真實生活英語Unit13:Schools學校大綱

V. Education

Unit 13 Schools
學 校
Part One: Expressions
1. What school do you go to?
你讀什麼學校？
2. I’m applying for law school.
我在申請讀法律學校。
3. What’s your favourite subject?
你最喜歡什麼科目？
4. What’s your major?
你的專業是什麼？
5. I’m trying to decide what classes to take.
我在決定讀什麼課程。
6. What do you like about school?
你喜歡學校的什麼？
7. I’d like to take modern business communications courses.
我想修現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。
9. When is the assignment due?
作業什麼時候交？
10. I’d like to sign up for this course.
我想報名讀這門課。

Part Two: Dialogues
y for a school申請學校
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: 我在考慮申請哪一所學校。
B: 是上公立學校還是私立學校？
A: 我也不知道。有什麼區別？
B: 公立學校通常是州政府投資辦學，而私立學校通常是通過其他方式籌集資金。
A: 那麼哪一個更好呢？
B: 不是一所就比另外一所好。這跟學校的管理和師資有很大關係。
A: 我聽說私立學校要穿校服。
B: 是，有時候是這樣。

y abroad留學
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: 你在國外的這一年打算做什麼，提姆？
B: 學習學習再學習。我想多學點東西。
A: 你要上課？
B: 是的，我在那兒要修一些大學課程。
A: 聽起來很難哦。
B: 是很難，不過我想這樣可能還好。
A: 你不會感到孤獨嗎？
B: 嘿，我可是個不錯的小夥子，我會交朋友的。而且我還會參加很多課外活動。你知道，象是擊劍，戲劇表演或什麼的。

3. Schedule 學習進度
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: 你今年的課程表進度怎麼樣？
B: 很緊。我今年要修很多學分。
A: 你學什麼專業？
B: 法國文學。
A: 哦，你們不需要上關於18世紀的詩歌這門課嗎？真的很難，我聽說修這門課的學生要寫100頁的論文。
B: 對呀，這是我們上個星期佈置的作業。
A: 什麼時候交？
B: 下星期一。
A: 提醒我決不要選那門課。

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（法律學校/商業學校/研究所）。
聽起來很難申請，祝你好運。

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（讀哪個學校/學什麼專業/讀哪個班）？
你的興趣是什麼？

3. A: What’s your favourite (subject/ class/ teacher).
B: This one, of course!
你最喜歡的（科目/課/老師）是什麼(哪位)？
當然是這個（位）。

4. A: What’s your major?
B: I’m (a business/ an art/ an engineering) major.
你的專業是什麼？
我專業學的是（商務/藝術/工程）。

5. A: What do you like about (school/ that class/ your major)?
B: It’s so interesting!
關於（學校/班級/你的專業）你喜歡什麼？
它很有趣。

6. A: What courses are you taking?
B: I’m taking some (art history/ applied physics/ aerospace design) courses.
你選了什麼課？
我選了一些（藝術歷史/應用物理學/航空宇宙設計）課。

7. A: Do you have any extra-curricular activities?
B: Sure. I’m (on the soccer team/ in the film club/ learning piano).*
你參加什麼課餘活動嗎？
當然。我（參加了足球隊的/參加了電影俱樂部的/在學鋼琴）。

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（每天測驗/寫一篇篇幅長的論文/讀很多書）。
老師可真難應付。

9. A: When is the (assignment/ project/ report) due?
B: It’s due tomorrow.
什麼時候交（作業/計劃/報告）？
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（報讀這個班/選一些夏季課程/學會計）。
你應該和註冊主任商量商量。

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.”
當今，關於什麼纔是給予學生的最好的教育這個問題是有很大爭議的。有些人認爲私立學校是首選。這些學校聚集了大批資金，因而通常有着較高的教學質量。然而學費卻不是一般人能夠支付得起的。另有些人則認爲如果學校管理較好，老師也負責任的話，公立學校同樣也能夠提供良好的教育環境。問題之一是公立學校的班級人數往往比私立學校的多，因而，個人受注意的程度便會降低。然而，一般說來，質量跟各所學校各自的情況及學生的興趣有關，而不是看學校到底是政府出資還是個人集資。

Part Five: Vocabulary and Phrases
-- apply for 請求得到
-- major in 主修
-- take (a class) 上課
-- extra-curricular activities 課外活動
-- I’m trying to decide…我試圖決定
-- What’s the difference between… …和…有和區別?
-- It depends on… 它得看…
-- schedule 計劃表;日程安排表
-- tuition 學費