时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课
Todd: So Heidi, you are from Mongolia. Could you talk a little bit about what high school is like in Mongolia?
Heidi: Oh sure. In Mongolia, we don’t have elementary school, secondary 1 school, or high school divided into three parts, but we have from 1st grade until 12th grade in one school so we don’t really call them like high school or secondary school or elementary school. And for the high school, like, from the 8th grade until 12th grade, well, they study what other students study in different countries but nowadays they are focusing 2 on more, like, English studies or different language studies.
 
Todd: How long is a typicalclass? Do you have, let’s say, six classes a day, each class is one hour?
 
Heidi: We start school at 8:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the [after] noon and we have about six classes a day. Each class has like 45 minutes. So we finish at 1:00.
 
Todd: And then, what do you do in the afternoon?
 
Heidi: We go back.
 
Todd: You go home?
 
Heidi: Yes, ‘cause in Mongolia we have two parts. In the morning, the high school students go to the school and from 1:30 the elementary school students go to the school so we share one class [between] two classes.
 
Todd: Oh, so you split 3 the school?
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: So do teachers sometimes have to teach both levels?
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: Wow! That’s tough.
 
Heidi: Yeah.
 
Todd: So when you go home, do you usually...do have family there waiting or do usually both parents work?
 
Heidi: In Mongolia, the mother and father they usually work and when I finish my school I just go back and make my own food, because in Mongolia mothers’ work is not to, like, stay at home or do housework. Kids are taught to clean up the home and cook their food and wash their clothes and that’s your work and usually the mothers don’t do that kind of thing.
 
Todd: Oh, so the children have to do all that work?
 
Heidi: Yes.
 
Todd: Actually it’s quite similar I think in the US pretty much. So what about your study load? Do you have a really heavy study load? Like, do you have two hours of homework a night or...?
 
Heidi: It really depends on the school but for me, like, I was studying in an international school so I had to study quite hard to get the level still. So for me, I studied after school...I’d rather study at night, so I studied like 3 or 4 hours at night. So that’s my study habit.
 
Todd: That’s a lot.
 
Heidi: Not really compared to other students.
 
重点词汇:
 

Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson
typical
 
How long is a typical class?
 
Typical means 4 “normal” or “average”. If something is surprising or unusual then it would not be typical. Notice the following examples:
 
Children typically start to walk when they are about 1 years old.
In math class, it is typical to have 30 minutes of homework.
let’s say
 
Do you have, let’s say, six classes a day?
 
Let’s say is an informal 5 way to say “for example” or “let’s imagine”. Sometimes people also shorten 6 “let’s say” to just “say”. Here are some sample sentences:
 
Let’s say you would like to make a fire. You are going to need wood and matches.
I have 2 pizzas and, say, 10 children come to the party. Will we have enough pizzas? 
split
 
 
So you split the school?
 
When you spilt 7 something you “divide” it into two parts. Look at the following examples:
 
The group was too large so we split them into two groups.
We split the pizza between four people.
study load
 
 
You have a heavy study load.
 
A study load is the amount of classes or courses a student has to study. If a student has many difficult classes, then they have a heavy study load. If they have an easy schedule at school, then they have a light study load. Notice the following:
 
I have a light study load this term, so I plan to work part-time.
If you have a heavy study load, you need good study habits.
study habit
 
That's my study habit.
 
A habit is something one does again and again often without thinking. Therefore, a study habit is one's habit about studying. Notice the following:
 
If you have good study habits, you will go far in life.
In high school, I had poor study habits.


adj.中级的,中等的,次要的;n.次要位置,副手
  • It's a question of secondary importance.这是个次要的问题。
  • Secondary school means junior school and high school.中学是指初中和高中。
v.调焦;(使)集中, (使)聚集( focus的现在分词 );调整(镜头,眼睛)焦点[焦距]以便看清;(光、声等的)焦点;集中(光束于)
  • Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas. 许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • More expensive cameras have adjustable focusing. 比较贵的照相机有可调焦距。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.劈开,裂片,裂口;adj.分散的;v.分离,分开,劈开
  • Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了?
  • The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
adj.非正式的,不拘礼的,通俗的
  • I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
  • The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。
vt.弄短,缩小,减少
  • Minor accidents can shorten the life of a car.小事故会缩短汽车寿命。
  • My dress is too long I must shorten it.我的连衣裙太长了,我得把它截短些。
v.溢出( spill的过去式和过去分词 );泼出;涌出;蜂拥而出
  • I spilt your coffee. Sorry—that was clumsy of me. 我弄洒了你的咖啡。对不起,我真是笨手笨脚的。
  • Whoops! Careful, you almost spilt coffee everywhere. 哎哟!小心点,你差点把咖啡洒得到处都是。
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absolute addresses
additive oil
antimony blende (kermesite)
arteria ileocolicas
Arteria suprarenalis inferior
astronomical position finder
atomic bomb hysteria
awaited
be in good company
Belcherville
Bonhams
Bonoua
Bratskoye
bridge type feedback
choke coupled magnetic amplifier
Ciproxin
conventional scale
cytopathogenic
daringometer
data-signaling-system
death benefit
Diltāwa
dimitars
dool
double end kiln
downfaulted
drift method
dysmetropsia
eger
electric operated fixture
eumeiosis
Farm Credit System
fluidextracts
gap estimate
genus Melissa
get scent
ghost-write
goblet with Southern Song imperial kiln type glaze
hartebeest
hypoplastic incisor
impetigines
institutional advertising
Irish architecture
Isle of White
keyword approach
kinematically admissible velocity field
kneeboards
kronenfeld
Mabechi-gawa
Mamertini
marking and packing
mating type
meshed gears
multi function device
Namib.
nephridial tubule
pan dulce
parability
patellar luxation
Permutit S K
perspirings
photodensitometry
pinealocytomas
polarily
power-laden
president-designate
private office layout
probenazole
pulmo-cutaneous vein
rag willow
razinodil
referring
register oneself
responding party
rhabdochaeta naevia
rubber johnny
samoilovich
scatterhoard
schmalensees
Sievert chamber
sleepy heads
spending cuts
stboes
stereographic technique
tappette
temporosphenoid
the cat s pyjamas
thermal insulating property
three-pressure stage turbine
toga virilis
toluidine blue method
tonic pain
tough nookies
tpn (triphosphopyridine nucleotide)
transit network identification
transport by container
truck mounted workover rig
undercut trimmer saw
ventriculitides
very lucky
Wendlandia jingdongensis
wise saw