真实生活英语Unit13:Schools学校

V. Education

Unit 13 Schools
学 校
Part One: Expressions
1. What school do you go to?
你读什么学校？
2. I’m applying for law school.
我在申请读法律学校。
3. What’s your favourite subject?
你最喜欢什么科目？
4. What’s your major?
你的专业是什么？
5. I’m trying to decide what classes to take.
我在决定读什么课程。
6. What do you like about school?
你喜欢学校的什么？
7. I’d like to take modern business communications courses.
我想修现代管理和通信的课程。
8. I have lots of extra-curricular activities.
我参加很多课外活动。
9. When is the assignment due?
作业什么时候交？
10. I’d like to sign up for this course.
我想报名读这门课。

Part Two: Dialogues
1.Apply for a school申请学校
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, whereas¹ 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: 我在考虑申请哪一所学校。
B: 是上公立学校还是私立学校？
A: 我也不知道。有什么区别？
B: 公立学校通常是州政府投资办学，而私立学校通常是通过其他方式筹集资金。
A: 那么哪一个更好呢？
B: 不是一所就比另外一所好。这跟学校的管理和师资有很大关系。
A: 我听说私立学校要穿校服。
B: 是，有时候是这样。

2.Study abroad留学
  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: 你在国外的这一年打算做什么，提姆？
B: 学习学习再学习。我想多学点东西。
A: 你要上课？
B: 是的，我在那儿要修一些大学课程。
A: 听起来很难哦。
B: 是很难，不过我想这样可能还好。
A: 你不会感到孤独吗？
B: 嘿，我可是个不错的小伙子，我会交朋友的。而且我还会参加很多课外活动。你知道，象是击剑，戏剧表演或什么的。

3. Schedule 学习进度
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: 你今年的课程表进度怎么样？
B: 很紧。我今年要修很多学分。
A: 你学什么专业？
B: 法国文学。
A: 哦，你们不需要上关于18世纪的诗歌这门课吗？真的很难，我听说修这门课的学生要写100页的论文。
B: 对呀，这是我们上个星期布置的作业。
A: 什么时候交？
B: 下星期一。
A: 提醒我决不要选那门课。

Part Three: Substitutions Drills
1. A: I’m applying for (law school/ business school/ graduate school).
  B: Sounds hard. Good luck.
我在申请（法律学校/商业学校/研究所）。
    听起来很难申请，祝你好运。

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?
我在考虑（读哪个学校/学什么专业/读哪个班）？
你的兴趣是什么？

3. A: What’s your favourite (subject/ class/ teacher).
  B: This one, of course!
你最喜欢的（科目/课/老师）是什么(哪位)？  
当然是这个（位）。

4. A: What’s your major?
  B: I’m (a business/ an art/ an engineering) major.
你的专业是什么？
我专业学的是（商务/艺术/工程）。

5. A: What do you like about (school/ that class/ your major)?
  B: It’s so interesting!
关于（学校/班级/你的专业）你喜欢什么？
它很有趣。

6. A: What courses are you taking?
  B: I’m taking some (art history/ applied² physics/ aerospace³ design) courses.
你选了什么课？
我选了一些（艺术历史/应用物理学/航空宇宙设计）课。

7. A: Do you have any extra-curricular activities?
  B: Sure. I’m (on the soccer team/ in the film club/ learning piano).*
你参加什么课余活动吗？
当然。我（参加了足球队的/参加了电影俱乐部的/在学钢琴）。

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!
上那堂课，我们需要（每天测验/写一篇篇幅长的论文/读很多书）。 
老师可真难应付。

9. A: When is the (assignment/ project/ report) due?
  B: It’s due tomorrow.
什么时候交（作业/计划/报告）？
明天。

10. A: I’d like to sign up for (this class/ summer courses/ accounting).
   B: You should talk to the registrar⁴.
我想（报读这个班/选一些夏季课程/学会计）。
    你应该和注册主任商量商量。
 

Part Four: Monologue⁵
“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 tuition⁶ 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 privately⁷ funded.”
当今，关于什么才是给予学生的最好的教育这个问题是有很大争议的。有些人认为私立学校是首选。这些学校聚集了大批资金，因而通常有着较高的教学质量。然而学费却不是一般人能够支付得起的。另有些人则认为如果学校管理较好，老师也负责任的话，公立学校同样也能够提供良好的教育环境。问题之一是公立学校的班级人数往往比私立学校的多，因而，个人受注意的程度便会降低。然而，一般说来，质量跟各所学校各自的情况及学生的兴趣有关，而不是看学校到底是政府出资还是个人集资。

Part Five: Vocabulary and Phrases
-- apply for  请求得到
-- major in 主修
-- take (a class) 上课
-- extra-curricular activities 课外活动
-- I’m trying to decide…我试图决定
-- What’s the difference between… …和…有和区别?
-- It depends on… 它得看…
-- schedule 计划表;日程安排表
-- tuition 学费
 

1 whereas   

conj.而，却，反之

参考例句：

• They want a house,whereas we would rather live in a flat.他们想要一座房子，而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。
• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

4 registrar   

n.记录员，登记员；(大学的)注册主任

参考例句：

• You can obtain the application from the registrar.你可以向注册人员索取申请书。
• The manager fired a young registrar.经理昨天解雇了一名年轻的记录员。

5 monologue   

n.长篇大论，（戏剧等中的）独白

参考例句：

• The comedian gave a long monologue of jokes.喜剧演员讲了一长段由笑话组成的独白。
• He went into a long monologue.他一个人滔滔不绝地讲话。

6 tuition   

n.（某一学科的）教学，讲授，指导，学费

参考例句：

• Students can apply for individual tuition.学生可以申请个别指导。
• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？

7 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。