【正确答案】正确答案： The heavy workload of primary school students has always been a national concern in China. China's examination-oriented education and parents' excessive expectations on their children lead to the fact that the pupils are given a lot of homework, exams and extra-curricular tutorship. Heavy schoolwork burdens have greatly inhibited students' creativity and impaired their physical and psychological well-being. To tackle these problems, Chinese education authorities have passed regulations to ease schoolwork burdens on pupils. Reducing school workload on pupils can help cultivate their originality and encourage their all-round development for the future needs of the society. However, joint endeavors from education authorities, schools, parents and the society are needed in order to implement the workload reduction guideline effectively.

【答案解析】解析：1．第一句话中的“全国关注的问题”可译成a national concern，因为concern作名词时可以表达“关注的问题”，不必再出现problem或者issue这类词，可使译文更加简洁。同时，这句话要注意使用完成时has always been，表示“一直是”。 2．第二句话中的“小学生作业多、考试多、课外辅导多”可处理成that引导的同位语从句，且在that从句前面增译the fact，指代从句所说的事实。“作业”“考试”“课外辅导”是小学生被要求做的，that从句可使用被动来翻译，用the pupils作主语。 3．倒数第二句中的“适应未来的社会需要”可理解为“培养学生的创造性”和“鼓励他们全面发展”的目的。翻译时可译成介词短语for the future needs of the society，更加符合英文表达习惯。 4．最后一句话中汉语原文中没有出现明确主语，可将“共同努力”作为整句的主语，使用被动语态，译成joint endeavors…are needed in order to…。