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Globally, the private tuition industry is booming. One forecast says it will be worth $227bn by 2022, fuelled by growth in Asia and developments in online tutoring, like firms connecting students with tutors all over the world. The industry is largely unregulated and there are all kinds of providers: freelancers, cram schools, large chains, online services, bespoke agencies and more.

全球的補習行業正蓬勃發展。有預測表示，隨著亞洲經濟增長以及網上補習的發展──例如將學生與全球導師聯繫起來的公司，預期到2022年，補習行業價值將達到2270億美元。 補習行業基本上不受監管，並且有各種各樣的服務提供者：自由職業者、補習學校、大型連鎖補習社、網上補習服務、定制代理商等等。

 

 

1. booming 繁榮的; 激增的 (adj.)  [boom (n./v.)]

e.g. The fashion industry is booming in this country.

 

vs. slump (n./v.)

e.g. Government popularity has slumped to its lowest level since 2000.

slump (n.) = recession e.g. economic recession

 

2. fuel 助燃 / 有助... 發展 (v.)

to fuel a situation = to make it become worse or more intense

e.g. The economic boom was fuelled by the prevalence of private tutoring.

 

> add fuel to a conflict / add fuel to the fire 火上加油，令事情激化 = makes the conflict more intense 

 

3. bespoke訂做的; 訂製的 (adj.)

e.g. The workers are busy making bespoke suits.

e.g. a bespoke tailor 訂做裁縫

 

> bespeak (v.) = indicate (old-fashioned)

 

At the top end are a small number of highly-paid people for whom the phrase ‘super tutor’ has been bandied about. Around the world it means slightly different things. There’s the full-time private tutor in many cases used by affluent to super-wealthy parents working overseas who want to get their children in to top schools and universities in the US or UK.

最高端的是少數高收入人士，大家都稱之為「超級導師」。 這個詞語在不同地方有不同意思。 在很多情況下，在海外工作的富裕或超級富裕父母會聘用全職私人導師，希望幫孩子進入美國或英國的頂尖學府。

 

4. bandy about 隨口提及 discussed by people in a casual way

bandy sth. about

e.g. The stories have been bandied about by many people, but they are completely false. 很多人道聽途說，但全不是事實。

e.g. John is being bandied about as the next director. 到處傳聞John是下屆總裁。

 

5. affluent to super-wealthy & eye-opening salary

In the US, where in 2017 more than 3.7 million students took the university admission SAT or ACT tests, it’s a test-prep specialist on an eye-opening hourly rate.

 

eye-opening 令人十分驚奇的

e.g. It has been my pleasure working in this company. Thank you for giving me this eye-opening experience.

 

Kevin’s Classroom

subject-dependent inversion OR subject-complement inversion

At the top end are a small number of highly-paid people. (Prepositional phrase + verb + subject)

 

 

A Song For You – “No Child Left Behind” by Edward J Hines (2006)

Song to protest the Federal No Child Left Behind legislation

 

Once we were teachers, now we're just testers,

Feedin' all the kids the party line.

Talk about the scariest one of all called,

No Child Left Behind.

 

No Child Left Behind

Seems like a waste to me

No child left with their mommy or their daddy

They're all flyin' over the sea.

The American Dream turns into a scheme

When kids 'buy it' on the front line,

Givin' it up in the name of freedom

No Child Left Behind.

 

{…} Kids started droppin' out of school like flies...

While all the politicians laugh,

'Cause they knew the whole thing was a pack of lies

A way to get another draft…

 

feed somebody a line 給個說法（搪塞過去） / 作故仔 (idiom)

= to tell (someone) a story or an explanation that is not true

 

e.g. He fed me a line about how he was late because his car broke down.

 

Origin: you feed the actors a line when they forgot about their lines

 

draft 銀行本票 (n.)

= a written order for money to be paid by a bank, especially to another bank

 

e.g. I arranged for some money to be sent from London to L.A. by banker's draft.

   
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