如果家长们真正有选择权，那就必然会有学校过剩现象，而这一现象的成本是非常昂贵的。

If parents are to have genuine choice there must be excess capacity, and this is expensive.

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古罗马妇女在婚姻问题上，一切要听从家长的包办，没有自己的选择权，因此造成了婚姻的不幸。

In Rome, women's marriages were arranged by their parents without their own choices at all, which resulted in unfortunate marriages.

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