新概念英语第四册46-03

As one of the social members, you had to take responsibility to receive

education.

接下来课文...There are no 'illiterates '--if the term can be applied to peoples without

a script--while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of 'civilized' nations. ...

‘illiterate’ 文盲

script=word: 文字

compulsory: 强制的，义务的

attendance: 注册或到校报到=education

compulsory / forced / binding

'civilized'

接下来课文...This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the 'happy few' during the past centuries. ...

before we deemed it necessary

I went out before it rained.

before: (1)直译，之前 （2）之后

it 指后面的不定式

deem=think

share in: 分享其中一份

“happy few”:所谓的有钱人

Greece, Rome, China

private school 私立学校(私塾)

接下来课文...Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. ...

wilderness: 荒野

be equal to+名词或动名词=be qualified for

接下来课文...There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. ...

none of the hurry

hamper=block 阻碍

full development: 全面发展

growing personality: 正在生长的人性（人格）