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1、PublicschoolsinUK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。TherearetwokindsofschoolsinUK,thepublicschoolsandtheprivateschools.ButwhenpeopletalkaboutEnglisheducation(教育),theywillthinkofpublicschools.Thepubli

2、cschoolsarewell-knownallovertheworld.Arepublicschoolsfree?No.Mostofthepublicschoolsarefree.Somanyfamiliesalwaysmovetheirhomestoneartheseschoolsfortheirchildren.Butsomefamouspublicschoolsarenotreallypublicatall.Theyareprivatehighschools.Inthesepublicsc

3、hools,classesaresmallandflexible(灵活的).Thereareonly10boysforeachteacher.Andthelessonsareplannedsowellthattheboyscanhaveenoughtimetodosportsandotherthingsintheopenair.Themostimportantthingisthatthesepublicschoolscanfitboysforanygoodjobsafterleavingthere

4、.Ofcourse,thetuition(学费)isveryexpensive.知识小链接看看世界名校,树立自己的大学梦想吧。1.HarvardUniversity哈佛大学2.StanfordUniversity斯坦福大学3.CambridgeUniversity剑桥大学4.YaleUniversity耶鲁大学5.MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology麻省理工学院6.CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology加利福尼亚理工学院7.Princeton

5、University普林斯顿大学8.OxfordUniversity牛津大学9.ColumbiaUniversity哥伦比亚大学10.UniversityofChicago芝加哥大学Busysecretaries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。Doyouwanttobeasecretary?Doyouthinkitisagoodjob?ManyChines

6、ethinkitisajobjustforyounggirls.ButinAmericapeopleknowthatitisnot.InAmericatherearemorethan3,000,000secretaries.99%ofthesecretariesarewomen.Theother1%ofthemaremen.Goodsecretariesareveryimportanttocompanies.Theymustdomanythings.Managerswantagirlwhoisgo

7、odatthejob.Ifasecretarycandoherworkwell,theyonlythinkofherworkandnothowshelooks.Soinsomelargecompanies,youseeoldsecretaries.Theirsecretariesarenotyoung.Forexample,inMicrosoftCompanytherewasa42-year-oldsecretary.Shedidmuchimportantworkforthecompany.Son

8、owthereisSecretary’sDayinAmerica.OnSecretary’sDay,secretariescangetflowers,giftsandtheycanhavearest.Notes:important重要的company公司Secretary'sDay秘书节gift礼物havearest休息Ancientmythsaboutnumbers0(zero)ThenumberzerowasprobablyinventedinIndiaassunyainHin