The children were shipped off to a boarding school at an early age.

孩子们在幼年时就送到了一所寄宿学校。

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They were off to meet their daughter from school in about an hour.

过一个小时他们要去学校接女儿。

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Last week, when I went to school, I found many of my friends were having a cellphone, they showed off their cellphones and talked to me how nice it was.

上周，当我去学校的时候，我发现很多我的朋友都有了手机，他们在我面前炫耀他们的手机，告诉我那是多么的美妙。

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Meanwhile, seven in 10 children in London said children were put off walking to school because they thought it was "too far away", yet two-thirds of children lived within a 20 minute walk of the school gates, research showed.

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Often the lowest performing students were shuffled off to another low-performing school.

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After a quick sandwich lunch we were off again, to a 'failing' school threatened with closure by the LEA. We were met at the school gates by several Year 11 boys, immaculately dressed and well versed in courtesy.

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