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.
New words and expressions 生詞短語
laundryn.洗衣店 customarya.通常的，司空見慣的
canvt.把....裝罐factorn.事實(shí)，因素
preservevt.腌制drawvt.掙得
pursuevt. 從事，進(jìn)行substantiala.相當(dāng)?shù)?traden.手藝 accruevi.增長
occupationn.工作
Notes on the vocabularies 詞語注釋
laundryn.洗衣店 I go to the laundry.我去洗衣服了。
canvt.把....裝罐
can (美國常用) tin(英國常用)
can the fruit 水果罐頭
ready-made food to heat it
preservevt.腌制
preserved vegetables 腌菜nutritious
bean curd:豆腐
保存－preservereserveconserve
reserve 預(yù)定 I’d like to reserve two tickets.
Please reserve a table for six.
conserve 常用于深林的保護(hù) 避免造成不必要的浪費(fèi)
preserve 保存目的是使其保有鮮活力，保鮮
pursuevt. 從事，進(jìn)行
I’m pursuing English.我正在學(xué)英語。
China pursues the opening policy.中國實(shí)施開放政策。
還有‘追求’的意思 He is pursuing the girl.
A cold pursues me.感冒使我精神不振。（幽默的說法）
pursuit-名詞 更加正式 in the pursuit of
traden.手藝
tradesman 手藝人craftsman 手藝人
spokesman 發(fā)言人
statesman 政治家politician 玩弄權(quán)術(shù)的人
Jack of all trades,master for none.各行都懂一點(diǎn)，但都不精。
Two of a trade never agree.同行是冤家。
occupationn.工作具有寬泛的含義
occupy v.I’m occupied.我正忙著。
近義詞：employmentprofession
employee employer 強(qiáng)調(diào)雇用和被雇傭的關(guān)系 unemployment 失業(yè)
profession:宗教詞 preach 布道pray 祈禱
該詞被賦予了崇高的含義，常形容 highly skilled 如 IT ,engineer
customarya.通常的，司空見慣的
custom n. 風(fēng)俗 某一個(gè)種族或部落所遵循的原則
When in Rome,do as the Romans do.入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。
beijinger 哪國人哪個(gè)地區(qū)人都加個(gè) er
convention(usually accepted):世界都認(rèn)可的規(guī)范和習(xí)俗
tradition:沿襲或流傳下來，大到國家，小到一個(gè)家庭
factorn.事實(shí)，因素
drawvt.掙得
draw money 賺錢 The novel draws well.小說很暢銷。
best-seller 暢銷 Movies draws well.很賣座。
land moneyland:得到 I land very profitable work.我得到個(gè)肥差。
substantiala.相當(dāng)?shù)?只作程度詞
considerable 相當(dāng)?shù)?fair sizable
I draw considerable money.我賺大錢。
considerate :體諒的 He is very considerate.
accruevi.增長
只能作不及物動(dòng)詞interests accrue利息增長
accumulatepilebuild upamass 都可作及物動(dòng)詞
grow ：增長（不及物動(dòng)詞），種莊稼
Notes on the text 課文注釋
do much less much far 放在比較級之前表示程度詞I’m far better.
used to:過去（一般習(xí)慣的動(dòng)作）I used to walk for a while after supper.
and :表示結(jié)果
workshop:作坊 專題研討會 同義詞 symposium
much less :越來越不像表示程度詞much more 越來越像
ready-made: 現(xiàn)成的 作 but 方式狀語
The meal is ready-made.飯好了，可以吃了。
go to: 擬人手段
cooked:熟食fast foodsnackcanned:罐頭食品preserved:腌制的
bake:烤baker:面包師delivered:傳送doorstep
works=factory (機(jī)械的，大型的) plant(大型工廠) mill(加工木頭的工廠) company(泛指)
canteen:食堂（self-help）cafeteria(高檔的，餐館的自助餐) dining-room:學(xué)生食堂
if ever :即便有的話也是不多
補(bǔ)全句子：….if ever,he can see him……
paternal society:父系社會
follow their father’s occupation 子承父業(yè)
wide choice:大量的選擇機(jī)會
coeducation:男女同校primary school:私塾
wage-earner:賺錢的人bread-earner:養(yǎng)家糊口者
In your family ,who is the bread-earner?
相對而言，wage 給 labours而 salary 給白領(lǐng)階層
good money 賺大錢
acquires:獲得（easily get）
Man acquires the ability to speak.強(qiáng)調(diào)自然獲得
obtain 費(fèi)盡勞力
feeling of economic independence:經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立感
sence of honor/pride/responsibility/master/humor/guilt
superiority complex:優(yōu)越感complex:情節(jié)inferior complex:自卑感
textile areas:紡織業(yè)地區(qū)如英國的 Manchester
it has long been customary 早就習(xí)以為常
maternal society:母系社會
working mother:職業(yè)母親
more than doubled:遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了以前的兩倍
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 是個(gè)省略謂語的獨(dú)立主格句,主語與主句的
主語不同。
something 后置定語 be of 結(jié)構(gòu)
smething valuable greatly/smething greatly valuable
prevent from