They don't realize that the competition is getting keener and the required standards of work get higher and that their children may not be prepared for the change.

他们没有意识到竞争越来越激烈，所要求的工作标准越来越高，而他们的孩子可能还没有准备好迎接变化。

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Customer choice—of schools and hospitals, for example—was to encourage competition and improve standards.

比如学校和医院的消费者，他们会选择倡导竞争，提高标准。

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In the current time of fierce competition, most companies set higher and higher standards for staff recruitment.

在当今激烈竞争时代，多数公司为员工招聘制定了越来越高的标准。

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Ofcom will have increased powers to investigate and fine companies for transgressing competition rules and content standards.

ECONOMIST: Regulating communications

But at the same time he wants to set up international tribunals to rule on unfair tax competition, for example, or health standards.

ECONOMIST: Globalisation

Supporters say Common Core prepares students for college and for global competition better than earlier state standards.

WSJ: New School Standards Spur a Backlash