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Universities in the US
美國的大學
There are thousands of colleges and universities in the United States.
美國有上千所學院和大學，
Nearly half of the high school graduates in America go on to college.
幾乎半數(shù)的美國高中生畢業(yè)后會繼續(xù)上大學。
Most go to large state universities.
他們多數(shù)選擇州立大學。
Some of these universities have 40,000 or more students.
有的大學學生人數(shù)達到四萬以上，
There are also many small universities with only a few hundred students.
當然也有些小的大學，學生只有幾百人。
Large universities have many buildings, each building for a particular subject.
大的大學有很多教學樓，每一棟教學樓都有特殊的用途。
Students often must go from one class in one building to the next class in another building across campus.
學生們通常在一棟教學樓上完課后要趕去另一棟教學樓上課。
They may have only a few minutes between classes to go from one building to another.
兩堂課之間只有數(shù)分鐘供學生趕往。
When students begin the university, they must take classes in many subjects.
學生一旦進入大學，就必須學習各類課程。
These are the required courses.
這些課程都是必修的，
English and math are usually required courses, and often a history and a science course are required too.
比如英語，數(shù)學，歷史，科學。
Students will study mostly required courses during their first year. Later, they will specialize, and take courses in one subject.
他們在一年級修完大部分必修課，之后進入專業(yè)課的學習。
