生活英语情景口语100主题 53. Entering School 入学

Entering school
（F - Female, M - Male)

Dialogue 1

F: When do most children start school in your country?

M: In America, most children start primary school at the age of 5.

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

M: Kindergarden students usually on the go-to-school for about 4 hours every day. But after that, they spend about 8 hours in school every day.

F: Do they have to go to school on Saturdays?

M: No. Most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.

F: How many subjects do they have to study?

M: In most schools, they study about 9 subjects.

F: Do students have to wear uniforms in school in America?

M: Some primary schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.

F: Did you go to a public school or a private school?

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

F: I went to a boarding school for nursery school to senior high school.

M: Did you have to wear uniforms?

F: Yes, they were horrible. we had to wear green every day.

M: At least you didn't waste time thinking about what you are going to wear every day.

F: That's true.

Dialogue 2

M: Do you mind if I sit here?

F: No, of course not. Go ahead!

M: Don't I know you?

F: Yes, not to mention it.I think we had chemistry class together in high school.

M: You are right! How are you? It's been a long time.

F: What did you do after high school?

M: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?

F: I took a year off to go travelling.

M: That sounds exciting. Where did you go?

F: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life.

Where did you go to the school?

M: I went to a small school of Kentucky, it has a very good reputation for its language department.

F: Oh, did you study a foreign language?

M: Yes, I got a plan to study the Chinese.

F: That's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?

M: It is. But it's very worthing.

F: So you can speak Chinese?

M: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese in normal days until I die.

F: I think most languages take lifetime to learn well.