busy-work 的意思
无意义的工作; 为了占用时间而做的工作
busy-work 的词源
busy-work(n.)
“busy work”这个词,指的是“为了让人忙碌而进行的工作”,最早出现在1884年的美式英语中,起初主要用于基础教育领域。它由形容词 busy(忙碌的)和名词 work(工作)组合而成。
How to keep little children busy while not reciting, is the despair of many a teacher. Miss Goodyear solves the problem by introducing a modification of the kindergarten occupations, which she denominates "busy work." Tablets, rings, slats, weaving, and the like, drawing, writing, all are laid under contribution. In this way the interest of the little folk is aroused and directed. ["Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Education, of the State of South Carolina," 1886]
如何在不让小朋友们背诵的情况下让他们保持忙碌,常常让许多老师感到头疼。戈迪尔小姐通过引入一种她称之为“忙碌工作”的幼儿园活动改良方案,解决了这个问题。各种活动,比如平板、环、木条、编织,以及绘画、写作等等,都被纳入其中。通过这些方式,小朋友们的兴趣得以激发和引导。[《南卡罗来纳州教育局长年度报告》,1886年]
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