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PAGE PAGE 2 用心 爱心 专心 Public schools in UK 知道吗？英国的学校分为私立学校(privateschool)和公立学校(publicschool)。私立学校的学费要比公立学校的昂贵。那么公立学校就是免费的吗？一起来看看吧。 There are two kinds of schools in UK, the public schools and the private schools. But when people talk about English education (教育), they will think of public schools. The public schools are well-known all over the world. Are public schools free? No. Most of the public schools are free. So many families always move their homes to near these schools for their children. But some famous public schools are not really public at all. They are private high schools. In these public schools, classes are small and flexible (灵活的). There are only 10 boys for each teacher. And the lessons are planned so well that the boys can have enough time to do sports and other things in the open air. The most important thing is that these public schools can fit boys for any good jobs after leaving there. Of course, the tuition (学费) is very expensive. 知识小链接 看看世界名校,树立自己的大学梦想吧。 1. Harvard University 哈佛大学2. Stanford University 斯坦福大学3. Cambridge University 剑桥大学4. Yale University 耶鲁大学5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 麻省理工学院6. California Institute of Technology 加利福尼亚理工学院7. Princeton University 普林斯顿大学8. Oxford University 牛津大学9. Columbia University 哥伦比亚大学10. University of Chicago芝加哥大学 Busy secretaries 你对秘书这个职业了解吗？你对它有什么印象呢？在美国这个职业化程度很高的国家，秘书也毫无例外地实现了高度职业化。在美国，秘书是个既严肃又体面的职业，不仅从业者众多，而且很受尊重。 Do you want to be a secretary? Do you think it is a good job? Many Chinese think it is a job just for young girls. But in America people know that it is not.? ?In America there are more than 3,000,000 secretaries. 99% of the secretaries are women. The other 1% of them are men. Good secretaries are very importantto companies. They must do many things. Managers want a girl who is good at the job. If a secretary can do her work well, they only think of her work and not how she looks. So in some large companies, you see old secretaries. Their secretaries are not young. For exam