MODULE 1 CULTURAL CORNER

CULTURAL CORNER

A Letter from a Senior High Student

1.Dear Li Kang, How's it going? I thought I'd write to tell you about the American school system.

2.Secondary school in the US usually covers seven years, grades six to twelve. Ninth to twelfth grades are high school.

3.At the end of twelfth grade, American students receive the high school diploma.

4.Students need a high school diploma if they want to go to college.  

5.The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, and the second January through May.

6.We have a LONG summer vacation! We start school at 7:50 am and we finish at 3 pm.  

7.I take part in all kinds of after—school activities—I play football, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and I go to theater club.

8.Will you tell me something about your summer vacation and the Chinese school system in your next letter?  

Rob Marshall

New words：

1.American 美国的

system 制度

2.secondary 中学

covers   包括

3.at the end of 在...结束

twelfth grade 十二年级

receive 获得

4.diploma 文凭

college 大学

5.is divided 被分为

semesters 学期

6.vacation 假期

finish 结束

7.take part in   参加

activities 活动

volleyball 排球

theater club 剧院俱乐部

8.summer vacation  暑假

一封高中生的来信

1.亲爱的李康，过的怎么样？我想我写信告诉你美国的学校制度。

2. 美国的中学通常是七年制，六到十二年级。九年级到十二年级是高中。

3. 十二年级结束时，美国学生获得高中文凭。

4. 如果学生想上大学，他们需要高中文凭。

5. 学年分为两个学期，第一学期为九月至十二月，第二学期为一月至五月。

6. 我们暑假很长！我们早上7:50开始上学，下午3点结束。

7. 我参加各种课外活动——我踢足球、篮球、排球、乒乓球，我去剧院俱乐部。

8. 你能在下一封信中告诉我你的暑假和中国的学校制度吗？

罗伯·马歇尔