【大家说英语】 第266期:世界各地的学校

 Lesson 6 News¹ 第六课 新闻

October 14 10月14日

School Around the World 世界各地的学校

All around the world, students go to school. 世界各地的学生都会到学校上学，

But their schools are not the same. 可是他们上学的方式都不尽相同。

Students in Australia go to school 200 days a year. 澳洲的学生一年上学两百天。

Their school starts in late January. 他们在一月底开学，

It ends in the middle of December. 一直到十二月中才结束。

Their school year has four terms. 他们一学年有四个学期，

Each term is nine to 11 weeks long. 每个学期都为期九到十一周。

They have two weeks of vacation² between terms. 他们在每个学期之间有两周的假期，

There are usually only about 18 students in a class. 一个班级通常只有十八名学生。

The school day in Brazil³ lasts from 7 a. m. until⁴ noon⁵. 在巴西，上课时间是从早上七点开始，持续到中午结束。

Students go home at noon. 学生在中午回家，

They eat lunch with their families. 和家人一起吃午餐。

Lunch is the most important⁶ meal⁷ of the day in Brazil. 在巴西，午餐是一天当中最重要的一餐。

Classes have 30 or more students. 每个班级都有三十名以上的学生，

Most students must wear a uniform. 大多数学生都必须穿制服。

In Costa Rica, school is free⁸. 在哥斯达黎加，上学是免费的。

Students go to public⁹ school for nine years. 学生就读九年的公立学校，

They start at age 6 and end at age 15. 从六岁开始，到十五岁为止。

At age 15, students start college¹⁰! 他们在十五岁就开始读大学！

The school day in France starts at 8 a. m. and ends at 4 p. m. 在法国，上课时间是从早上八点开始，到下午四点结束。

Students also go to school for half a day on Saturday. 学生在星期六也要上学半天。

But there's no school on Wednesday or Sunday. 不过，星期三和星期日都放假。

Students have a two-hour lunch break each day. 学生每天都有两个小时的午休时间。

In Kenya, the school year is divided¹¹ into three terms. 在肯亚，一学年被划分为三个学期，

Each term is 13 weeks long. 每个学期为期十三周。

Students have one month of vacation between terms. 在每个学期之间，学生都有一个月的假期。

Many schools give students a free lunch. 许多学校都会为学生供应免费午餐。

What's your school like? 你的学校是什么样子？

1 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

2 vacation   

n.假期，休假；vi.度假

参考例句：

• I'll take a vacation this weekend.这个周末我要休假。
• The vacation passed away quickly.假期过得很快。

3 Brazil   

n.巴西(南美国家)

参考例句：

• That coffee grows in Brazil is known to all.众所周知巴西产咖啡。
• Coffee is Brazil's main product.咖啡是巴西的主要产物。

4 until   

prep.直到...为止；conj.直到...时才...

参考例句：

• He arrived home until midnight.他直到半夜才到家。
• She didn't sleep until midnight.她直到半夜才睡。

5 noon   

n.中午，正午；最高点；全盛期

参考例句：

• She often read newspaper at noon.她常在中午看报。
• I'll be back before noon.我会在正午之前回来。

6 important   

adj.重要的；重大的；严重的

参考例句：

• It's important to find out what he is doing.弄清他在干什么是重要的。
• This is a very important problem.这个问题很重要。

7 meal   

n.膳食，一餐，谷物粗粉；vi.进餐

参考例句：

• Did you enjoy the meal?你喜欢这顿饭吗？
• Mother cooked us a good meal.妈妈给我们做了一顿可口的饭。

8 free   

adj.自由的，免费的；v.使自由；adv.随意地

参考例句：

• I don't have much free time.我没有多少空闲时间。
• There really is no free lunch.天下果然没有免费的午餐。

9 public   

adj.公开的，众所周知的，公众的；n.公共场合，公众，同好者

参考例句：

• Most children go to public school.大多数孩子上的是公立学院。
• She is shy of speaking in public.她怯于在公众面前讲话。

10 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

11 divided   

adj.分离的，被分割的，分裂的v.分( divide的过去式和过去分词 )；划分；分离；（使）产生分歧

参考例句：

• The organisms can be divided into discrete categories. 有机体可分为许多互不相联的种类。
• The government is divided on this issue. 政府在这个问题上意见不统一。