在美國公立學校中做志愿者老師是一種什么體驗？對美國有什么看法

今天的這段對話，在討論美國，

 

在美國公立學校中做志愿者老師是一種什么體驗？對美國有什么看法

 

來聽今天的講解:

 

A: OK, Yoko!

 

洋子!

 

B: Hi!

 

你好！

 

A: We're going to talk about your trip to America.

 

我們來聊聊你在美國的旅行。

 

B: Trip to America. OK.

 

美國的旅行，好的。

 

A: OK. When did you go to the U.S.?

 

你什么時候去的美國？

 

B: It's about 4 years ago.

 

大約4年前。

 

A: And what did you do?

 

你都做了什么？

 

B: Actually, I went to Michigan and I worked as a volunteer teacher in public school.

 

事實上，我去了密歇根州，在一所公立學校中做志愿者老師。

 

A: OK. What was the public school like?

 

那所公立學校怎么樣？

 

B: It was not big, and so it was not big. I don't know how to say that, so what should I say....

 

不大，那所學校不是很大，我不知道怎么說，我該怎么說呢……

 

A: It was just a small school?

 

那是一間小學校？

 

B: Yeah. Small school. So only maybe 200 students I think.

 

是的，一所很小的學校。大概只有200名學生。

 

A: Oh, really!

 

真的！

 

B: Yeah, it was really small.

 

是的，真的很小。

 

A: Wow, that is small.

 

哇，很小啊。

 

B: Yeah, yeah.

 

是的。

 

A: Did you know all the students?

 

你認識那兒所有的學生嗎？

 

B: I don't think so. I just visited some classes. Yes.

 

我不這么認為。我只是去了幾節(jié)課。

 

A: So what did you think of America?

 

你對美國有什么看法？

 

B: I think it is a great country for many people who wants to try new things.

 

我認為美國是一個偉大的國家，在美國，人們想要嘗試一些新的東西。

 

A: OK.

 

好的。

 

B: You know, so for example I did not have any special skills to teach, but they let me to work there as a volunteer, and they gave me a great oppurtunity to meet a lot of students, who are really nice I think.

 

例如，我沒有教書的特殊技能，但校方允許我作為志愿者在那里工作，他們給了我一個機會去接觸那里的學生們，學生們都很友好。

 

A: Ah, OK. I agree. What were your students like?

 

哦，好的，我同意。你的學生怎么樣？

 

B: They were really motivated to learn Japanese, but they didn't learn a lot. They just, they just wanted to play with me, from other countries. Who is from, sorry!

 

他們對學習日語很積極，但他們并沒有學多少。他們只是想和我玩，和來自其他國家的人玩。

 

A: OK. Do you have any special memories from your trip?

 

你對這次美國之旅有沒有留下什么特殊的記憶？

 

B: Yes, I visited lots of places by myself and I was really afraid of speaking English to people there but they tried to understand me, and they helped me a lot and I really think OK, they are lots of people who are nice all over the world.

 

是的。我自己去了很多地方。我真的很害怕和當?shù)厝苏f英語，但他們總是努力地理解我，他們幫了我很多很多，這讓我覺得全世界有很多好心人。