Boy reports mistake in textbook

12岁男孩给教材纠错，出版社：确实错了！

“I noticed a tiny mistake on page 95 of the English textbook published by Shanghai Educational Publishing House when I was preparing lessons before class,” said Cui Chenxi, a 7th grader in Shenyang No. 126 Middle School. Cui had found an illustration captioned as “bee” to actually be hoverfly in the picture.

沈阳市第126中学七年级学生崔宸溪说：“我在预习沪教版英语教材时，发现95页有点小问题。”他发现一幅插图的说明是“bee（蜜蜂）”，实际上图片上却是苍蝇。

An editor of the publisher on Friday confirmed the error they made after consulting a biology teacher and said it will rectify the mistake by replacing the wrong picture in a reprinted version after it gets approval from the Ministry of Education.

10月8日，在咨询了一位生物老师后，出版社的一位编辑确认了问题的存在，他表示，在获得教育部批准后，将在重印版本中替换错误的图片，纠正错误。

The editor also thanked the 12-year-old boy for reporting the error, and praised him for being “really professional”.

这位编辑还感谢了崔宸溪为他们纠错，并称赞他“非常专业”。

When asked how he discovered the mistake Cui said, “It's simple. Bees have two pairs of wings while hoverflies have only one pair of functional wings and bees are plump with their round belly versus the hoverfly's slim figure. What's more, bees have distinct tentacles while those of hoverflies are obscure.”

当被问起是怎么发现教材有问题时，小崔回应：“其实也挺简单，蜜蜂有两对翅膀、食蚜蝇只有一对，而且蜜蜂的肚子是胖胖的，食蚜蝇很瘦的。另外，蜜蜂的触角很明显，食蚜蝇的不明显。”

As a young man who took an avid interest in biology, Cui had raised 10 types of ants in his primary school days in order to observe the insects' habits and their division of labor, according to Cui's mother.

据小崔的母亲介绍，他对生物非常感兴趣，小学时，他自己在家里养过10多种蚂蚁，观察他们的习性、种群内的分工等。

The family stores more than 300 titles of books related to natural science and Cui has a bookshelf of his own. Having not attended a single one of the extracurricular training classes which parents are keen to put their kids in, the boy is happy to learn independently.

家里自然科学方面的书有300多本，他自己就有一个专门的书架；他独立学习的能力很强，从没有参加过家长们推崇的课外培训机构。