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Unit 6 Text A The British Educational System 英国的教育体系 occupy vt.占, 占用, 占领, 占据 vt. 使忙碌，使从事 be occupied with 从事 忙于 resemble vt.象, 类似 resemblance n.类似，相似 He strongly resembles his father. numerically adv.用数字，在数字上 conservative adj.保守的, 守旧的n.保守派 dominant adj.有统治权的, 占优势的, 支配的adj.[生物] 显性的 dominance n.优势，显要，突出 The right hand is dominant in most people. grant vt.同意, 准予, 承认(某事为真)～ capacity n.容量, 生产量, 容量, 智能, 才能, 能力, 接受力, 地位 capable a.有能力做某事 be capable of doing sth. That bowl has a capacity of two pints. charge n.负荷, 电荷, 费用, 主管, 掌管, 充电, 充气, 装料v.装满, 控诉, 责令, 告诫, 指示, 加罪于, 冲锋, 收费 abolish vt.废止, 废除(法律、制度、习俗等)It was Abraham Lincoln that abolished the salvery. free of charge 免费 in particular 特别，尤其 apart from 除···之外 have an influence on 对···产生影响 in practice 在实践中，实际上，熟悉 decide on/upon 作出···决定 All over the world，the mention of English education suggests a picture of“public schools”， 一提起英国教育呈现在人们面前的往往是一幅“公学”的画面，and it suggests in particular the names of certain very famous instructions—Eton，Oxford and Cambridge;特别是一些著名的教育机构——伊顿、牛津、剑桥等；but People do not always realize what place these institutions occupy in the who1e educational system．但是人们往往不了解这些机构在英国整个教育体系中所占的位置。Oxford and Cambridge are universities each having about 12，000 students out of a total of over 250，000 students at all British universities．牛津和剑桥两所大学分别拥有大约12 000在校生，而全英在校大学生的总数超过250 000。Eton is a public school，and the best known of the public schools.伊顿是所公学，也是最著名的公学。which，in spite of their name，are not really public at all，尽管名字叫公学，其实并不是真正意义上的公立学校， but independent and private secondary schools taking boys from the age thirteen to eighteen years．而是所独立的私立中学。它只招收13-18岁的男孩。The public schools in reality form a very small part of the whole system of secondary education；实际上，公学仅仅是英国整个中学教育体系中的一小部分；only about one out of forty English boys goes to a public school，and one out of 1，500 goes to Eton．在英国仅有1／40的男孩能进入公学读书，而1 500个中只有1个能上伊顿公学。 Apart from the so-called public schools there is a complete system of