College life
大學(xué)生活
American college and university students who live away from their families are generally housed in dormitories at least for their first year.
遠(yuǎn)離家人的美國大學(xué)生通常需要在第一年住在學(xué)校的宿舍里。
Men and women often live in the same building, though they may live on separate floors.
男女生常住在同一棟樓的不同樓層。
Some dorms have a theme, like an international house, where students can learn about other cultures.
一些宿舍有一個(gè)主題,比如國際宿舍,里面的學(xué)生可以相互了解其他的文化。
In language houses, students try to avoid speaking their native language. The idea is to learn a different language.
在語言宿舍,學(xué)生盡可能避免使用母語,其目的是學(xué)習(xí)一門不同的語言。
Colleges and universities often have many clubs that students can join.
大學(xué)里有很多社團(tuán)供學(xué)生參加。
These include political, religious and service clubs,
包括政治,宗教服務(wù)俱樂部,
as well as groups for activities like singing, dancing, cooking, even learning how to play magic.
以及唱歌,跳舞,烹飪甚至學(xué)習(xí)玩魔術(shù)的活動(dòng)群。
Schools may also have internal sports clubs.
學(xué)校也有內(nèi)部運(yùn)動(dòng)社團(tuán)。
These are for students who do not play for a school team but want organized sports with other students.
對那些不想加入校隊(duì),但是想與其他同學(xué)進(jìn)行有組織運(yùn)動(dòng)的學(xué)生很適用。
And schools will often recognize a new club or activity if enough students are interested.
如果一個(gè)新的社團(tuán)和活動(dòng)吸引了足夠多學(xué)生的興趣。就會(huì)得到校方的認(rèn)可。