1 教育 2
1 一纲多本―the blind leading the blind 2
2 十二年基础教育―put the cart before the horse 8
3 升学主义―to seek a hare in a hen's nest 14
4 职业教育―to each his own 20
5 补习―pay one's dues 26
6 尖子班―Man is a product of his environment 32
7 资源班―Education is a right, not a privilege 38
8 批判性思考―jump on the bandwagon 44
9 在家教育―have a mind like a steel trap 50
10 胎教―If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas 56
11 才艺学习―Jack of all trades, master of none 62
12 语言学习―connect the dots 68
13 公职考试―Diamonds are made under pressure 74
14 广设大学―a drop in the ocean 80
15 研究所―There are plenty of fish in the sea 86
16 出国留学―quality over quantity 92
17 企业实习―been there, done that 98
18 打工度假―He that travels far knows much 104
2 社会问题 112
1 废除死刑―There are two sides to everyquestion 112
2 多元成家―Do unto others as you would havethem do unto you 118
3 少子化―First comes food then morality 124
4 老龄化―go begging 130
5 安乐死―Circle of Life 136
6 性别平等―A can hold a candle to B 142
7 高龄失业―Lost time is never found again 148
8 赋税―nibble away at something 154
9 城乡差距―The sky's the limit 160
10 核能发电―pour/throw money down the drain 166
11 居住―The rich get richer, the poor gohungry 172
12 劳动权益―someone is out of touch with reality 178
13 民主政治―too many cooks in the kitchen 184
14 资本主义―There is no such a thing as a free lunch 190
15 环境保护―blaze a trail 196
3 日常生活 204
1 网络―get it over with/fast and furious 204
2 低头族―by force of habit 210
3 网络购物―Maslow's hierarchy of needs 216
4 社交封闭―go big or go home 222
5 垃圾袋收费―Pinch a penny until it screams 228
6 公共运输系统―plant pears for your heirs 234
7 食安问题―ill-gotten gains/filthy lucre 240
8 水资源―Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not everyman's greed 246
9 空气污染―daylight robbery 252
10 土壤污染―someone would sell his/her ownmother for something 258
11 渔业过度捕捞―give an inch and take a mile 264
12 医美整形―does not live up to one's reputation 270
13 癌症―man proposes, God disposes 276