Lesson 6 News
第六課 新聞
October 14
10月14日
School Around the World
世界各地的學校
All around the world, students go to school.
世界各地的學生都會到學校上學,
But their schools are not the same.
可是他們上學的方式都不盡相同。
Students in Australia go to school 200 days a year.
澳洲的學生一年上學兩百天。
Their school starts in late January.
他們在一月底開學,
It ends in the middle of December.
一直到十二月中才結束。
Their school year has four terms.
他們一學年有四個學期,
Each term is nine to 11 weeks long.
每個學期都為期九到十一周。
They have two weeks of vacation between terms.
他們在每個學期之間有兩周的假期,
There are usually only about 18 students in a class.
一個班級通常只有十八名學生。
The school day in Brazil lasts from 7 a. m. until noon.
在巴西,上課時間是從早上七點開始,持續(xù)到中午結束。
Students go home at noon.
學生在中午回家,
They eat lunch with their families.
和家人一起吃午餐。
Lunch is the most important meal of the day in Brazil.
在巴西,午餐是一天當中最重要的一餐。
Classes have 30 or more students.
每個班級都有三十名以上的學生,
Most students must wear a uniform.
大多數(shù)學生都必須穿制服。
In Costa Rica, school is free.
在哥斯達黎加,上學是免費的。
Students go to public school for nine years.
學生就讀九年的公立學校,
They start at age 6 and end at age 15.
從六歲開始,到十五歲為止。
At age 15, students start college!
他們在十五歲就開始讀大學!
The school day in France starts at 8 a. m. and ends at 4 p. m.
在法國,上課時間是從早上八點開始,到下午四點結束。
Students also go to school for half a day on Saturday.
學生在星期六也要上學半天。
But there's no school on Wednesday or Sunday.
不過,星期三和星期日都放假。
Students have a two-hour lunch break each day.
學生每天都有兩個小時的午休時間。
In Kenya, the school year is divided into three terms.
在肯亞,一學年被劃分為三個學期,
Each term is 13 weeks long.
每個學期為期十三周。
Students have one month of vacation between terms.
在每個學期之間,學生都有一個月的假期。
Many schools give students a free lunch.
許多學校都會為學生供應免費午餐。
What's your school like?
你的學校是什么樣子?