时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:万花筒2010年


英语课

Chinese children attend a self-defence class at a Kungfu school. According to Chinese state media, admission to these classes in Beijing has risen by at least 20% since April. It's a growing response to many deadly attacks that have taken place in Chinese schools in recent months, the first of these in March, when an unemployed 1 doctor killed eight children and injured five others at a primary school.


Kungfu instructor 2, Chen Xiaohang, now teaches about 10 classes per week, a total of more than 60 kids.


"There have been many changes recently. Before, only one or two students would come to class. But since last week, we have received about 30 inquiries 3. A lot of parents registered their children for the self-defence class without much hesitation 4. This trend did not exist before. Parents are putting more emphasis on children safety."


Some children get more out of the classes than just self-defence. "I am a little bit fat. So I want to lose some weight. Second of all, there have been many school attacks recently. And I want to know how to prevent such attacks. So it's the best if I learn these skills." 10-year-old Ge Xizhou is a 2-year veteran of the class. He said that if attacked, he would first try to escape. "First of all, I use defence skills my teacher has taught me. If not, I will use my bag to hit the potential attacker."


There have been six attacks on Chinese schools in the last two months, leaving 18 people dead and more than 80 wounded.

 



1 unemployed
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
2 instructor
n.指导者,教员,教练
  • The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
  • The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。
3 inquiries
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 );疑问;探究;打听
  • He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释,等候进一步调查。
  • I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 hesitation
n.犹豫,踌躇
  • After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天,他终于直说了。
  • There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。
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