GCSEs

My 15-year-old is disinclined to work for her GCSEs, saying her time is better spent preening herself in preparation for assignations with her delightful, diligent, privately educated, moneyed boyfriend.

我15岁的女儿不愿为拿到英国普通中等教育证书（GCSE）而努力学习，称自己把时间花在穿着打扮上更有意义，为的是与她那个讨人喜欢、勤奋、上私立学校的有钱男友约会。

Some, including Michael Gove, the education secretary, think that the division of many GCSEs into modules ( mini-exams that can be taken several times) and the introduction of coursework ( which can be done by teachers and parents) has damaged learning.

包括教育部长迈克尔戈夫在内的一些人认为许多英国中学毕业考试（gcses）小模块测试的划分（可以参加几次的小型考试）及课程介绍（可以由老师和家长完成）损害了教学。

Most of the students sit at least 5 GCSEs.

大多数学生至少参加5门普通中等教育证书考试。

I had one year in the sixth form to retake my GCSEs.

我读中学六年级的时候有一年的时间可以重新参加普通中等教育证书考试。

She quit school as soon as she had taken her GCSEs.

她一拿到普通中等教育证书后就没再上学了。

She and her children, now aged nine and seven, are living in a three bedroom council house and she is returning to college to get her GCSEs with ambitions of becoming a healthcare worker.

她和9岁的儿子、7岁的女儿目前居住在三室型的简易住宅之中，而她也雄心勃勃地回归校园，考取普通中等教育证书，期待今后能成为保健工作者。

She's got 10 GCSEs.

她已获得10门学科的普通中等教育证书。

Mr Coles said 32 per cent of pupils scored five GCSEs at grades A to C in the year before last. This had risen to 55 per cent last year and the school was aiming for 60 per cent this year.

科尔斯校长说，该校学生前年参加GCSE考试时五科成绩甲级至丙级（A-C）的通过率为32%，去年这一比例提高至55%，今年希望能更进一步，达到60%。

A school has brought in a masseuse to calm stressed pupils preparing for GCSEs ( General Certificate of Secondary Education) and boost their performance in the exams.

为了让学生在英国普通中学教育文凭考试（GCSE）中取得好成绩，一所中学想出了让学生在按摩中放松心情的减压妙招。