英伦广角 2012-09-15 英国中学GCSE评分事件

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        GCSE English students are starting their new school year in the wake of a roar over whether their summer exams were marked fairly. It was harder to get good grade in June but it was in January. Now letters leaked to the time said education supplement show the difference involved exam regulator Ofqual. Last month, they wrote to the exam board Edexcel asking them to produce outcomes that are much closer to the predictions. This may require you to move grade boundary marks further than might normally be required. Edexcel replied we do not believe a further revision of our grade boundaries is justified¹. The chief regulator appeared before MPs and it insisted that Ofqual had done nothing wrong afterwards she blamed over generous markers.

        It’s true to say that in January of minority students took units then. And as I’ve said that before exam is their best to set great boundaries that we can see now and we’ve wonderful benefit of high sight that they were relatively² generous. The fair thing to students is to maintain standards between exam boards. 

        That is no comfort to the students who’ve lost a place on their apprenticeship³.

        I feel I would like, like just change any time that we want to change very well, anyone wants to change. The mock sting is a game, bringing on frustrating⁴ and just change whatever we want really. They can do.

        Meanwhile high-performing schools say the implications go beyond the pupils affected⁵.

        As a result of the re-grading, the performance of this outstanding school has dropped so far. It should trigger and automatically off standing⁶ inspection⁷. 

        Angry heads are demanding a climb down. 

        There’s a huge number of people in education believe this is profoundly unfair. The revelation this morning in the letters would indicate that the examination boards believe it’s profoundly unfair. The only people they believe this June result was fair, was accurate are Ofqual.

        I stand by gives some man who’s big.

        This is a roar that’s likely to rumble⁸ along through the autumn term.

        Jerry Top, Sky News, York.

1 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 apprenticeship   

n.学徒身份；学徒期

参考例句：

• She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
• He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。

4 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

8 rumble   

n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说

参考例句：

• I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
• We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。