经济学人:工作vs娱乐万圣节的烦恼(2)

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Another reason may be that, when not distracted by schoolwork, children spend more time in front of a screen, which research suggests makes them less happy.
另一个原因可能就是：孩子们一旦没有了作业束缚，他们就会开始玩电子产品，而这并不会让他们快乐。

And many extra-curricular activities are suspended, which means less time playing football or hanging out at drama club.
没有了丰富的课外活动，就意味着孩子们没有多少时间能够踢球或是在戏剧俱乐部溜达。

Crucially, those children who were on holiday abroad would not have been surveyed, so the ones included in the study were those left hanging around at home.
值得一提的是，那些假期外出的孩子并没有接受调查，因此这份报告研究的是留在家中的孩子。

As for why Easter holidays are worst of all, one possible explanation jumps out: exams.
至于为什么说复活节假期最难过，有这样一个解释：就是考试。

The main ones tend to be in the summer term, so the Easter break is spent swotting up (or feeling guilty about not doing so) .
主要的考试都集中在夏季学期，所以复活节假期基本就是在各种复习之中（或者对于没有复习充满罪恶感）。

Steve Jackson, the head teacher of a school in Somerset, frets that the pressure piled on children by exams has "increased exponentially over the years",
萨默斯塞特郡一所学校的校长史蒂夫·杰克逊（Steve Jackson）十分担忧各种考试给孩子们带来的成堆的压力“这几年孩子们的压力已经在呈指数级别上升”，

Foreign jaunts are more common in the summer; Christmas brings families together in the winter.
炎夏，国外旅游更是习以为常；寒冬，欢度圣诞共享天伦之乐。

Easter eggs, it seems, are insufficient compensation for the horrors of revision.
看来，复活节彩蛋无法修复应试之惧。

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1.in front of 在...前面

例句:I stood for a few moments in front of the nearest shop window.
我在最近的一家商店的橱窗前站了一会儿。

2.Easter eggs 复活节彩蛋

例句:The warehouse will hold more than 90,000 pallets storing 30 million Easter eggs.
那间仓库将用9万多个货盘装3,000万只复活节彩蛋。

3.swot up 刻苦攻读

例句:I have to swot up on phrasal verbs for a test tomorrow.
我不得不为明天的测验努力温习短语动词。

4.jump out 跳出

例句:He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
他放下后背门，好让狗跳出来。

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screen	[skri:n]	想一想再看 n. 屏，幕，银幕，屏风 v. 放映，选拔，掩
explanation	[.eksplə'neiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 解释，说明
pressure	['preʃə]	想一想再看 n. 压力，压强，压迫 v. 施压	联想记忆 X 单词pressure 联想记忆： press挤压+ure→压力
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extent	[iks'tent]	想一想再看 n. 广度，宽度，长度，大小，范围，范围，程度	联想记忆 X 单词extent 联想记忆： ex出+tent伸展→伸出去的[范围]→范围；程度
guilty	['gilti]	想一想再看 adj. 有罪的，内疚的
compensation	[.kɔmpen'seiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 补偿，赔偿; 赔偿金，物
warehouse	['wɛəhaus]	想一想再看 n. 仓库 vt. 存入仓库
suspended		想一想再看 adj. 悬浮的；暂停的，缓期的（宣判）