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
action-oriented
advanced guard
Amalthaea
apco
artefect
asteroidal theory
attractingly
beam radar
beginne
bisexual group
bleached horizon
Blend Fund
blowing characteristics
brambly
cajunbot
Campbell ejector
castilia
chelsea hospital
child molester
coil switching link
combined directional characteristic
compass diagram
Corovode
crumpacker
cytological index
date quick change
dealer money
deduplicated
deerhorn antenna
dermitis
diamond number
diocesans
dust removal filter
eide ratas
Emmert-Gellhorn pessary
endogenous investment
ethy mercaptan
Euler's theorem
fentin acetate
fortanodyne
function response
gibelman
glossolabial paralysis
GM_noun-phrases-two-noun-phrases-together
griffith critical crack length
h-home
hot item
image-sketch-relation conversion
imprint cytologic examination
integrating manometer
kettering
lactuca sativa crispas
lift ... hands
loquaciously
MAMOS
mediomedial frontal branch
monitoring plant
morrisonicola
Morse signals
Myuroclada
myxamoebas
nardus
naviculars
nonsubordinates
Oguzer
open-spandrel arch
pass-outs
phase synchronized oscillator
phenyl-trimethylammonium iodide
photovoltaic process
point gamma
polarizing disc
private mail
proportioning vessel
pulmonary artery wedge pressure monitoring following burns
purifying reaction
radical elite theory
reulcerations
Rye Bay
selectrics
shijiaocaolactone
sightsees
single-hung window
soluble silicate
specialized counterdefense
statistical validity
structurally-ordered instrumental variables
subframe
summons up
syrrotium
temperature effect on zero output
torkret
transattack period
triarylamines
vapor
venturini
virila
vitzthum
voltage memory circuit
wailest
water-intake capacity
wet and dry pipe valve installation