第一， 情景对话

A: What's happened? Why are the students kicking up such a row?

发生什么事了？学生们怎么大吵大闹的。

B: It is because of one of those things that keep happening these days.

因为近些天发生了一件事。

A: What is it?

什么事？

B: The school authorities asked them to sell some products and forced them to finish their quotas. And most of the students find it hard to sell.

学校让他们卖东西，还让他们定额完成任务，大多数学生发觉很难卖。

A: That is indeed a problem. Their parents should join them and raise their opposition against such an unfair task imposed on the students.

这确实是个问题，他们的父母也应该一起来抵制这种加在学生身上的任务。

第二， 词海拾贝

kick up a row

exp. To be very vocal in one's displeasure about something; to make a scene. （大声表示对某事的不满，大吵大闹）

e.g. My mom kicked up a row when the store refused to accept her return without a receipt.

当商店因我母亲没有货物的收据而拒绝退货时，我母亲便大吵大闹起来了。

e.g. At most big box stores, if you kick up a row about a product that didn't meet your expectations, you'll definitely get a refund.

在大多数大卖场商店，如果你因一个没有达到你期望的产品大吵一架，你肯定会得到退款。

e.g. Unless his mother went with him, he would kick up a row until he was taken back downstairs to her.

除非他的母亲同他一起去，不然的话，他就大吵大闹，直到他被带回楼下他母亲那里。

e.g. The waiters were unnecessarily rude, but none of the customers would kick up a row about it.

服务员粗鲁得有点莫名其妙，但没有一位顾客为此而大吵大闹。

第三， 语汇积累

1. impose something on somebody：使某人接受（意见或信仰）；将某事物强加于…….

e.g. She imposed her ideas on the group.

她竭力把自己的想法强加于全组的人。

e.g. They will impose restraints on trade.

他们将对贸易强行管制。

2. opposition against：对……的反对

There's not much opposition against the scheme.

反对该规划的意见不太多。

3. because of：因为，由于

e.g. All the planes were socked in yesterday because of the thick mist.

由于雾大，昨天所有的飞机都停飞了。

e.g. The lives of many people have been enriched because of education.

许多人的生活由于受了教育而变得更加充实。

其它：school authorities：校方

finish their quotas：完成分配额

raise their opposition：发起抗议