Be bilingual
　　双语的
　　Donna appreciates she had the chance to be bilingual
　　Donna很感谢她获得了能学会两种语言的机会。(剑8例句)
　　be monolingual
　　单一语种的
　　Experts believe that people who speak two languages have a clear learning advantage over their monolingual schoolmates.
　　专家们相信会说两种语言的学生相比单一语种的学生具有明显的学习优势。
　　slack off
　　学习或工作不努力，懈怠
　　It's about time you stopped slacking off and did some work.
　　现在到了收心好好工作的时候了。(It's about time...“某人早该怎样”这个句型后的从句中通常使用过去时)
　　apply oneself
　　尽力去做某事(注意在这个句型中apply并不是“申请”的意思)
　　I'm sure you can solve the problem if you apply yoursel.
　　我相信如果你尽力去做的话肯定能克服那个难题。
　　disruptive students
　　不遵守纪律的学生
　　His teacher described him as a disruptive student other children.
　　他的老师把他形容为一个总是干扰其他人的不守纪律的学生。
　　1. unruly students
　　不听话的学生
　　Megan had an unruly class of adolescents (青少年) on Thursday.
　　在星期四的课要面对一整班不听话的孩子。
　　2. act up
　　调皮，不听话
　　Ricky sometimes likes to act up in class.
　　瑞奇时不时地喜欢在课堂上调皮。
　　3. indiscipline
　　不遵守纪律或规定
　　The coach apologised for his team's indiscipline
　　教练就他的队伍缺乏纪律的行为道了歉。
　　meet the demand of...
　　满足某种需求
　　Economic globalization requires more culturally-competent university graduates who can meet the new market demands.
　　为满足经济全球化的需要，市场对识有文化的大学毕业生有着越来越大的需求。
　　1. be geared to sth.
　　与某种需求一致，符合某种需求
　　Education should be geared to the students' needs and abilities.
　　教育应根据学生的需求与能力量体裁衣。
　　2.inform sb. about sth.
　　让某人了解到某方面的信息
　　Studying geography informs us about the different kinds of relationships that develop between a particular environment and the people who live there.
　　学习地理可以让我们了解到特定的环境与其中所生活的人类间的各种关失系。(剑8 例句)
　　put theory into practice
　　把理论运用到实践中去
　　The workshop helps students to put theory into practice. They can test their ideas or plans for practical applications there.
　　研讨会可以帮助学生更好地让理论联系实际。在那里他们可以通过实际操作来检验自己的想法和计划。
　　first-hand experience
　　第一手经验，最直接的体验
　　By doing experiments, students acquired first-hand experience with the periodic table of the chemical elements.
　　通过亲手操作实验，学生得到了对于元素周期表的第一手经验。　
　　the responsibility for sth. falls on sb.
　　某人肩负着做某事的责任
　　可替换 sb. is responsible for sth.
　　The responsibility for educating children used to fall both on parents and on teachers.
　　在过去，往往是家长和老师共同肩负着教育孩子的责任。
　　1. the responsibility for sth. rests with sb.
　　某种责任应该由某人承担
　　The responsibility for limiting children's access to violence on TV rests with the parents.
　　家长应承担让孩子远离电视中暴力行为的责任。
　　2. shirk one's responsibilities for sth.
　　某人逃避某种责任
　　Parents should not shirk their responsibilities for educating their children.
　　家长不应该逃避教育自己孩子的重任。
　　3. fulfil one's responsibilities
　　尽到责任
　　Parents should fulfil their responsibilities and monitor their children's TV viewing and Internet use.
　　家长应该尽到他们监管孩子看电视和上网浏览的责任。
　　deny sb. the freedom to do sth.
　　不给某人在某方面的自由
　　可替换：do not allow sb. to do sth.
　　There is no reason to deny students the freedom to choose subjects that interest and motivate them.
　　剥夺孩子选择自己喜欢事物的自由是不明智的。
　　1. compulsory subject
　　必修科目
　　It is recognised as an important compulsory subject throughout schooling.
　　它在整个学校教育体系中均被认为是一门很重要的必修课。
　　2. kindle someone's interest in sth.
　　唤起某人对某事物的兴趣
　　The students' interest in mathematics was kindled by Emma's excellent teaching.
　　爱玛用她精湛的教学技巧重新燃起了学生们对数学的兴趣。。
　　3. optional subjects / courses
　　选修课程
　　They believe that at the secondary level, all students should take Math and English, but other subjects can be optional.
　　他们相信到了中学教育后，除了数学和英语，其他学科都应择性学习的。
　　There is no substitute for sb. / sth.
　　某人/某事物是无法代替的
　　There is no substitute for a face-to-face relationship with a caring and well-informed teacher.
　　传统的面对面式教育是无可代替的。
　　distance learning
　　远程教育
　　The biggest advantage of distance learning programmes is their accessibility.
　　远程教育的最大优势就是它可以随时随地地让我们开始学习。
　　compromise
　　考虑各种不同需求之后的折中产物，以牺牲某种因素为代价
　　All classroom learning is, in fact, a compromise between the different needs of various students.
　　所有的课堂学习实际上都是在不同学生的不同学习需求上折中而成的产物。
　　The modifications might compromise safety in some way.
　　某种意义上这些改动将可能牺牲安全因素。
　　a happy medium
　　折中方案
　　There's a happy medium between studying all the time and not studying at all
　　在总是学和一点不学之间，存在一个折中方案。
　　be sb. 's mentor
　　某人的良师益友
　　Freya was my teacher, my mentor and my friend.
　　芙蕾亚在过去不光是我的老师，还是我的良师益友。
　　1. sb. 's peer
　　同龄人
　　They are entering a wider community where teachers and peers will have just as much influences as their parents do at home.
　　这些孩子进入了一个更广泛的群体中，来自教师和同龄人的影响将会和父母在家中的影响一样重要。
　　2. take someone under sb. 's wing
　　悉心帮助缺乏经验的晚辈
　　My mentor took me under her wing at a time when I needed her the most.
　　我的恩师在我最需要她的时候悉心帮助了我。
　　burn the midnight oil
　　(为了突击某项任务而)学习或工作到深夜
　　Abigail has to get the report finished by tomorrow so she'll be burning the midnight oil tonight.
　　由于明天是阿比盖尔交报告的最后期限，今晚她必须要熬夜工作了。
　　study intensively
　　高强度地学习
　　Many parents are concerned that exam-oriented education may restrict students' creativity and cause students to study too intensively.
　　很多家长担心应试教育会限制学生的创造性并导致过于高强度地学习