A:Which school is your children in?
你的小孩現(xiàn)在在哪兒上學?
B:She is now in a private school.
她在一家私立學校上學。
A:Oh, it costs too much. It's more expensive than the pulic school.
喔,那收費很高。比公立學校貴得多。
B:It's idea of my husband. He is always banging the drum for better schools.
這是我丈夫的主意。他總是一味鼓吹好學校,好教育。
A:But the private school amount to better schools.
可是私立學校并不就是等于好學校。
注釋:
Beat the drums for中的介詞for可以用作against,即:beat the drums against,后面可以接something,也可以接somebody。
Eg. They beat the drums against the new policy.
他們竭力反對新政策。