小叶读新闻 - 高考太辛苦，霍金送祝福

Gaokao season: China embarks on dreaded national exams embark /ɪm'bɑrk/ v. 从事，着手；上船或飞机 CET6 dreaded / 'drɛdɪd / adj. 令人畏惧的，可怕的 candidate / ˈkændɪˌdet / n. 候选人，候补者；应试者CET4 nanny / 'næni / n. 保姆；母山羊 More than nine million high school graduates are sitting China's national exams, the Gaokao. Their result will determine which university they can attend, and therefore much of the rest of their future, so they are under huge pressure. For the first time this year, any candidate caught cheating could face jail. And there is a new profession: professional Gaokao nannies are highly educated students or recent graduates that move in with students to study with them in the run up to the exam, says a report on the Sixth Tone website. Stephen Hawking took to social media site Weibo to wish this year's candidates good luck, calling them the "next generation of big thinkers and thought leaders", and saying they would shape the future for generations to come.