25Day25义务教育还有漏网之鱼？.pdf

But this was notalways the case;before it was legally required for allchildren toattend school until a certain age,it was widely accepted that somewere just notequipped by nature to pursue this kind of education.【分析】全句由两个分句组成，前后用分号隔开。在第二个分句的主句中，before引导状语从句，主句是it的形式主语，真正的主语是some were just not equipped by naturetopursue this kind of education.【词汇】itwas widely accepted意为“人们普遍认)legally adv.合法地，从法律处讲be equipped by nature to do天生能做.pursue,追求L-pursuitn.【译文】但是情况并不总是如此；在法律要求所有儿童在一定年龄必须上学之前，人们普遍认为有些儿童天生就不适合接受这种教育。