原版英语对话1000个:026 Radio Job

Todd: Anili, have you always been an English teacher?

Anili: No, actually, I started out as a French teacher. That was my first job.

Todd: Wow! So tell me about your first job!

Anili: My first job! I was working in Central West Queensland in Australia so it was quite a remote¹ place.

Todd: Sure.

Anili: For example, the nearest supermarket was about 100 kilometers away from me.

Todd: That's amazing!

Anili: And, so of course the students lived, some of the students lived a long way away from the schools, so they had their lessons by teleconference, actually: "School of the Air".

Todd: Wow, so when you had a teleconference for example, how many students would be on
air at the same time?

Anili: I guess around eight, in two different locations³. And I would be in the third location² so...

Todd: Wow, that's amazing!

Anili: Yeah!

Todd: Yeah! And how often would you be teaching⁴ like this?

Anili: Well, the students were aged⁵ between 9 and 12 years old. They had two French lessons a week by teleconference.

Todd: Wow, and how long was each lesson?

Anili: 45 minute lessons.

Todd: Great. That's really interesting!

Anili: Fantastic!

Todd: Thank you.

 

1 remote   

adj.遥远的，僻远的；细微的，稀少的，漠然的

参考例句：

• I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.我担心你成功的机会极小。
• The thing happened in the remote past.这件事发生在遥远的过去。

2 location   

n.地点，位置，定位

参考例句：

• It is a suitable location for a new school.那是建一所新学校的合适地点。
• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。

3 locations   

n.位置，场所( location的名词复数 )；发现[找出]…的位置[地点]；外景（拍摄地）

参考例句：

• The massive-head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations. 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色。 来自辞典例句
• Knowing which one of 4096 date memory locations is not so simple. 要想访问4096个数据存储单元中的某一个绝非易事。 来自辞典例句

4 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。