时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:初学者听力文摘精选


英语课

Looking to improve your language skills, but you don't have the time to go overseas to attend school? More and more universities around the world are offering opportunities for students to obtain degrees online (distance education) from the comfort of their own homes, and many of these institutions are accredited 1, meaning that they have met certain standards of excellence 2.



If you decide to take language courses online (or any subject for that matter), be sure to evaluate the benefits of studying online verses 3 going abroad. The advantages of studying online are that the costs are usually lower, you can study at your own pace, and you have access to the materials 24-hours-a-day from almost any computer in the world. However, you won't get the human interaction 4 of meeting people to face to face like you would if you were physically 5 attending a school overseas.



On the other hand, the advantages of going overseas may include day-to-day opportunities to learn a new culture, meet new friends with whom you can use and practice the language, and chances to see different parts of the world. However, there may be a number of disadvantages for some including expense, time away from one's school, family, or work life, and the challenge of adapting to a new culture and way of life.



Whatever you do, consider a distance education program that meets your educational needs, is within your budget, and equally important, provides you with opportunities to grow beyond the classroom through cultural and educational activities.



1 accredited
adj.可接受的;可信任的;公认的;质量合格的v.相信( accredit的过去式和过去分词 );委托;委任;把…归结于
  • The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century. 通常认为,蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
  • Only accredited journalists were allowed entry. 只有正式认可的记者才获准入内。
2 excellence
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德
  • His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
  • My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
3 verses
诗( verse的名词复数 ); 韵文; 诗节; (的)节
  • He quotes a few verses from Tennyson in his paper. 他在论文中引用了英国诗人丁尼生的几行诗句。
  • Tom sang the verses and everybody joined in chorus. 汤姆唱独唱部分,然后大家一起唱合唱部分。
4 interaction
n.交流;相互作用,相互影响,合作
  • The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.两个组的相互交流产生了许多好主意。
  • Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.价格在供需的相互作用中形成。
5 physically
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
学英语单词
A&C (arithmetic and controls)
absentias
acceleration of sidereal on mean solar time
actinoid
add-on sales
age specific fertility
airsurge
airwolf
alchemised
artificial hypothermia
Ascoli treatment
ayasofyas
belly-ached
beta-prime distribution
bicipital fascia
body lengths
brake equalizer shaft
buckin
bugong
check valve seat
chlorine gas poisoning
Chondro-6-sulfatase
coastal reflection
cogsas
communication control center
Connor, Mt.
consumer's cooperative society
copper(ii) nitrate
cyclone precipitation
double-axe
duplex bracket
end of address code
equatorial low-pressure
equivocalnesses
ethoxysanguinarine
flatworms
geological technique
giant nuclear resonances
heat of fusion
hotel-dieu
industrial sabbatical
interest on deposit
intermittent positive pressure ventilation
Ki-dong
labourhood
lambslin cloth
longitudinal ridge
loop design
low energy building
maxterm form
mecro-rheology
medalia
neoorthodoxy
nethack
nomophobia
nonrecourse
nonvestigial
novelisation
outborrowed
packet multiplexer
Pentaphylax
Picardie, Région
pinch frequency
plant irrigation with artificial light
platichthyss
play a fish
population stereotype
principle of economics
progressive forming
radiation tyep electric supply
radius stay
recommended format
reformattings
revie
rotary hearth incinerator
rumor intensity formula
sea-book
serviceperson
shattering process
sintered iron basis power metallurgy
sister block
stonish
super regulum
superconductive
supervisory sequence
supply exceeds demand
taiyuan series
tank coating
telluryl
two-dimensional Turing machine
under water body
under-time
unsuggestively
user font utility
utu
Uvaria microcarpa
vaccum cleaning
vertical machine
villous vertigo
warning paint
wellhead restriction