新东方英语口语提高篇 Lesson 40:School and Education 学校与教育

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
基础教育 fundmental education
高等教育 higher education
终生教育 life-long education
活到老学到老 Never too old to learn
大学 university
芝加哥大学 Chicago university
学院 college

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
Children enter school at the age of seven, don‘t they?
孩子们七岁入学，不是吗？

enter
1进入 I enter the classroom.
2参加 I entered this company.
3入学 enter school
4确定
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 学校与教育
In elementary school, the child learns to read and write.
在小学里，孩子们学习识字。

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

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
In secondary school, students get more advanced knowledge.
在中学里，儿童们可以学到更高级的知识。

Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
know-how 实践技能

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
Sarah went to grade school in New York City and high school in Washington D.C.
莎拉在纽约市上的小学，在华盛顿上的中学。

grade school 小学
high school 中学

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Lesson Forty School and Education
学校与教育
In this university, young people train to become doctors and nurses.
在这所大学里，学生被培养成为医生和护士。

师范大学 normal university
重点大学 key university
学院 college
外交学院 Foreign Affairs College
学院 institute
北京广播学院 Beijing Broadcasting Institute
麻省理工大学 MIT=Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
哈佛大学 Harverd University
耶鲁 Yale
牛津 Oxford
剑桥 Cambridge
北京大学 PKU=Peking University
清华大学 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 学校与教育
David was admitted to Harvard University.
戴维被哈佛大学录取了。

be admitted to 被……录取

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
In college I majored in science. What was your major?
在大学里我主修理科。你主修什么？

major v. / n.
arts 文科 engineering 工科
medicine 医科 agriculture 农科
I major in economics.
I major in math.
I major in computer science.
I major in English literature.
I major in diplomacy.
minor 辅修，选修
I minored in French.
I minored in English.
必修课 required course 选修课 optional course
学分 credit

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
During your first year of college, did you make straight A‘s?
你在大学一年级时成绩是全A吗？

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
What‘s your GPA in college?
你大学期间的平均成绩点数是多少?

GPA = general point average

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
I am a graduate of Yale University. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree.
我是耶鲁大学毕业生。我拥有文学士学位。

文学学士学位 BA Degree
理学学士学位 BS Degree
工学学士学位 BE Degree
硕士 master MA Degree MS Degree
博士 Ph. D.
工商管理硕士 MBA=Master of Business Administration
公共管理硕士 MPA=Master of Public Administration
教育学硕士 ME=Master of Education

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
My sister just graduated from high school. Graduation was held last night.
我妹妹中学毕业了。昨晚举行了毕业典礼。

graduation 毕业典礼
graduate from where 从……毕业
My brother graduated from university.
Graduation was yesterday evening.
研究生 graduate student / postgraduate student
博士研究生 Ph. D. candidate
美国研究生入学考试 GRE= Graduate Record Examination
留学生 international student

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
Mr. Smith is a high school principal.
史密斯先生是一位中学校长。

principal 中学校长
president 大学校长

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Lesson Forty School and Education 学校与教育
If you expect to enter this prestigious university, you should apply now.
如果期望进入这所著名学府，你现在就应该申请了。

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 学校与教育
My brother is a member of the faculty. He is an economics professor.
我哥哥是教师中的一员。他是经济学教授。

学生 student
老师 teacher
教授 professor
终身教授 tenure professor
副教授 associate professor
讲师 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 学校与教育
I have a lot of extracurricular activities. I’m on the school football team.
我有很有课外活动。我参加学校的足球队。

extracurricular 课外的
on 参加社团
I am on the school volleyball team.
I am on the school tennis team.