常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

woo #2

先程と同じニュースからです。

wooは以前ブログでも取り上げられておりますので復習となりますが(cf.woo - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心:言葉の森から)本文では第三語義の「<人>に[・・・するよう]せがむ[to do]」(『ジーニアス英和辞典 第3版』大修館)の意になります。(Shou-VR*)

Going backwards: UK literacy and numeracy standards slip down international rankings
Half a million 15-year-olds were tested in 65 countries - and we were 26th in maths and 23rd in reading

Academics were claiming on Tuesday that criticism should be widened to cover incentives given to the best teachers to work in schools in deprived areas. Mr Gove says his plans to allow headteachers to set their own pay scales will help achieve this - but teachers’ leaders argue there may not be enough in the school budget to do this effectively. Also, there is of course nothing to stop heads in the leafy suburbs offering higher pay to woo staff as well.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/going-backwards-uk-literacy-and-numeracy-standards-slip-down-international-rankings-8979588.html