纯正地道美语(外教讲解)338：Homeschooling 在家教育

　　A : I think we should home school our children when we decide to have kids.
我认为当我们决定有孩子的时候应该在家教育他们。
B : What? Why?
什么？为什么？
A : Well, our public schools here are not very good and private school are just too expensive. I have been reading up on home schooling¹ and it has a lot of advantages.
嗯，我们这里的公立学校不是很好，私立学校又很贵。我读了有关家庭教育的书，发现有很多的优势。
B : Like what? I think that by doing something like that we would be isolating² our children from social interaction.
比如？我觉得这么做的话会让我们的孩子很孤立，不会社交。
A : Well, first of all, I would be able to teach them everything they learn in school in a more relaxed and fun way. I also think that having a one-on-one class is much better since you can focus more on his or her strengths or weaknesses.
嗯，首先，我能够用一种更加轻松和好玩的方式教他们在学校里学到的一切。我还觉得一对一的教学方式可以有争对性发现他或者她的优缺点。
B : I think neither your parents or mine would agree to such an idea.
我想我们的父母都不会同意的。
A : I will bring it up over Sunday brunch³.
我会在周末的早午餐的时候跟他们提的。
B : Good luck with that!
希望这个想法能被通过！

1 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

2 isolating   

adj.孤立的，绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• Colour filters are not very effective in isolating narrow spectral bands. 一些滤色片不能很有效地分离狭窄的光谱带。 来自辞典例句
• This became known as the streak method for isolating bacteria. 这个方法以后就称为分离细菌的划线法。 来自辞典例句

3 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？