VOA慢速英语:Getting Schools Not Just to Go Green but Teach It, Too

differ from与…不同,和…意见不一致

例句：The brothers differ from each other in their interests.
      这几个兄弟各有所好。

      Nylon differs from silk in origin and cost.
      尼龙和真丝在原料和成本上都不一样。

相当于be different from

2.But in general these schools have greater freedom to decide what to teach and how to teach it.

in general总的来说,一般说来,大体上,整个地

例句：Teachers in general are pleased with the new scheme.
      总的来说教师们对新方案比较满意。

what to teach and how to teach it,这里要注意的是，teach是及物动词，what就是teach的宾语，因此后面不用再加其他成分。而how只是一种教育方式，teach后面必须加上it做宾语。

3.A charter school might be independent or connected to the local public school system.

be independent of独立于，不受……支配

例句：If you have a car you are independent of trains and buses.
      你要是有辆汽车就不受火车和公共汽车的支配了。

注意，它的反义词是：be dependent on依靠,随…而定,依…而转移

例句：His acts were dependent on his moods.
      他的行为全视其心情如何而定。

      The country's economy is dependent on tourism.
      该国经济依赖于旅游业。

4.He says the plan is to also include traditional public schools as well as private schools.

as well as

al well as可以用来连接两个相同的成分，如名词、形容词、动词、介词，通常不位于句首。此时，as well as连接的虽然是两个并列成分，但强调的重点在前面，不在后面，意思为“不但……而且……”、“既……又……”、“除了……之外，还有……”翻译时要先译后面，再译前面。例如：

1)Living things need air and light as well as water. 生物不仅需要水，还需要空气和阳光。（连接名词）

2)She helped Tom as well as I. = She and I helped Tom. 我帮了汤姆的忙，她也帮了汤姆的忙。（连接主格代词）

3)She helped Tom as well as me. = She helped Tom and me. 她帮了我的忙，也帮了汤姆的忙。（连接宾格代词）

4)She continued her own work as well as hepled me. 她除了帮助我，还继续自己的工作。（连接动词）

5)He finds the mass of materials before, as well as after exeperiments. 他不但在实验后，还在实验前求出材料的质量。（连接介词短语）

6)The child is lively as well as healthy. 这孩子既健康又活泼。（连接形容词）