Notes :
pupil 生徒;
prepare～for… ～に…の覚悟をさせる，装備をさせる;
occasionally : 時折（sometimesより低い頻度を示す）;;
administrator: 管理者，担当者;
grade:  成績，評価;
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Some students in Australia were shocked after spending a year studying the wrong book  for an English exam. Eight pupils from a school in Melbourne got a big surprise when they opened the exam paper to find that the book they had studied- Julia Leigh’s The Hunter –  did not appear at all on the paper. It seems that the school had read the wrong syllabus and prepared the students for an old exam. A spokesman from the test said: “It does happen occasionally that schools teach the wrong text to their students.” For the exam, literature students had to write two essays – one each for their studied novel and play. Administrators of the exam said that they would receive a fair grade for what they have done. (by Prof. Simon Smith)
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I went to Chinatown on a weekend. Chinatown is popular with tourists from other countries who get the chance to eat Chinese as well as Japanese food. By going to Chinatown, I also found out more about Chinese culture by looking at the clothes and fashion and also by observing their language and ways of communicating with each other. I had a nice weekend!
(written by student T, edited by Prof. Simon Smith)