These activities form an important part of the elite education in British public schools.

这些活动是英国公学英才教育的重要组成部分。

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Those who could flee the public system for costly private schools, or for the eight semi-private schools run on the British system, did so.

那些能够逃离公共体制进入昂贵的私立学校，或者以英国体制运行的8所半私立学校的，已经这么做了。

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This pronunciation is based on the Southern accent in British, which is also used among people well educated in "preparatory" schools or "public schools".

这种发音以英国南部发音为依据，也是在“预备”寄宿学校或“公学”中受过教育的人当中所通用的。

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Elsewhere in Canada, especially British Columbia and Ontario, dissatisfaction with public-school standards is increasingly driving parents to pack their children off to private schools.

ECONOMIST: It's not just the economy that is booming; schools are too