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Ⅰ． 课文重点难点解析
1. I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class!
我认为上沈老师的课我是不会感到厌烦的。
think 表示意见和看法，其后的宾语从句中的否定词not被移到主句中，该现象被称为“否定转移” 。类似的动词还有：expect, believe, suppose, imagine等。例如：
I don’t suppose that he will be back until eight.
我猜想他不会在8点以前回来。
I don’t think we have finished the job yet.
我认为我们还没有完成任务。
I shall not expect you till I see you.
你愿意什么时候来都可以。
2. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.
换句话说，女生人数是男生的三倍。
a. in other words 意为“换言之，换句话说，也就是说”。用来说明使用不同的表达形式，表示相同的含义。
b. three times as many girls as boys是比较结构 “倍数 + times + as + many + 复数可数名词 + as 从句”，意为“……是……的……倍”。其基本形式是“as + 形容词或副词原级 + as从句”。例如：
This classroom is as big as that one.
这个教室和那个教室一样大。
Mary runs as fast as Jenny.
玛丽和珍妮跑得一样快。
类似的结构还有“as + much + 不可数名词 + as从句”。例如：
He saved as much money as he could.
他尽最大努力攒了许多钱。
Ⅱ． 文化背景知识
The American School System
The education system in the United States is controlled by state and local governments. This is because the tenth amendment to the United States Constitution says that powers not given to the federal government are left to the states. So his federal government has no power to establish a national educational system. Federal agencies do not make education policy. These decisions are made at the state or local levels．
So you might expect education laws to be different in each state. But they are similar. For example, in all fifty states and six territories, all children must attend school from the age of six or seven to the age of sixteen. Public schools are free of charge for grades one to twelve. The schools receive money from the state government.
Private schools also operate in all states and territories. Some private schools are operated by churches and religious groups. Other private schools are not linked to any religious organization. Private schools must be approved by the state in which they operate. Most private schools do not receive government money. The parents of private school students pay the school.
American students generally attend school from the first to the twelfth grades. Students are in school from Monday to Friday. They attend classes from about eight in the morning until three in the afternoon.
The school year usually begins in September and continues until June. Most states require a school year of one-hundred eighty days. Some schools have changed this schedule and require the students to attend school throughout the year.
More than forty-six million students attend American public school. Another six million students attend private schools. More than one million students do not go to school at all. Their parents teach them at home. His home-schooling has become popular in the last fifteen years or so.
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