critically [5kritikEli] adv. 批判性地；苛求地；危急地；嚴重地
consultation [7kCnsEl5teiFEn] n. 谘詢；商議；參考；參閱
gown [^aunk] n. 女禮服，(婦女穿的)長禮服；手術衣
approval [E5pru:vEl] n.批準；認可；讚成；同意
實用句型
He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
他很餓於是他決定向下一戶人家討口飯吃。
①so在這裏引導因果狀語從句。
②decide to決定做，類似的表達還有decide on考慮後決定等固定搭配。
翻譯行不行
1.我替你去開會吧！（instead of）
2.我出生在波士頓，但是大部分時間在費城。（come from）
3.在付清貸款後，我們會有更多錢花。（pay off）
第一章 The Difference a Teacher Can Make
·Anonymous·
Steve，a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents，was about to be lost forever，by the U.S. education system. Remarkably，he could read，yet，in spite of his reading skills，Steve was failing. He had been failing since first grade，as he was passed on from grade to grade. Steve was a big boy，looking more like a teenager than a twelve year old，yet，Steve went unnoticed...until Miss White.
Miss White was a smiling，young，beautiful redhead，and Steve was in love! For the first time in his young life，he couldn’t take his eyes off his teacher； yet，still he failed. He never did his homework，and he was always in trouble with Miss White. His heart would break under her sharp words，and when he was punished for failing to turn in his homework，he felt just miserable! Still，he did not study.
In the middle of the first semester of school，the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests，and continued to dream of other things，as the day wore on. His heart was not in school，but in the woods，where he often escaped alone，trying to shut out the sights，sounds and smells of his alcoholic home. No one checked on him to see if he was safe. No one knew he was gone，because no one was sober enough to care. Oddly，Steve never missed a day of school.