英闻天下——355 Father Outsourced Daughter's Homework to Employees

 　　Father of a sixth grader in east China's Zhejiang Province outsourced his daughter's homework to nine of his employees, causing one of them to complain to the local newspaper.

 

　　This unhappy worker, who is surnamed¹ Chen said it took three days to finish the work. He stayed up late for two nights. The girl was quite demanding. She only needed to do one of the four options but insisted on doing them all, without getting herself involved in any way.

 

　　Students are asked to follow their parents to their home towns and either draw a picture, create a video, take photographs or write an essay about the changes over the past decades.

 

　　Chen is a professional photographer. So he was in charge of taking the pictures.

 

　　For other workers, one of them was drafted² for the video, another for the essay. One person uploaded the work on to the school website. And the company driver transported the team around town.

 

　　Bloggers:

 

　　"Honestly, I think the father is not doing his job. Without his permission, how could the 12-year-old ask his employees to do anything? He's supposed to do this homework with her daughter."

 

　　"Nobody thinks there is problem with the homework itself? I mean, to look into the changes of past decades? Come on, the students are merely teenagers!"

 

　　"Another way of looking at it is that, while the girl may not be able to draw a pretty picture, she has been able to practice skills that are far more widely used in adult life - namely³ management and delegation⁴."

1 surnamed   

vt.给…加姓（surname的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He is surnamed Wang. 他姓王。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Alexander was surnamed "the Great". 亚历山大被加给“大帝”的封号。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 drafted   

v.起草( draft的过去式和过去分词 )；制定；征募；拟稿

参考例句：

• The government has drafted out its plan for future laws. 政府已草拟了未来法律的规划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was drafted last autumn by the Detroit Lions. 他去年秋天被底特律雄狮队选作队员了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 namely   

adv.即，也就是

参考例句：

• Only one boy was absent, namely Harry.只有一个孩子缺席，就是哈利。
• Only one person can answer the question namely you.只有一个人能回答这个问题，那就是你。

4 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。