新東方英語口語提高篇 Lesson 40:School and Education 學校與教育

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
基礎教育 fundmental education
高等教育 higher education
終生教育 life-long education
活到老學到老 Never too old to learn
大學 university
芝加哥大學 Chicago university
學院 college

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
Children enter school at the age of seven, don‘t they?
孩子們七歲入學，不是嗎？

enter
1進入 I enter the classroom.
2參加 I entered this company.
3入學 enter school
4確定
Children enter school at seven.
I entered this company at 23.
I entered college at 19.

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
In elementary school, the child learns to read and write.
在小學里，孩子們學習識字。

read and write
you and me
mom and dad
again and again

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
In secondary school, students get more advanced knowledge.
在中學里，兒童們可以學到更高級的知識。

Knowledge is power. 知識就是力量。
know-how 實踐技能

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
Sarah went to grade school in New York City and high school in Washington D.C.
莎拉在紐約市上的小學，在華盛頓上的中學。

grade school 小學
high school 中學

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Lesson Forty School and Education
學校與教育
In this university, young people train to become doctors and nurses.
在這所大學里，學生被培養成為醫生和護士。

師范大學 normal university
重點大學 key university
學院 college
外交學院 Foreign Affairs College
學院 institute
北京廣播學院 Beijing Broadcasting Institute
麻省理工大學 MIT=Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
哈佛大學 Harverd University
耶魯 Yale
牛津 Oxford
劍橋 Cambridge
北京大學 PKU=Peking University
清華大學 Tsinghua University
In this university, young people train to become policemen
and lawyers.
In this high school, young people train to become
teachers.

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
David was admitted to Harvard University.
戴維被哈佛大學錄取了。

be admitted to 被……錄取

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
In college I majored in science. What was your major?
在大學里我主修理科。你主修什么？

major v. / n.
arts 文科 engineering 工科
medicine 醫科 agriculture 農科
I major in economics.
I major in math.
I major in computer science.
I major in English literature.
I major in diplomacy.
minor 輔修，選修
I minored in French.
I minored in English.
必修課 required course 選修課 optional course
學分 credit

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
During your first year of college, did you make straight A‘s?
你在大學一年級時成績是全A嗎？

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
What‘s your GPA in college?
你大學期間的平均成績點數是多少?

GPA = general point average

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
I am a graduate of Yale University. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree.
我是耶魯大學畢業生。我擁有文學士學位。

文學學士學位 BA Degree
理學學士學位 BS Degree
工學學士學位 BE Degree
碩士 master MA Degree MS Degree
博士 Ph. D.
工商管理碩士 MBA=Master of Business Administration
公共管理碩士 MPA=Master of Public Administration
教育學碩士 ME=Master of Education

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
My sister just graduated from high school. Graduation was held last night.
我妹妹中學畢業了。昨晚舉行了畢業典禮。

graduation 畢業典禮
graduate from where 從……畢業
My brother graduated from university.
Graduation was yesterday evening.
研究生 graduate student / postgraduate student
博士研究生 Ph. D. candidate
美國研究生入學考試 GRE= Graduate Record Examination
留學生 international student

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
Mr. Smith is a high school principal.
史密斯先生是一位中學校長。

principal 中學校長
president 大學校長

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
If you expect to enter this prestigious university, you should apply now.
如果期望進入這所著名學府，你現在就應該申請了。

If you expect to learn English well, you should work hard.
If you expect to find a good job, you should learn English well.

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
My brother is a member of the faculty. He is an economics professor.
我哥哥是教師中的一員。他是經濟學教授。

學生 student
老師 teacher
教授 professor
終身教授 tenure professor
副教授 associate professor
講師 lecturer
助教 TA=teaching assistant
研究助理 RA=research assistant
大一 freshman
大二 sophomore
大三 junior
大四 senior

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Lesson Forty School and Education 學校與教育
I have a lot of extracurricular activities. I’m on the school football team.
我有很有課外活動。我參加學校的足球隊。

extracurricular 課外的
on 參加社團
I am on the school volleyball team.
I am on the school tennis team.