Unit 13 Schools
學(xué) 校
Part One: Expressions
1. What school do you go to?
你讀什么學(xué)校?
2. I’m applying for law school.
我在申請(qǐng)讀法律學(xué)校。
3. What’s your favourite subject?
你最喜歡什么科目?
4. What’s your major?
你的專業(yè)是什么?
5. I’m trying to decide what classes to take.
我在決定讀什么課程。
6. What do you like about school?
你喜歡學(xué)校的什么?
7. I’d like to take modern business communications courses.
我想修現(xiàn)代管理和通信的課程。
8. I have lots of extra-curricular activities.
我參加很多課外活動(dòng)。
9. When is the assignment due?
作業(yè)什么時(shí)候交?
10. I’d like to sign up for this course.
我想報(bào)名讀這門(mén)課。
Part Two: Dialogues
1.Apply for a school申請(qǐng)學(xué)校
A: I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.
B: Are you thinking about a public school or a private one?
A: I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?
B: Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.
A: Which is better?
B: One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.
A: I hear you have to wear uniforms at private schools.
B: Yeah, sometimes.
A: 我在考慮申請(qǐng)哪一所學(xué)校。
B: 是上公立學(xué)校還是私立學(xué)校?
A: 我也不知道。有什么區(qū)別?
B: 公立學(xué)校通常是州政府投資辦學(xué),而私立學(xué)校通常是通過(guò)其他方式籌集資金。
A: 那么哪一個(gè)更好呢?
B: 不是一所就比另外一所好。這跟學(xué)校的管理和師資有很大關(guān)系。
A: 我聽(tīng)說(shuō)私立學(xué)校要穿校服。
B: 是,有時(shí)候是這樣。
2.Study abroad留學(xué)
A: What are you going to do for your year abroad, Tim?
B: Study study study! I want to learn a lot.
A: You’re going to take courses?
B: Yes, I’m going to take some university courses there.
A: Sounds hard.
B: Yes, but I think it’s probably for the best.
A: Won’t you get lonely?
B: Hey, I’m a pretty cool guy; I’ll make friends. And I’ll have a lot of extra-curricular activities too. You know, like fencing or theater or something.
A: 你在國(guó)外的這一年打算做什么,提姆?
B: 學(xué)習(xí)學(xué)習(xí)再學(xué)習(xí)。我想多學(xué)點(diǎn)東西。
A: 你要上課?
B: 是的,我在那兒要修一些大學(xué)課程。
A: 聽(tīng)起來(lái)很難哦。
B: 是很難,不過(guò)我想這樣可能還好。
A: 你不會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)嗎?
B: 嘿,我可是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的小伙子,我會(huì)交朋友的。而且我還會(huì)參加很多課外活動(dòng)。你知道,象是擊劍,戲劇表演或什么的。
3. Schedule 學(xué)習(xí)進(jìn)度
A: What’s your schedule like this year?
B: Pretty busy. I have to pick up a lot of credits this year.
A: What’s your major?
B: I’m majoring in French literature.
A: Oh, don’t you have to take that class on 18th century poetry? It’s really difficult. I hear the students in that class have to write a paper 100 pages long.
B: That’s right. We got the assignment last week.
A: When is it due?
B: Next Monday!
A: Remind me never to sign up for that course!
A: 你今年的課程表進(jìn)度怎么樣?
B: 很緊。我今年要修很多學(xué)分。
A: 你學(xué)什么專業(yè)?
B: 法國(guó)文學(xué)。
A: 哦,你們不需要上關(guān)于18世紀(jì)的詩(shī)歌這門(mén)課嗎?真的很難,我聽(tīng)說(shuō)修這門(mén)課的學(xué)生要寫(xiě)100頁(yè)的論文。
B: 對(duì)呀,這是我們上個(gè)星期布置的作業(yè)。
A: 什么時(shí)候交?
B: 下星期一。
A: 提醒我決不要選那門(mén)課。
Part Three: Substitutions Drills
1. A: I’m applying for (law school/ business school/ graduate school).
B: Sounds hard. Good luck.
