Peyton: when do most children start school in your country?
Thomas: In America, most children start primary school at the age of five.
P: How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?
T: Kindergarten students usually only go to school for about four hours every day, but after that, they spend about eight hours in school every day.
P: do they have to go to school on Saturdays?
T: no, most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.
P: how many subjects do they have to study?
T: In most schools, they study about nine subjects.
P: do students have to wear uniforms in schools in America?
T: some private schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.
P: did you go to a public school or a private school?
T: I went to a pricate school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for high school. What about you?
P: I went to a boardinbg school from nursery school to senior high school.
T: did you have to wear uniforms?
P: yes, they were horrible. We had to wear green every day!
T: at least you didn't waste time thinking about what you were going to wear every day!
P: that's true!
你們國(guó)家的小孩一般都幾歲上學(xué)?
在美國(guó),小孩通常都是5歲上小學(xué).
小學(xué)生每天要在學(xué)校上多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的課?
幼兒園的小孩每天一般就在學(xué)校待4個(gè)小時(shí).但是上了小學(xué)之后,他們得在學(xué)校待8個(gè)小時(shí).
周六還要上課嗎?
不用,大多數(shù)美國(guó)小學(xué)生都是周一到周五上課.
他們要上幾門(mén)課?
一般都有9門(mén)課.
美國(guó)學(xué)生上學(xué)要穿校服嗎?
有些私立學(xué)校要求學(xué)生穿校服,公立學(xué)校就不要求.
你上的是公立學(xué)校還是私立學(xué)校?
我小學(xué)和大學(xué)都上的是私立學(xué)校,中學(xué)上的是公立學(xué)校.你呢?
我從幼兒園到高中上的都是寄宿制學(xué)校.
你們要求穿校服嗎?
要求啊,那校服難看極了.我們還得整天都穿著那身綠衣裳.
至少你不用每天花時(shí)間琢磨要穿什么去上學(xué).
那倒是.
subject:an area of knowledge studied in a school, college, etc. 學(xué)科;科目;課程
Biology and English are my favourite subjects.
生物學(xué)和英語(yǔ)是我最喜歡的兩門(mén)課.
uniform:the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school 制服;校服
a military/police/nurse's uniform
軍裝;警服;護(hù)士制服
soldiers/sailors in uniform
穿制服的士兵/水手
The hat is part of the school uniform.
帽子是校服的一部份.
elementary school:小學(xué)
boarding school:寄宿學(xué)校