英语初级口语对话 14：蒙古学校

　　英语初级口语对话正常语速14：School in Mongolia

　　Todd: So Heidi, you are from Mongolia. Could you talk a little bit about what high school is like in Mongolia?

　　Todd; Heidi,你来自蒙古，能讲讲蒙古的高中是什么样子啊?

　　Heidi: Oh sure. In Mongolia, we don’t have elementary school, secondary school, or high school divided into three parts, but we have from 1st grade until 12th grade in one school so we don’t really call them like high school or secondary school or elementary school. And for the high school, like, from the 8th grade until 12th grade, well, they study what other students study in different countries but nowadays they are focusing on more, like, English studies or different language studies.

　　Heidi：好啊，在蒙古，我们不是把学校分成小学，初中，高中三个部分。我们一个学校就是一年级到十二年级，因此我们的学校不叫小学，初中或者高中。比如像高中，从八年级到12年级，学生学习不同国家学生学习的东西。现在学生的关注点更多了，比如英语学习以及不同语言的学习。

　　Todd: How long is a typical class? Do you have, let’s say, six classes a day, each class is one hour?

　　Todd; 典型的一节课要多久呢?若有，比如一天六节课，每节课是一个小时吗?

　　Heidi: We start school at 8:00 in the morning until 1:00 in the [after] noon and we have about six classes a day. Each class has like 45 minutes. So we finish at 1:00.

　　Heidi：我们早上8点上课到下午1点，一天大约六节课。每节课就45分钟。所以1点钟放学。

　　Todd: And then, what do you do in the afternoon?

　　Todd; 那么下文你们做什么呢?

　　Heidi: We go back.

　　Heidi; 我们回家。

　　Todd: You go home?

　　Todd; 你们回家?

　　Heidi: Yes, ‘cause in Mongolia we have two parts. In the morning, the high school students go to the school and from 1:30 the elementary school students go to the school so we share one class [between] two classes.

　　Heidi; 是的。因为在蒙古我们有两部分，高中生早上去学校，1;30的时候，小学生上学。因此，班级是共享的。

　　Todd: Oh, so you split the school?

　　Todd：哦，你们把学校分成了两部分。

　　Heidi: Yes.

　　Heidi: 是的。

　　Todd: So do teachers sometimes have to teach both levels?

　　Todd：因此老师有时候教两个阶段的学生?

　　Heidi: Yes.

　　Heidi：是的。

　　Todd: Wow! That’s tough.

　　Todd; 哇，太难了。

　　Heidi: Yeah.

　　Heidi：恩。

　　Todd: So when you go home, do you usually...do have family there waiting or do usually both parents work?

　　Todd: 回家你通常有家人在等你还是父母不在家你要做家务活呢?

　　Heidi: In Mongolia, the mother and father they usually work and when I finish my school I just go back and make my own food, because in Mongolia mothers’ work is not to, like, stay at home or do housework. Kids are taught to clean up the home and cook their food and wash their clothes and that’s your work and usually the mothers don’t do that kind of thing.

　　Heidi：在蒙古，爸爸妈妈通常要外出工作。我放学回家就做自己的饭。蒙古的妈妈们的工作不是待在家里做家务活哦。小孩子从小就被教育打扫卫生，做饭和洗衣服。那是你的工作，妈妈们不替你做那些事的。

　　Todd: Oh, so the children have to do all that work?

　　Todd：哦，小孩子所有的家务活都要做?

　　Heidi: Yes.

　　Heidi：是的。

　　Todd: Actually it’s quite similar I think in the US pretty much. So what about your study load? Do you have a really heavy study load? Like, do you have two hours of homework a night or...?

　　Todd：实际上，和美国很相似。你的学习任务怎样呢?学习负担重吗?比如说一个晚上要做两小时的家庭作业或者。。?

　　Heidi: It really depends on the school but for me, like, I was studying in an international school so I had to study quite hard to get the level still. So for me, I studied after school...I’d rather study at night, so I studied like 3 or 4 hours at night. So that’s my study habit.

　　Heidi：这取决于学校而不是我。比如，我就读于一所国际学校，我必须努力取得相应的水平。就我而言，放学后还是要学习，我喜欢晚上学习，晚上要学习3到4个小时。这是我的学习习惯。

　　Todd: That’s a lot.

　　Todd：太多了啊。

　　Heidi: Not really compared to other students.

　　Heidi：和其他学生比比真不多哦。

　　Vocabulary

　　词汇

　　typical

　　典型的

　　How long is a typical class?

　　一堂课典型的课要多久。

　　Typical means “normal” or “average”. If something is surprising or unusual then it would not be typical. Notice the following examples:

　　Typical的意思是“正常的”或是“平均的”。如果某事令人惊讶或者是不寻常，那么就不能称作“typical".注意以下几点：

　　Children typically start to walk when they are about 1 years old.

　　大约一岁的时候，小孩就可以开始走路。

　　In math class, it is typical to have 30 minutes of homework.

　　数学课上，平均要30分钟的家庭作业写作时间。

　　let’s say

　　让我们说|

　　Do you have, let’s say, six classes a day?

　　你有，比如，一天六节课吗?

　　Let’s say is an informal way to say “for example” or “let’s imagine”. Sometimes people also shorten “let’s say” to just “say”. Here are some sample sentences:

　　Let's say是‘for example’或‘let's imagine'的不正式形式。有时会把“let's say”就简写成“say”。注意以下几点：

　　Let’s say you would like to make a fire. You are going to need wood and matches.

　　比如，你想要生火，你就需要木头和火柴。

　　I have 2 pizzas and, say, 10 children come to the party. Will we have enough pizzas?

　　我有两个披萨，假如十个孩子参加聚会，那我们的披萨足够吗?

　　split

　　分离，分解

　　So you split the school?

　　你们把学校分离了吗?

　　When you spilt something you “divide” it into two parts. Look at the following examples:

　　当你split某事时，你就把它分成了两部分。注意以下几点：

　　The group was too large so we split them into two groups.

　　这个组太大了，因此我们把它分成了两组。

　　We split the pizza between four people.

　　我们披萨分给了四个人。

　　study load

　　学习负担

　　You have a heavy study load.

　　你学习负担重吗?

　　A study load is the amount of classes or courses a student has to study. If a student has many difficult classes, then they have a heavy study load. If they have an easy schedule at school, then they have a light study load. Notice the following:

　　A study load就是学生学习的课程总量。如果一个学生的所学的课程很难，他们学习负担就很重。反之轻松的话，学习负担就很轻。注意以下几点：

　　I have a light study load this term, so I plan to work part-time.

　　我这个学期学业不重，因此我计划兼职。

　　If you have a heavy study load, you need good study habits.

　　如果你学习负担重的话，你需要很好的学习习惯。

　　study habit

　　学习习惯

　　That's my study habit.

　　这是我的学习习惯。

　　A habit is something one does again and again often without thinking. Therefore, a study habit is one's habit about studying. A student with good study habits probably studies the same about of time every day. A student with poor study habits probably only studies at the last minute before tests or assignments. Notice the following:

　　A habit就是不假思索的一遍又一遍的做某事。因此，a study habit就是关于学习的习惯。拥有良好学习习惯的学生每天都会按时学习，学习习惯不好的学生可能只会临时抱佛脚。注意以下几点。

　　If you have good study habits, you will go far in life.

　　如果你学习习惯好，在生活中会走的更远。

　　In high school, I had poor study habits.

　　高中时，我学习习惯不好。