英语翻译AllovertheworldmentionoftheBritisheducationsuggestsapictureofthe"publicschool",anditsuggestsinparticularthenamesofcertainveryfamousinstitutions-Eton,OxfordandCambridge;butpeopledonotalwaysrealizewhatpla

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　　AllovertheworldmentionoftheBritisheducationsuggestsapictureofthe"publicschool",anditsuggestsinparticularthenamesofcertainveryfamousinstitutions-Eton,OxfordandCambridge;butpeopledonotalwaysrealizewhatplacethesesituationsoccupyinthewholeeducationalsystem.OxfordandCambridgeareuniversitieseachhavingabout12000studentsoutofatotalofover250000studentsatallBritishuniversities.Etonisapublicschool,andthebestknownofthepublicschools,whichinspiteoftheirnames,arenotreallypublicatall,butindependentandprivatesecondaryschoolstakingboysfromtheageofthirteentoeighteenyears.ThepublicschoolsinrealityformaverysmallpartoftheschoolsystemofsecondaryeducationofGreatBritain;onlyaboutoneoutoffortyEnglishboysgoestoapublicschool,andoneoutof1500-toEton.

　　Apartfromtheso-calledpublicschoolsthereisacompletesystemofstateprimaryandsecondaryeducation,whichresemblesinitsgeneralformthestateeducationinmostothercountries.Allchildrenmust,bylaw,receivefull-timeeducationbetweentheagesoffiveandsixteen.Anychildmayattend,withoutpayingfees,aschoolprovidedbythepublicauthorities,andthegreatmajorityattendsuchschools.Theymaycontinue,stillwithoutpayingfees,untiltheyareeighteen.Thepublicschools,althoughunimportantnumerically,havebeenEngland'smostpeculiarandcharacteristictoeducationalmethods,andtheyhaveanimmenseinfluenceonthewholeofEnglisheducationalpracticeandontheEnglishsocialstructure.