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1、江苏省高三英语阅读理解专题突破（8）Passage1Eight-year-oldBethanyandseven-year-oldElizaarehavingagreattimejumpingaroundintheorchardoftheirhomeinavillagenearPenrith.Theycanplayanytimetheylikebecausetheydon'tgotoschool.Instead,theyareeducatedathomebytheirparents,PaulandVeronika
2、Robinson.Buttheydon'thavelessons,haveneverusedatimetableandlearnonlywhatandwhentheywanttolearn..www.ks5u.com"Iwantmykidstohavefreedomintheirchildhood,notspenditinaninstitution,"says37-year-oldVeronika,"Schoolisallaboutcontrolandfollowingtherules."Veronikaand
3、her56-year-oldhusbandPaulhaveneverexperiencedthedailyrushtogetdressedandoutofthedoorthatiscommoninmosthouseholdswithschool-agedchildren."Wegetupatourleisure-usuallyaround8:30,"saysVeronika."Wemightvisitafriend,orgotothelibrary,andonTuesdaysweshopatthemarket.
4、Insummer,wespendmostofourtimeoutsideandthegirlsentertainthemselvesalot.".www.ks5u.comNewresearchduetobepublishedthisspringrevealsaverydifferentpictureofBritain'shomeeducators."Outof297families,184saidthattheyneveruseatimetable,"saysMikeFortune-WoodofHomeEduc
5、ationUK."Ninetypercentneverorrarelyusetextbooks,andnearlyallsaidthathappiness,contentmentandself-fulfillmentweremoreimportantthanacademicachievement.Only15%feltthatplanningwhattolearnwascrucial.".www.ks5u.comSofar,sogood.Butwhat,youmightask,arethechildrenact
6、uallylearning?"Itwasn'timportanttomethatthegirlscouldreadbyacertainage,buttheybothpickeditupforthemselvesataroundseven,"saysRobinson."Weighingcookingingredientsusesmaths,andmakingashoppinglistteachesthemtowrite.Observingfivehenshastaughtthegirlsaboutsurvival
7、ofthefittest."Butwhataboutwhenthechildrengrowup?Cantheygotouniversity?Thehomeeducators'answeristheycaniftheywantto.Thereareavarietyofroutesintohighereducation,butprobablythemostcommonistojoinalocalcollege.ThisiswhatGusHarris-Reidhasdone."Iwaseducatedathomeal
8、lmylife.I'dneverhadalessonorbeeninsideaclassroomuntilIstartedGCSEs,"saysthe18-year-old."I'mnowstudyingfor4A-levelsatExeterCollege.I'vehadnoproblemwiththeworkorwithfittingin."Whenaskedtoreflecton
