第一百零六讲

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    Para. 1 The idea that much of the homework currently set in schools is essentially pointless is winning increasing support. Many educationalists have begun to question the load– and the content of the load– we put on early teenage children.
    Should There Be Homework?

    currently
    adv. 当前，目前；通常，一般，现在；
    Twelve potential vaccines are currently being tested on human volunteers.
    目前正在人类志愿者身上试验12种试用疫苗。
    He currently has no strong rivals for power.
    目前没有可以和他争夺权势的有力对手。
    current
    1. 可数名词(河、湖或海的)水流，潮流 A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
    Under normal conditions, the ocean currents of the tropical Pacific travel from east to west... 在正常情况下，太平洋的热带洋流自东向西流。
    The couple were swept away by the strong current. 这对夫妻被巨大的水流卷走了。
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    2. 可数名词气流 A current is a steady flowing movement of air.
    I felt a current of cool air blowing in my face. 我觉得脸上有一阵冷风吹过。
    3. 可数名词电流 An electric current is a flow of electricity through a wire or circuit.
    A powerful electric current is passed through a piece of graphite. 给一块石墨通入强电流。
    4. 可数名词思潮;潮流;趋向 A particular current is a particular feeling, idea, or quality that exists within a group of people.

    current
    5. 形容词现时的;当前的;进行中的 Current means happening, being used, or being done at the present time.
    The current situation is very different to that in 1990.
    当前的形势与1990年截然不同。
    essentially
    1.adv. 本质上，根本上；本来
    It's been believed for centuries that great writers, composers and scientists are essentially quite different from ordinary people... 几个世纪以来人们一直相信伟大的作家、作曲家和科学家从根本上就与普通人大不相同。
    2. adv. 大体上;基本上 (FORMAL 正式)
    His analysis of urban use of agricultural land has been proved essentially correct.     他有关城市占用农业用地的分析已被证明大体上是正确的。
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    essential
    1. 形容词 绝对必要的;必不可少的;基本的 Something that is essential is extremely important or absolutely necessary to a particular subject, situation, or activity.
    It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture.
    将种植和放牧区分开绝对必要。
    2. 可数名词 必需品;不可或缺之物 The essentials are the things that are absolutely necessary for the situation you are in or for the task you are doing.
    The flat contained the basic essentials for bachelor life. 那套公寓配有单身生活的基本必需品。
    educationalist
    1. 可数名词教育学家;教育理论家 An educationalist is someone who is specialized in the theories and methods of education.
    British educationalists are divided about how best to teach reading. 英国教育学家在如何以最佳方式教授阅读的问题上存在分歧。
    educational
    adj. 教育的;与教育相关的 Educational matters or institutions are concerned with or relate to education.
    the British educational system. 英国的教育体制
    pupils with special educational needs. 需要特殊教育的学生
    2. adj.有教育意义的;教育性的 An educational experience teaches you something.
    The teaching staff should make sure the kids have an enjoyable and educational day. 老师们应该确保孩子们度过愉快而有教育意义的一天。
    content
    n. 内容；（书等的）目录；满足；容量
    adj. 满足的，满意的；愿意的；心甘情愿的
    vt. 使满足，使满意
    1. 不可数名词(书、演讲、电视节目等的)内容 If you refer to the content or contents of something such as a book, speech, or television program, you are referring to the subject that it deals with, the story that it tells, or the ideas that it expresses.
    She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play... 她不愿意谈该剧的内容。
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    content
    2. 形容词 满足的;知足的 If you are content with something, you are willing to accept it, rather than wanting something more or something better.
    I am content to admire the mountains from below... 我满足于从山脚下观赏山景。
    I'm perfectly content with the way the campaign has gone... 我对竞选活动的进展十分满意。
    3. 形容词满意的;惬意的 If you are content, you are fairly happy or satisfied.
    He says his daughter is quite content. 他说他女儿非常满意。
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    4. VERB 动词使(自己)满足(于…) If you content yourself with something, you accept it and do not try to do or have other things.
    Most manufacturers content themselves with updating existing models.
    大多数制造商都满足于对现有款型进行更新。
    teenage
    形容词 十几岁的;青少年的 Teenage children are aged between thirteen and nineteen years old.
    Almost one in four teenage girls now smoke.
    如今，十几岁的女孩几乎 4 个当中就有 1 个抽烟。
    2. 形容词 面向十几岁青少年的;由十几岁青少年完成的 Teenage is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by teenage children.
    'Smash Hits', a teenage magazine
    青少年杂志《流行金曲》
    teenager
    可数名词青少年，十几岁的人
    A teenager is someone who is between thirteen and nineteen years old.
    Since his parents died early, he had to earn his own living when he was a teenager.     因双亲早亡，他十几岁的时候就不得不独自谋生。

    Para 1. 目前学校布置太多的家庭作业，这种做法基本上是没有意义的。这一观点正得到越来越多的人的支持。许多教育学家已经开始质疑学校施加在青少年身上的这种负担——以及这种负担的内容。