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
anconeous
Authon
Babinet-Soleit compensator
barbury
bartolomeu
be in the blues
behavior inventory
bitumen-dipped hemp
borsht circuit
career ladder
celler
chaleurs
chicken casseroles
chs.
conguero
constant voltage control
corporate-levels
costoscapularis
CSTMR
Deeds are fruits,words are but leaves.
deluchi
display content
Duverney's foramen
edulitine
EOC
execution of duty
flight connections
give something to think about
habiby
hatracks
haulm chopper
healing art
hutchinss
HWLWR
iliopecptineal eminence
inagglutinability
inferiority feeling
input/output arithmetic unit
L.O.F.
La Gloria
lablab
loan collection
magnavolt
measure value
merohedral
mertin
milk mushroom
model fluid
mould plunger force plug
multi-normal population
negative-phase sequence relay
nonjudgemental
normal contact Riemannian manifold
Nudie suit
on the horns of dilemma
oxgoads
ozone hole
partially hanging rudder
peridermal
perlocy
Podyvot'ye
potato gelatin
private tutor
probable range
profitablest
prothoracotropic hormone
pupillary athetosis
purge gas system
pyrophones
pyrrosia polydactyla
quick-heat intake manifold
ramsbotham
rapid determination
same direction adjacent curve
Santanilla, Is.
schurling
sheep yard
skin flutes
spawneth
stable atmosphere
stick knob
stochastic automation
superannuation funds
surface evaporative condenser
surmen
susceptible species
swap lines
syntophyllin
teca
textual matter
thioesterases
Thomas-Greenfield
tipula (schummelia) strictiva
traffic link
trasal glands
triallel cross
uniate
unsaved
verlanize
voltage to frequency converter
weekly wage
whitlavia