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英语课

  Unit 20

Features of American Campus Life (I)

-- Busyness

American students are typically very "busy". Undergraduate students often have part-time jobs in addition to their studies. Some even have two or three part-time jobs to earn money to support their studies. Graduate students have large quantities of material to study, and may also have jobs (graduate assistantships and others) and families. This busyness limits their time for social activity and for incorporating new people into their social circles.

-- Male-female Relationship

Male and female American students associate with each other rather freely. (This does not mean they are all readily available for sexual activity, as the media sometimes imply, although an estimated 75 per cent of American undergraduates are sexually active.) Many view "the college years" as a natural time in life for finding a spouse 1. Even if they are not seeking a marriage partner, they try to become acquainted with members of the opposite sex.

-- Freedom

As is clear from their politicians' speeches, Americans prize "freedom". This "freedom" means living without significant constraints 2 on their behavior. In the political area "freedom" means the relative absence of governmental regulation of their lives. In the social area, it means the relative absence of confining roles and expectations.

-- Presence of Disabled People

Students from China are often startled to see on US campuses people who are in wheelchairs, are blind and have a dog leading them from place to place, or are otherwise "physically 3 challenged". Various federal, state, local, and institutional laws and policies prohibit discrimination against disabled people. The disability may be physical -- for example, having paralyzed legs, blindness, or deafness -- or mental -- for example, depression, or a learning problem such as attention-deficit disorder 4. Thus, disabled people are to be found among the students and teachers of most US institutions of higher education.

-- Weekdays vs. Weekends

American students and Americans in general have the idea that weekends are the time for socializing. Weekdays and evenings are reserved for studying or some other more serious activity. Traditionally, "the weekend" mean Friday night, Saturday daytime and evening, and Sunday daytime. Among American undergraduate students, though, "weekend" may now include Thursday night (and sometimes even Wednesday night as well). So they might go "out" for three consecutive 5 nights -- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Graduate students in general have more responsibilities and presumably more maturity 6, so their socializing is more likely to be limited to Friday nights and Saturdays.



n.配偶(指夫或妻)
  • Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
  • What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么?
强制( constraint的名词复数 ); 限制; 约束
  • Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
  • What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么? 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
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。
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后,他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
n.成熟;完成;(支票、债券等)到期
  • These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
  • This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。
学英语单词
-istical
ab initio method
adhikarana
antibrowning
aphthalose
ash modifier
astis
Astrida
authorized data list
baensch
bako
Ban Khao Tok
binder materials
bountihood
braff
camera lucidas
Canastra, R.de
centrifugal photometric analyzer
channel decoder
Choan
coal winning
contraction hypothesis
coques
corruptor
decylene
deiter
DEMAG
descriptive phonetics
dick milk
dispersed phase
EIEE
emergency fire extinguisher
emergency oxygen supply
error correction bit
fallistatin
field macro control card
file conditioning indicator
fillet interference
foreandaft
GASTROPROKINETICS
general taper pin
Gentiana stipitata
graphite-moderated lattice
greek catholics
guggled
heavd duty
heteronuclear double resonance
hydro clipper mower
hypergigantosoma
Idareds
inerubescent
introvertere
keep good time
kimona
laminar separation
lamp bulb
line format
liquesce
luminaire for civil use and building
make herself clear
measure-kernel
methylated-albumin-kieselguhr
mitochondrial RNA
Nanophyetus salmincola
neo-hookean
Neoarthrosis
next ship on the right
nuclear spindle
numero signs
obstetrical
Octomeles
off line
packaged control unit
parenzo
parsternal
phrenesia
pigswill
Pirzābād
poppysmic
postfeminisms
pre-treatment tank
printer spooler
Raikuu
relay contact combination
safety-assessment
screening efficiency
scroll chamber
semiconductor triode
septology
signores
soft inner part of the fruit of a plant
state space analysis
surrogate fathers
tail gut
thethey
to break ranks
wages clerk
weldless fitting
wheel spats
wheel-chair
wire over ground
wurleys