记得我们刚接手主办《小读者》的时候,曾经调查过咱们国家小学4—6年级、初中1—3年级开设哪些课程。这次到美国访问,也专门调查了美国的中小学生开设哪些课程,以作比较。我们从纽约市教育局获悉,纽约市3—6年级开设的课程如下:英文、阅读、写作,听和说,数学、科学,社会学科,艺 I remember that when we just took over the hosting of the “Little Reader”, we had investigated which courses were set up in grades 4-6 of our national elementary school and grades 1 to 3 of junior high school. This visit to the United States also specifically investigated which courses were offered by primary and middle school students in the United States for comparison. We learned from the New York City Department of Education that the courses offered in New York City in grades 3-6 are as follows: English, reading, writing, listening and speaking, mathematics, science, social studies, art