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
24 passage rotating valve
acid gland
action for the restitution of the conjugal community
adjustment in group
alpine soil
alternative use
argoan
artemisia dracunculuss
Bafata
base of prostate
base-load
bedelary
bi-curved
Blaubeurer Alb
Broomwort
Bultmann,Rudolf (Karl)
CANCERLINE
Caput radii
castful
chronological subspecies
clear-obscure
cnidoblasts
combat patrol
component force
corpse bride
critized
current density modulation
dark diffuse nebula
deattach
digital multiplexing hierarchy
dollan
double disc wheel
dynalink
easy open convenience can
Edgar Wallace
exprobated
gimbals suspension
healthfull
high-flyings
hydramethylnon
i-cube
in a day or two
ingentle
Kildrum
LAN WorkGroup
laughter-line
laurolactam
lifeboat engine
location over mountain
loose-ends
mass persuasion campaign
mean neap tide
Morgaushskiy Rayon
north western
Ohau R.
open discharge
otahuhus
over-culled
pandiculation
Parasenecio latipes
pay the freight
pea-root test
penknife
phosphorylating enzymes
plies
potassium selenide
pre-telegraph
printed card form
probable ore
protohalos
pulliam
reducibility of characteristic form
reflexivity
relentments
self-contained oil-filled cable
ship's report
silverdomes
smallest particles
socialist ownership by the state
soede
space observatory
spoken pauses
starting anode
tahasil
taking away from
tangential screw
tatula
tetraploid (nemec 1910)
thrust journal bearing
tike
trigil
triple mode catalytic converter
Tsulukidze
twenty-four carat
two-dimensional guidance
Umberto II
wake up
watercannons
well acknowledged
wood primer
ylde
zona-