Boys Are Teachers’ Pets
第五小组
Essay analysis
1>Argument (para.1-2)
2>Evidence based on the tape-recordings
(para.3-12)
3>conclusion (para.13)
1>Argument:
The classroom is a man’s world./
Boys are teachers’ pets.
(para.1-2)
2>Evidence based on the
tape-recordings (para.3-12)
A. Time spent with girls in class is far less then with
boys.(para.3-6)
a. On average, teachers give girls 38 percent of
their attention, less than they think they do.
b. Teacher think giving two-thirds of their time to
boys is a fair deal. And so do the boys themselves.
B. Double standards pervade the classroom.
(para.7-12)
a. When asking questions, protesting, or
challenging the teacher,
boys are often met with respect and rewards;
girls are often met with criticism and
punishment.
b. When trying to seek attention,
boys will quickly get a response from a
teacher;
girl will probably be ignored
c. Written work is judged by different standards,
e.g. the same work gets better marks when
teachers are told it comes from boys.
d. Neat and tidy work from girls is treated with
some contempt while such work from boys is
treated differently.
e. If girl are as noisy and ambitious as the boys,
they are considered unladylike; if they are quiet
and passive ,they are ignored.
3> Conclusion: Separating boys and
girls within schools for certain subjects
is the most hopeful solution.(para.13)
a. Vocabulary
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Contempt
Disregard
Minority
Sloppy
Co-educational
be accustomed to
n.
1.Contempt
– The feeling that a person or a thing is
beneath consideration, worthless, or
deserving scorn
– Disregard for something that should be
taken into account
– The offense of being disobedient to or
disrespectful of a court of law and its
officers
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Related phrases
contempt of court
藐视法庭（罪）
Familiarity breeds contempt.
亲不敬,熟生蔑
bring into contempt
使被人轻视
familiarity breeds contempt
过分亲密就会有所侮慢
fall into contempt
受人轻视
• have in contempt
轻视
• hold in contempt
轻视
• in contempt of
不顾
• self-contempt
自己轻视自己
2.Disregard
v.
• to not consider something; to treat
something as unimportant 不理会；不顾；
漠视
n.
• the act of treating somebody/something as
unimportant and not caring about them/it
漠视；
Synonyms
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v.
ignore, neglect
slight, overlook
n.
indifference, neglect, inattention,
inadvertence,
negligence, slight, contempt
3.Minority
1.the smaller part of a group; less than half of
the people or things in a large group 少数；少
数派；少数人
2.a small group within a community or country
that is different because of race, religion,
language, etc. 少数派；少数民族；少数群体
3.the state of being under the age at which you
are legally an adult 未成年
Related phrases
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ethnic minority
少数民族
minority government
少数党政府（组成政府的政党在议会中占
的席位少于其他政党所占席位的总和）
be in a/the minority
占少数；成为少数派
be in a minority of one
是唯一持不同意见者；是唯一投此票者
minority leader
少数党领袖
4.Sloppy
1.that shows a lack of care, thought or effort
马虎的；凌乱的；草率的
2.of clothes loose and without much shape
衣服肥大而难看的
3.romantic in a silly or embarrassing way
庸俗伤感的
4.informal especially British English
containing too much liquid
太稀的
5.co-educational
• students of both genders are educated
together, contrary to a single-gender one
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• “co”表示共同的，共存的
• co-operate 协作 co-exist 共存 cosponsored 共同举办
6.be accustomed to
习惯于
be conditioned to
be used to
be habituated to
b. Difficult sentence
• Boys are accustomed to being teachers’ pets,
and, if girls get anything like多少有点 equal
treatment, boys will protest and even disrupt
lessons.
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• “Sometimes,” says Spender,” I have even
thought （that） I have gone too far and have
spent more time with girls than the
boys.”……L13
• When a boy decides to make a thing of it ,there‘s
not a girl that can match（比得上）him...L 46
• All that effort just to make it look nice …… L50