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
aerial-application
all-source
anoxaemia
anticorrosion composition
approach axis
asfast
at the top of
automatic signal
bacillus haemorragicus valenosus
balanced periodic quantity
Balmtree
banks of england
betaine type amphoteric surfac-tant
Boulay-Moselle
broad-winged hawks
brotherella herbacea
burgeri
capitulum ulnae
centrefires
cham
chiroscopy
cincalok
coil end leakage
CONST (construction)
cumulant generating function
cygnus columbianuss
deflocculated structure
direct-indirecd radiator
dithioctamide
double dial telegraph
double hyperboloid
dub poetry
dynamic stability lever
economic warfare
electric solder iron
epigrammical
family Graminaceae
generalized stable law
give sb a black look
gravity coefficient of coating
harrowbies
hathet face
heteriommune phage
hollow joint
initial creep
interchange of urban and rural products
Iranistics
jelliffication
joint factory complex
Kraszna(Crasna)
l'examen
late-maturing
leucosiid
limbosclerectomy
low tension voltage
Macleaya
manganous nitrate (manganese nitrate)
manufacturing schedule
margo squamosus
marketing functions and flows
merchant ship reactor
Mergenthaler
mesophyllum mesomorphum
missive
mobile factors
mooring area
movement of soil particles
negative feedback loop
nervules
ninth nerve
nonfeathered
ohmmeter
oil of catechumens
OMAC
peelest
percutaneous peripheral artery angioplasty
plastering machinery
posit
puett
restricted-range
retinectomy
roller conveyor
sanctoral
santulli
Saxifraga microgyna
schizochromism
service header
special investigation
star-telegram
Station WRC is off the air now
strid
technological operation
Telegdi
transient shock
tymolus japonicus
uniprogrammed system
Urocentrum
Villeneuve, Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de
war memorial
white-collar crime
wind screen
zuheari