì néng | – | generative AI — AI that produces text, images, or code on demand (e.g. ChatGPT); its rise makes the creation/citation/plagiarism distinction urgent in schools |
| 区分 | qū fēn | Level 6 | to distinguish, to differentiate — the key skill: telling apart original work, legitimate quotation, and plagiarism |
| 创作 | chuàng zuò | Level 3 | original creation — work produced by the student's own thinking |
| 引用 | yǐn yòng | Level 7–9 | citation, quotation — properly attributed use of someone else's content |
| 抄袭 | chāo xí | Level 7–9 | plagiarism — presenting AI-generated or others' content as one's own |
Word-order quiz
Tap the word tiles in the right order to rebuild the sentence that matches the translation below.
China's education authorities have proposed incorporating AI literacy into more primary and secondary school curricula.
Your answer
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中国教育部门提出，将人工智能素养纳入更多中小学课程。
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