广播电视英语短句 第 329 课：担起父母职责-1

"In loco parentis" is a Latin term meaning "in the place of a parent." 拉丁术语 "In loco parentis" 的意思是“代替父母”。

It describes when someone else accepts responsibility to act in the interests of a child. 它描述的是那些为帮助儿童而承担起父母职责的人。

This idea developed long ago in British common law to define the responsibility of teachers toward their students. 很久以前，这一观念发展于英国普通法，用以定义教师对待学生的职责。

For years, American courts upheld in loco parentis in cases such as Gott versus Berea College in nineteen thirteen. 多年以来，美国法庭在案子中支持“代替父母”方，比如 1913 年 Gott 对 Berea 学院的诉讼案。

Gott owned a restaurant off campus. Goff 在校园外拥有一家饭馆。