important role, people do not attach importance to education, and parents are skeptical of anything
that takes children away from their work on the farm. 首先，创造一个积极的态度是一个重要的开端。在农业为主体的地区，人们不重视教育，家长们对不让孩子们参加地里劳作的做法很有疑虑。
▲ to begin with 首先，第一， 起初（不定式作为固定短语作状语）
I’m not going. To begin with, I haven’t a ticket, and secondly I don’t like the play.
我不去。一来我没票，二来我不喜欢这出戏。
, but later he became quite rich. 他起初没钱，可是后来相当富有了。
To begin with, we must consider the faculties of the staff all-sidedly.
首先,我们必须全面地考虑全体员工的素质。
类似词组有：to start with; to tell the truth; to be honest; to be frank; to make things worse
▲ attach importance to
Do you attach any importance to what he said? 你认为他说的话重要吗？
关于attach 的其他用法请参看第五单元和第十单元
▲ sceptical/ skeptical adj.怀疑论的; 不可知论的；怀疑宗教教条的; 怀疑的
be sceptical of/ about 对……抱着怀疑的态度
We’re sceptical of the team’s chances of winning.我们对获胜的机会感到怀疑。
He by the government.他对政府的通告表示怀疑。
9. It has to be explained how the child, the family and the community can be benefit, but it is not
easy to change traditional ideas. China and other countries found that even when children from the
countryside do start school, they have a tendency to be absent and often drop out later. In some
cultures parents are particularly unwilling to send their daughters to school because the custom is to
educate boys rather than girls. 尽管关于孩子，家庭和社区怎样才能受益已经做出了解释，但是要改变传统的观念是不容易的。中国和其他国家发现，即使当来自乡下的孩子开始上学的时候，他们经常旷课，然后就有退学的倾向。尤其是在一些地区，由于认为教育是给男孩的而不是为女孩的风气，所以父母总是不情愿送女儿上学。
▲ tendency u趋向, 倾向 v天分，素质
There is an increasing tendency towards the use of mobile phones by middle school students.
译：
She showed musical tendencies from an early age.她从小就显示出在音乐上的天分。
Ø have a tendency to do sth. 做…的倾向
She . 她很容易忘记事情。
tend vi u有……的习惯或倾向，易于 (tend to do sth.)
Janet if you disagree with her.
你如果不顺着珍妮，她往往容易大发脾气。
v tend to/towards+名
The sort of music he listens to varies, but .
他所听的音乐形形色色，不过倾向于流行音乐。
▲ absent adj. 缺席的，不在的（from）；
He is absent from Beijing.他不在北京。
He is absent in Beijing.他外
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