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。
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AALA
acritically
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ADPSO
alessandri
alkyl 2-cyanoacrylate
annual reporting law
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appinite
apricot-pink
bannerets
bedrich smetanas
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bitontoes
boydick
bryony
cacolet
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Cheirostylis liukiuensis
Chislev
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cilostamide
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cold box process
crisppiness
cypruss
dehydrochlorinases
departmental contribution to overhead
diffuser ring
dihedral reflector
diligent
direct-contact desuperheater
dresses down
electromyography (emg)
fairleaders
Fibonacci Time Zones
first revise
focalizing
ghaychak
give someone a start in life
great grandsons
grimacers
heat setting bonding
herzlinger
high tenacity
high-speed oscilloscope
Hokusai
Holostemma annulare
ideal protein
Krascheninikowia rhaphanorrhiza
laika
lashkar-e-taibas
laugh at someone's beard
Lawrencian
layoff period
legal notice
lift arm
limepit
Lombron
long-stemmed nozzle
mail-cheeked
malassos
meroe
negligent navigation
nitrosyl complex
non-problems
nonbirders
ochronosus
Oh! Susanna
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photographic compartment
plant residues
point electric
population expansion
portable winch
Ramundberget
Refetoff
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sanitationist
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slut monkey
small Solar System body
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spending
sporangiophore
stick to someone's fingers
stool pigeon
system concept document
tarred cordage
temperature cracking
tirl
Tumangang (Tumen Jiang)
twisted cable
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unitaite
Vactorcargiogram
wangst
wearcomp
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