在美國的小孩一般都幾歲上學？學生上學要穿校服嗎

今天的這段對話，在討論孩子上學，

在美國的小孩一般都幾歲上學？學生上學要穿校服嗎

來聽今天的講解:

A:when do most children start school in your country?

你們國家的小孩一般都幾歲上學?

B:In America, most children start primary school at the age of five.

在美國,小孩通常都是5歲上小學.

A:How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?

小學生每天要在學校上多長時間的課?

B:Kindergarten students usually only go to school for about four hours every day, but after that, they spend about eight hours in school every day.

幼兒園的小孩每天一般就在學校待4個小時.但是上了小學之后,他們得在學校待8個小時.

A:do they have to go to school on Saturdays?

周六還要上課嗎?

B:no, most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.

不用,大多數(shù)美國小學生都是周一到周五上課.

A:how many subjects do they have to study?

他們要上幾門課?

B:In most schools, they study about nine subjects.

一般都有9門課.

A:do students have to wear uniforms in schools in America?

美國學生上學要穿校服嗎?

B:some private schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.

有些私立學校要求學生穿校服,公立學校就不要求.

A:did you go to a public school or a private school?

你上的是公立學校還是私立學校?

B:I went to a private school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for high school. What about you?

我小學和大學都上的是私立學校,中學上的是公立學校.你呢?

A:I went to a boardinbg school from nursery school to senior high school.

我從幼兒園到高中上的都是寄宿制學校.

B:did you have to wear uniforms?

你們要求穿校服嗎?

A:yes, they were horrible. We had to wear green every day!

要求啊,那校服難看極了.我們還得整天都穿著那身綠衣裳.

B:at least you didn't waste time thinking about what you were going to wear every day!

至少你不用每天花時間琢磨要穿什么去上學.

A:that's true!

那倒是.