Adults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine: unpleasant, but necessary and good for you.
成年人谈论学习时,往往把它当作一剂良药:令人不快,却不可或缺,且对你有益。
Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of a carpet by area.
哈克认为,这样的课程可以弥补成年人在数字方面的盲点,这些人已经完成了像代数这样的高级数学,但却无法按面积计算出一块地毯的价格。
Such courses, Hacker argues, are a remedy for the numerical illiteracy of adults who have completed high-level math like algebra but are unable to calculate the price of, say, a carpet by area.
哈克认为,这样的课程可以弥补成年人在数字方面的盲点,这些人虽然已经学习了像代数这样的高等数学,但却无法按面积计算出一块地毯的价格。
But a recent study offers good news for older adults.
VOA: special.2010.08.03
But they were fully formed adults and intellectuals, and that was a heady experience for a kid from Chicago.
但他们是很成熟的成人和知识分子,而这对一个来自芝加哥的小孩来说很不同。
But Sow says it's difficult to get adults to change, for example, to stop using pesticides on their tomatoes and other crops, which he says is a persistent problem in the village.
VOA: standard.2010.04.01
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