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
-orexia
adenocarcinoma
adoption by femme sole
aggregate expression
air valve guide
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
altaceratubae
autoindexing
binary diffusion coefficient
bullet core
Catalan Countries
chaetosomatid
check-raises
CMAAO
consent decree
corrosive cargo
decloxozine
defence attorney
design in real-time
dita
DMCD
double heterojunction
double summer time
dust-free plant
eclamptic idiocy
emergency switchboard
encapsulating material
family Aphyllanthaceae
farsight
febricula
field activation item
fluophotometer
foliosidine
giganto-
gimbal-ring
gl. uterin?
graphite-uranium lattice
gravity perfusion
have ... on
Henry the Lion
Holmgren's tests
intergene
jarnut
Kent mental tests
kinetic chemicals
kisliarskii
Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory
local measurement
Lohatlha
lomariopsidaceaes
low velocity
macro-axis triclinic
manned orbital-operations safety equipment
manual steering equipment
microb-parasite
multieffect
multiprocess
Mustardseed
nonsoap grease
nosh-ups
Obršani
Okatsu-wan
orientable
orophyte
outer string
oxyurichthys lonchotus
perpetual access
phoma oryzicola
Pilisuctorina
pleuratic
pneumatic sand rammer
Port of Menteith
pyx chest
Quarterly Progress Report
reading line
reenforcement
right angle impulse
root-mean-square
sakurajima
serapine
slip out of one's memory
smoke point
sovieticus
spoon gage
Streblus zeylanicus
sukkahs
sutura palatoethmoidea
tetraiodophenolphthalein
thermionic detector
thread-legged bug
tocquevillian
torpedolike
transpennine
transverse dielectric constant
Tropenas converter
truffley
tympania
up and down cut shears
water jet injector
whiffle-tree
wing tip loss