在英国人看来,牛津或是剑桥大学可以不上,但大学前的私立女校教育却必不可少,因为这才是打造淑女的关键。英国的私立学校超过3000所,其中约四百所属于私立女校,孩子可以从4岁左右一直读到高中毕业。而在英国人看来,要打造一位现代淑女,关键在中学阶段。虽然就读英国私立女校动辄让家长花费一年两三万英镑的学费,但这并不等于是把女儿们送去养尊处优。 In the eyes of the British, Oxford or Cambridge can not attend, but pre-university private school education is essential, because this is the key to building a lady. There are more than 3,000 private schools in the UK, of which about 400 belong to private girls’ schools. Children can read high school until they are around 4 years of age. In the British view, to build a modern lady, the key in secondary school stage. Although studying at a British private school frequently costs parents 20,000 to 30,000 pounds a year, this does not mean sending their daughters to be pampered.