课文文本

Lesson 8 Education 教育

Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made,washing can go to the laundry, food can be bought cooked, canned or preserved, bread is baked and delivered by the baker, milk arrives on the doorstep, meals can be had at the restaurant, the works' canteen, and the school dining-room.

It is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at home, and his children rarely, if ever, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father's occupation, and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon acquires a feeling of economic independence. In textile areas it has long been customary for mothers to go out to work, but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child's home life, the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years. With mother earning and his older children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century. When mother works economic advantages accrue, but children lose something of great value if mother's employment prevents her from being home to greet them when they return from school.

词汇学习

New words and expressions 生词短语

laundry n.洗衣店 customary a.通常的，司空见惯的
can vt.把....装罐 factor n.事实，因素
preserve vt.腌制 draw vt.挣得
pursue vt. 从事，进行 substantial a.相当的
trade n.手艺accrue vi.增长
occupation n.工作

课文注释

laundry n.洗衣店 I go to the laundry.我去洗衣服了。
can vt.把....装罐
can (美国常用) tin(英国常用)
can the fruit 水果罐头
ready-made food to heat it
preserve vt.腌制
preserved vegetables 腌菜 nutritious
bean curd:豆腐
保存－preserve reserveconserve
reserve 预定 I’d like to reserve two tickets.
Please reserve a table for six.
conserve 常用于深林的保护 避免造成不必要的浪费
preserve 保存目的是使其保有鲜活力，保鲜
pursue vt. 从事，进行
I’m pursuing English.我正在学英语。
China pursues the opening policy.中国实施开放政策。
还有‘追求’的意思 He is pursuing the girl.
A cold pursues me.感冒使我精神不振。（幽默的说法）
pursuit-名词 更加正式 in the pursuit of
trade n.手艺
tradesman 手艺人 craftsman 手艺人
spokesman 发言人
statesman 政治家 politician 玩弄权术的人
Jack of all trades,master for none.各行都懂一点，但都不精。
Two of a trade never agree.同行是冤家。
occupation n.工作 具有最宽泛的含义
occupy v. I’m occupied.我正忙着。
近义词：employment profession
employee employer 强调雇用和被雇佣的关系 unemployment 失业
profession:宗教词 preach布道 pray祈祷
该词被赋予了崇高的含义，常形容highly skilled 如IT ,engineer
customary a.通常的，司空见惯的
custom n. 风俗 某一个种族或部落所遵循的原则
When in Rome,do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
beijinger 哪国人哪个地区人都加个er
convention(usually accepted):世界都认可的规范和习俗
tradition:沿袭或流传下来，大到国家，小到一个家庭
factor n.事实，因素
draw vt.挣得
draw money 赚钱 The novel draws well.小说很畅销。
best-seller 最畅销 Movies draws well.很卖座。
land money land:得到 I land very profitable work.我得到个肥差。
substantial a.相当的
只作程度词
considerable 相当的 fair sizable
I draw considerable money.我赚大钱。
considerate :体谅的 He is very considerate.
accrue vi.增长
只能作不及物动词 interests accrue 利息增长
accumulate pile build up amass 都可作及物动词
grow ：增长（不及物动词），种庄稼
Notes on the text 课文注释
do much less much far 放在比较级之前表示程度词 I’m far better.
used to:过去（一般习惯的动作）I used to walk for a while after supper.
and :表示结果
workshop:作坊 专题研讨会 同义词symposium
much less :越来越不像 表示程度词 much more 越来越像
ready-made: 现成的 作but方式状语
The meal is ready-made.饭好了，可以吃了。
go to: 拟人手段
cooked:熟食 fast food snack canned:罐头食品 preserved:腌制的
bake:烤 baker:面包师 delivered:传送 doorstep
works=factory (机械的，大型的) plant(大型工厂) mill(加工木头的工厂) company(泛指)
canteen:食堂（self-help） cafeteria(高档的，餐馆的自助餐) dining-room:学生食堂
if ever :即便有的话也是不多
补全句子：….if ever,he can see him……
paternal society:父系社会
follow their father’s occupation 子承父业
wide choice:大量的选择机会
coeducation:男女同校 primary school:私塾
wage-earner:赚钱的人 bread-earner:养家糊口者
In your family ,who is the bread-earner?
相对而言，wage 给labours 而salary 给白领阶层
good money 赚大钱
acquires:获得（easily get）
Man acquires the ability to speak.强调自然获得
obtain 费尽劳力
feeling of economic independence:经济独立感
sence of honor/pride/responsibility/master/humor/guilt
superiority complex:优越感 complex:情节 inferior complex:自卑感
textile areas:纺织业地区如英国的Manchester
it has long been customary 早就习以为常
maternal society:母系社会
working mother:职业母亲
more than doubled:远远超出了以前的两倍
but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child’s home life,the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years。
the number of married women……years 是个省略谓语的独立主格句,主语与主句的主语不同。
something 后置定语 be of 结构
smething valuable greatly/smething greatly valuable
prevent from