摘自 BBC NEWS

“Miss! Are your classes making me blind?”

It sounds like a ridiculous [adj 可笑的] question, but it may actually be grounded in science.

So as concerned hands shoot up in the classroom, how could teachers cope with a barrage of questions? 整句不理解

Well kind of, this idea’s been around for donkey’s years. （很多年了）

Because it’s not ethical to experiment on kids by locking you up for decades and seeing how it affects your eyes. Unless you’re volunteering?

Volkswagen admits it can’t cope with new emissions tests

From September, more rigorous EU standards apply, designed to replicate real driving conditions more closely.  //designed to – purpose