我在申請(qǐng)(法律學(xué)校/商業(yè)學(xué)校/研究所)。
聽(tīng)起來(lái)很難申請(qǐng),祝你好運(yùn)。
2. A: I’m trying to decide (what school to go to/ what to major in/ what classes to take).
B: What are you interested in?
我在考慮(讀哪個(gè)學(xué)校/學(xué)什么專業(yè)/讀哪個(gè)班)?
你的興趣是什么?
3. A: What’s your favourite (subject/ class/ teacher).
B: This one, of course!
你最喜歡的(科目/課/老師)是什么(哪位)?
當(dāng)然是這個(gè)(位)。
4. A: What’s your major?
B: I’m (a business/ an art/ an engineering) major.
你的專業(yè)是什么?
我專業(yè)學(xué)的是(商務(wù)/藝術(shù)/工程)。
5. A: What do you like about (school/ that class/ your major)?
B: It’s so interesting!
關(guān)于(學(xué)校/班級(jí)/你的專業(yè))你喜歡什么?
它很有趣。
6. A: What courses are you taking?
B: I’m taking some (art history/ applied physics/ aerospace design) courses.
你選了什么課?
我選了一些(藝術(shù)歷史/應(yīng)用物理學(xué)/航空宇宙設(shè)計(jì))課。
7. A: Do you have any extra-curricular activities?
B: Sure. I’m (on the soccer team/ in the film club/ learning piano).*
你參加什么課余活動(dòng)嗎?
當(dāng)然。我(參加了足球隊(duì)的/參加了電影俱樂(lè)部的/在學(xué)鋼琴)。
8. A: In that class, we have to (take a test every day/ write a long paper/ read lots of books).
B: What a hard teacher!
上那堂課,我們需要(每天測(cè)驗(yàn)/寫(xiě)一篇篇幅長(zhǎng)的論文/讀很多書(shū))。
老師可真難應(yīng)付。
9. A: When is the (assignment/ project/ report) due?
B: It’s due tomorrow.
什么時(shí)候交(作業(yè)/計(jì)劃/報(bào)告)?
明天。
10. A: I’d like to sign up for (this class/ summer courses/ accounting).
B: You should talk to the registrar.
我想(報(bào)讀這個(gè)班/選一些夏季課程/學(xué)會(huì)計(jì))。
你應(yīng)該和注冊(cè)主任商量商量。
Part Four: Monologue
“There is much debate as to the best kind of education for students today. Some think private schools are tops. A lot of money goes into these schools and the programs are usually of a high quality, yet the tuition fees are often more than the average person can afford. Others think that given a good administration and teachers who care, public schools can offer good educations as well. One problem is that classes in public schools tend to have many more students than private schools, and therefore individual attention can sometimes suffer. Generally, however, quality is based on the individual schools and student interests rather than whether the schools are publicly or privately funded.”
當(dāng)今,關(guān)于什么才是給予學(xué)生的最好的教育這個(gè)問(wèn)題是有很大爭(zhēng)議的。有些人認(rèn)為私立學(xué)校是首選。這些學(xué)校聚集了大批資金,因而通常有著較高的教學(xué)質(zhì)量。然而學(xué)費(fèi)卻不是一般人能夠支付得起的。另有些人則認(rèn)為如果學(xué)校管理較好,老師也負(fù)責(zé)任的話,公立學(xué)校同樣也能夠提供良好的教育環(huán)境。問(wèn)題之一是公立學(xué)校的班級(jí)人數(shù)往往比私立學(xué)校的多,因而,個(gè)人受注意的程度便會(huì)降低。然而,一般說(shuō)來(lái),質(zhì)量跟各所學(xué)校各自的情況及學(xué)生的興趣有關(guān),而不是看學(xué)校到底是政府出資還是個(gè)人集資。
Part Five: Vocabulary and Phrases
-- apply for 請(qǐng)求得到
-- major in 主修
-- take (a class) 上課
-- extra-curricular activities 課外活動(dòng)
-- I’m trying to decide…我試圖決定
-- What’s the difference between… …和…有和區(qū)別?
-- It depends on… 它得看…
-- schedule 計(jì)劃表;日程安排表
-- tuition 學(xué)費(fèi)