1. be allowed to do sth. 被允许做某事
allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
allow doing sth. 允许做某事
2. sixteen-year-olds = sixteen-year-old boys and girls 16岁的孩子
3. part-time jobs 兼职工作
4. a driver’s license 驾照
5. on weekends 在周末
6. at that age 在那个年龄段
7. on school nights 在上学期间的晚上
8. stay up 熬夜
9. clean up 清扫
10. fail(in)a test 考试不及格
11. take the test 参加考试
12. the other day 前几天
13. all my classmates 我所有的同学
14. concentrate on 全神贯注于
15. be good for 对…...有益
16. in groups 成群的,按组
17. get noisy 变得吵闹(系表结构)
18. learn from 向......学习
19. at present 目前,现在
20. have an opportunity to do sth. 有做……的机会
重点句型
I don’t think twelve-year-olds should be allowed to get their ears pierced. 我认为不应该允许12岁的孩子穿耳孔。
They talk instead of doing homework. 他们聊天而不是做作业。
They should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much a s they want. 应该允许他们对业余爱好想练多长时间就练多长时间。