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给孩子们更多的时间去玩耍

2012-02-29来源:CRI
短语讲解:
1. Actually, playing games is exactly the thing that is good for children's development because in the process of playing games children are motivated by passion and imagination.

be good for对……有好处
例句:The Olympics will be good for business.
奥运会的召开对促进商业发展有好处。

2. Like Jiangsu province, Shaanxi province is also taking action to relieve kindergarten children of such heavy burdens.

take action采取行动, 行动起来
例句:The police had to take firm action to deal with the riots.
警方不得不采取果断行动来对付骚乱。

3. For example kindergartens are not allowed to give homework to children, and kindergartens are prohibited from asking parents to purchase text books.

prohibit from禁止
例句:The law prohibits tobacconists from selling cigarettes to young men.
法律禁止烟贩向年轻人出售香烟。

4. Some parents say they think children in kindergarten should spend most of their time playing rather than attending various courses such as mathematics or English.

rather than而不是
例句:They thus increased their annual grain production rather than diminished it.
他们这样增加了而不是减少了粮食年产量。

5. Other parents say they would rather have their kid in training courses out of fear their children will lag behind.

would rather宁愿, 宁可
例句:I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
如果你不介意的话, 我宁愿今晚出去。
lag behind落后
例句:The lame child lagged behind.
那个跛脚的小孩落在后面了。

6. Many parents are concerned about elementary schools that require interviews of children before enrollment and that their children won't be able to get in without certain skills in math and language.

be concerned about关心,挂念
例句:She is concerned about your safety.
她不放心你的安全。

7. I tell them that we give children more time to play, won't offer any course apart from what's required by provincial kindergarten curriculum.

apart from除开;除...之外
例句:Apart from English, we study Russian and Spanish.
除了英语以外,我们还学俄语及西班牙语。