A：Which school is your children in?
你的小孩現(xiàn)在在哪兒上學(xué)?
B：She is now in a private school.
她在一家私立學(xué)校上學(xué)。
A：Oh, it costs too much. It's more expensive than the pulic school.
喔，那收費很高。比公立學(xué)校貴得多。
B：It's idea of my husband. He is always banging the drum for better schools.
這是我丈夫的主意。他總是一味鼓吹好學(xué)校，好教育。
A：But the private school amount to better schools.
可是私立學(xué)校并不就是等于好學(xué)校。
注釋:
Beat the drums for中的介詞for可以用作against，即：beat the drums against，后面可以接something，也可以接somebody。
Eg. They beat the drums against the new policy.
他們竭力反對新政策。