I myself have met some of the reasons you mention in the article why parents do not review English with their children at home, but now I realize that they are just excuses but nothing.

它提醒了我，作为父母，在女儿英语学习这个漫长的过程中，我们没有任何理由去逃避帮助和督促她学习的责任。

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People who are successful in their English studies all have the same experience; the unsuccessful ones have a variety of excuses.

学英语成功的人经验都是一样的，不成功的人会各找各的借口。

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A dog breeder defends an Old English bulldog when he is accused of selling a pet that can't be legally registered. He claims the owner is making up excuses to try and get rid of the animal.

某狗类饲养员因其所售宠物无法被合法注册而被起诉，他为售出的老式英式公牛狗辩护道该宠物的购买者只是找借口借机摆脱该宠物。

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When Paul Morphy, an American chess prodigy, crossed the Atlantic in the mid-19th century to challenge Howard Staunton, the English Shakespearean scholar then acknowledged as world champion invented fantastic excuses to avoid an encounter.

ECONOMIST: World chess championship