时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:朗文3L看听学英语第四册


英语课

  Lesson 99 Homework

"Finished!" Sandy cried.

"Me too!" Sue 1 cried.

Gretel has often noticed that Sandy and Sue don't have very much homework. She raised the subject at dinner the other evening and Mr Clark tried to explain. "In some countries," he said, "children are made to do a lot of homework from the moment they begin school. They're often obliged 2 to learn their lessons by heart and they are tested each day by their teachers. The children learn from exactly the same books and follow a strict state programme. It' quite the opposite in England. Teachers rarely make very young children do any homework. They rarely get their pupils to learn lessons by heart. The teachers themselves are usually free to choose the books they will use. Some teachers don't use books at all! After the age of 11 or 12, of course, children are generally made to do some homework, but never very much, From the age of 14 onwards, they usually heve quite a lot, as they will be taking important examinations 3. But even then, the question of homework is largely 4 their own responsibility."

Gretel thought English children were very lucky, but Sandy and Sue didn't agree-which is hardly surprising!



1 sue
vt.控告,起诉;vi.请求,追求,起诉
  • If you don't pay me the money,I'll sue you.如果你不付给我钱,我就告你。
  • The war criminals sue for peace.战犯求和。
2 obliged
adj.感激,感谢v.迫使做( oblige的过去式和过去分词 );使负义务;满足请求;施惠
  • We were obliged, faute de mieux, to drink the local beverage. 因为没有更好的饮料,我们只好将就着喝当地的。
  • Parents are obliged by law to send their children to school. 法律规定父母必须送子女入学。
3 examinations
n.检查( examination的名词复数 );考试;考查;试题
  • He had been forced to incriminate himself in cross-examinations. 他在盘问中被迫受到牵连。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Examinations are hanging over her head—that's why she can't sleep at nights. 她大脑里想的都是考试,所以晚上无法入睡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 largely
adv.大部分,主要地
  • It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。
  • Their conclusions were largely founded on guesswork.他们的结论大部份基于猜测。
学英语单词
ACROPORIDAE
active scanning interval
Ad def.an.
additive colour
adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)
affadavit
aggregated nodule
approacher
as the actress said to the bishop
Asian Bond Market Initiative
Asurbanipal
Augustenborg Fd.
baisemain
Barcadera
barrel races
Basedow's pseudo-paraplegia
cadiminate
catheter slipjoint
chain ligature
chest compressions
circulation factor
coil heating
common elm (ulmus campestris l.)
controlled tap
cranchiid
cyamarin
date prompt
disk mill
drydocking survey
dynamic adjustment
elastic line method
ergot
family Alopiidae
fanjet engines
ferment odo(u)r
fev
fibroma of vagina
fishing games
foredoing
fringings
full-face tunnelling method
gastrointestinal disorders
glidepath tracking
glymidine sodium
goldsher
grissinoes
handmills
hapaxanthous
harrowest
high resolution infrared radiometer
hits the bricks
holopneustic type
Huntsman process
illuminating apparatus
input/output storage
irregularly scheduled
isoantigen
karyochromes
kicks out
kill stolen
kryptonites
lairg
liver sinusoid system
low tension wire
microreactors
movable action
Mussaenda hainanensis
Naphthol AS-GR
net.abuse
nonconsummated
open delta connection
panmixia, panmixis
paucispinis
play the violin
preapplies
PTSC
quick bread
redemptionism
rovner
samarium(iii) fluoride
schollenen
screw micrometer caliper
sink head
squdde
St-Christophe-du-Ligneron
step tread plate
streptobaeillus moniliforrais
supersonic density transmitter
talk sb out of sth
thank-worthy
the daylights out of
thick-heeled
thinocorid
three combination
time locks
tout
tuberculosis cutis indurativa
turnhout
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
unproductively
urgency of urination
weived