B-14:beat the drum(s) 熱烈支持
A:Which school is your child in?
A: 你的小孩現(xiàn)在在哪兒上學(xué)?
B: She is now in a private school.
B:一家私立學(xué)校。
A: Oh, it costs too much. It's more expensive than the public school.
A: 噢,那收費很高,比公立學(xué)校貴得多。
B: It's the idea of my husband. He is always banging the drum for better schools.
B:這是我丈夫的主意。他老是一味鼓吹好學(xué)校,好教育。
A: But the private schools don't amount to better schools.
A: 可私立學(xué)校并不等于就是好學(xué)校。