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hia high school is driven to cry for help in bating the notion that it is undemocratic to run a special program of studies for outstanding boys and girls. ?費城的一所名牌中學為一些出類拔萃的男女學生開設一套特別課程,有人認為這種做法不民主,結果校長不得不大聲疾呼呼吁人們同這種觀念作斗爭。 14 Practice 11 ? The fact that the average Englishman39。s home has bee his workshop is partly because he is keen on working with his hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another that he must do for himself many household jobs for which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. ? 普通英國人的家已經(jīng)成了自家的工場 , 一方面是因為他熱衷于自己動手干 , 另一方面是因為出于某種原因 , 他覺得許多家務活必須自己干 ,而這些活在幾年前他會雇專人來干的 。 15 Practice 12 ? American schools, both public and private, consist of 12 years of grades basically 8 years of elementary school and 4 years of secondary or high school, although grades 7 and 8, or 7, 8 and 9 may be housed together in a middle school or junior high school. ? 美國的公立學校和私立學校都是由 12個年級組成的 , 基本上是 8年小學加 4年中學 ,雖然 8兩個年級或 9三個年級有可能都在初級中學里就讀 。 16 Practice 13 ?Students in these state universities, however, as well as those in private colleges, must pay tuition, but the state schools are much less expensive than private ones, particularly for students who are residents of the state. ?然而 , 除私立學校的學生外 , 州立學校的學生也須繳學費 , 不過州立學校的學費比私立學校的要便宜得多 , 對本州常住居民尤其如此 。 17 Practice 14 ? Its beginning obscured by unemployment caused by the world economic slowdown, the new technological unemployment may emerge as the great socioeconomic challenge of the end of the 20th centur