A:Which school is your children in?
你的小孩现在在哪儿上学?
B:She is now in a private school.
她在一家私立学校上学。
A:Oh, it costs too much. It's more expensive than the pulic school.
喔,那收费很高。比公立学校贵得多。
B:It's idea of my husband. He is always banging the drum for better schools.
这是我丈夫的主意。他总是一味鼓吹好学校,好教育。
A:But the private school amount to better schools.
可是私立学校并不就是等于好学校。
注释:
Beat the drums for中的介词for可以用作against,即:beat the drums against,后面可以接something,也可以接somebody。
Eg. They beat the drums against the new policy.
他们竭力反对新政策。