I made clear to her how laughable would have been the waywardness of English spelling but for the tragic compulsion we were under to cram it for our examinations.

我明确告诉她，英文拼法的毫无规则是多么可笑，只有在不幸的强迫之下，我们为了考试才对它死记硬背。

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Bhaskar Chakravarti, the British Council's Director of English and examinations, will visit the China Daily website April 23 for an online talk about IELTS and English study.

4月23日，英国文化协会英语及考试部全球总监柴世杰先生做客中国日报网，就雅思考试最新动态及英语学习等方面问题与广大英语爱好者对话。

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Bhaskar Chakravarti, the British Council's Director of English and examinations, will visit the China Daily website on April 23 for an online talk about IELTS and English study.

4月23日上午，英国文化协会英语及考试部全球总监柴世杰先生将做客中国日报网站，就雅思考试最新动态及英语学习等方面的问题与广大英语爱好者对话。

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Statisticians say this is because of an increase of foreign students at independent schools taking different examinations aimed at those with English as a second language.

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