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-life
Abralia
acoustics of water
Adapin
aeromagnetic survey
agaidika
airphoto
alfons
Allman
antelope squirrel
ascending sorting
automatic focusing action
bandhs
Batkat
be your own boss
beddingfield
bemuddling
brake master cylinder housing
Cleistanthus petelotii
complex formation titration
cubic polynomial
cutter point radius
dash dotted line
Daïa, Mts.de
delicate problem
demipique
discombobulate
editios
EIA (electronic industries association)
eupnoea
external revision
faith healer
felims
festoonings
finance sub-index
finishing robot
floating head exchanger
foreign bill bought
fracture toughness specimen
frecken
frostbitten
gas inflation
Gastrocrom
genus Centaurea
genus delichons
Glesborg
Haletown
herbarium
hirsch truffle
horizontal illumination
Hunghutze
ink markup language
ishigaki
licence
locate constant
loeffler's blood serum medium
longitudinal interval
look ahead carry adder
mahathala ameria hainani
Maltese wheel
marinate
metagenes
Mooney index
musang
Nasonov pheromones
net-head
night-sky light
Nkololo
ocular thread
OHLE
okagura (japan)
otherwise-minded
Ouzouer-sur-Trézée
Patancheru
pathfinder element
pension fund
popliteal notch
postsynaptic receptor
potassium hexacyanoferrate
pro-soviets
Protocalamites
puff piece
quadrivalent atom
radiopeptides
secernents
self-dealings
simulated cold climate test
single-spindle automatic chucking machine
slanguage
spouses
superalkaline
swing cross-cut sawing machine
system engineering evaluation
taxing of agriculture land
temporary debt
transfomation
triple-cylinder gasket
u slot piston
valence number
vapourizable
volatile poison
William Schwenk Gilbert