Inter-class break 课间时间

Vocabulary Explanation:

 1. 教委（jiào wěi） – Education Commission

2.  消息（xiāo xi） – news

3. 秋季（qiū jì） – autumn –

4. 学期（xué qī） – semester

5.  全市（quán shì） – the whole city

6. 义务教育（yì wù jiào yù） – compulsory education

7.  学校（xué xiào） – school

8. 课间（kè jiān） – break between classes

9. 延长（yán cháng） – extend 

10. 分钟（fēn zhōng） – minute

Grammar Rule Explanation:

1.  据……消息（According to…news）:

• This is a common structure in Chinese to introduce the source of information. It is similar to “According to…” in English. For example, “据北京市教委消息（According to the news from Beijing Education Commission）”.

2.  从……起（Starting from…）:

• This structure is used to indicate the starting point in time.
• For example, “从今年秋季学期起（Starting from this autumn semester）.

3.  “把”字句（“Ba” sentence structure）:

• 把” can be understood as “will” or “take…and do…to”. The sentence “全市义务教育学校将把课间时间从 10 分钟延长至 15 分钟。” is an example of a “Ba” sentence. The whole sentence emphasizes that schools actively and consciously perform the action of “extending” on the object of inter-class break.
• In a “Ba” sentence, the structure is “subject + Ba + object + verb + complement”. This structure emphasizes the action of the subject on the object.