American public schools are rigidly secular . Private schools are expensive .

美国的公立学校是严格的世俗学校，私立学校的费用又过于昂贵。

I 've found that going after my goals rigidly only makes me unhappy .

我发现，固执地追求目标只让我不快乐。

Teachers are under pressure to follow the national curriculum so rigidly they can no longer react to what their pupils are learning , a teaching union leader warned today .

一位教师工会领导人今天警告说：教师们在“必须非常严格地遵循全国总课标”的压力之下，已无法对学生学习中所出现的问题作出反应。

Others believe that beijing has ample resources to avoid a crisis , but argue that , with a growth model based on infrastructure and land sales , and with exchange and interest rates rigidly controlled , it may not have all the necessary tools at its disposal .

其他人认为，北京方面有充足的资源可以避免一场危机，不过他们指出，由于中国的增长模式依赖于基建和土地出售，且汇率和利率受到僵硬控制，它也许并没有所有必要工具。

American public schools are rigidly secular .

美国的公立学校是严格世俗的。