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
A horizon
adenomatoid tumor of epididymis
aldobiouronic acid
Alifkulovo
amoros
anellaria ochroleuca
anthratetrol
antimony rod
APCR (Alabama Power Co. Reactor)
areostyle
artificial capital
auto increment indexed mode
Barrier Option
bimetal cartridge case
bismuth ingot
broking
building complex
cargo marine insurance
carmustinum
Cat Bi Airport
Caulobacteriineae
chastelet
circlet method of intermaxillary fixation
claim settlement
clew down a sail
constant-pressure change
corrugated separator
curded
database administrators
department of pediatrics
egg turning
ex librist
family dispute
Gaertner vein phenomenon
gaging spindle
gate cutting machine
gnepine
head cover
hermetically-sealed integrating gyro
hicken
hydrocyanic acid
Karman constant
large unit
lineside
Liod
Lyubech
made a long nose
Marechal's tyberculin
microlightings
mycoremediation
Nambung-ni
needle wood
neomycin sulfate Ointment
neoschaftoside
neutral rate of interest
NIHJ
no carry
non-mechanized
open fiduciary loan
outboob
packet reflection
para-nitroaniline
parasitic amplitude modulation suppression
Paris, Mt.
piezoelectric gyroscope
planetout
plant top removing machine
Pleubian
procurator negotiorum
program counter addressing
pteris aspericaulis wall.
public-transport
purre
pycnonuclear
refrigerating-Dewar vessel
reprife
rickovers
ridge-pieces
rolling cutter core head
scheme of colour
sejal (cejal)
seven-roll Abramsen miachine
shafting torsional vibration test
Shireet
single precision
smallflower godetia
Smilacina formosana
spends
stapediolysis
sub-matrix
sugar spoons
sumacetamol
sweeping(of meander)
technical debt
tenuivirus rice wilted stunt virus
text direction
third octave filter
transaction-oriented applications
ultrafine partical size talc
upper crankcase
vanadous bromide
Welkenbach