A:When do most children start school in your country?你们国家的小孩一般都几岁上学?
B:In America, most children start primary school at the age of five.在美国,小孩通常都是5岁上小学.
A:How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?小学生每天要在学校上多长时间的课?
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.幼儿园的小孩每天一般就在学校待4个小时.但是上了小学之后,他们得在学校待8个小时.
A:Do they have to go to school on Saturdays?周六还要上课吗?
B:No, most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.不用,大多数美国小学生都是周一到周五上课.
A:how many subjects do they have to study?他们要上几门课?
B:In most schools, they study about nine subjects.一般都有9门课.
A:Do students have to wear uniforms in schools in America?美国学生上学要穿校服吗?
B:Some private schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.有些私立学校要求学生穿校服,公立学校就不要求.
A:Did you go to a public school or a private school?你上的是公立学校还是私立学校?
B:I went to a pricate school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for high school. What about you?我小学和大学都上的是私立学校,中学上的是公立学校.你呢?
A:I went to a boardinbg school from nursery school to senior high school.我从幼儿园到高中上的都是寄宿制学校.
B:Did you have to wear uniforms?你们要求穿校服吗?
A:Yes, they were horrible. We had to wear green every day!要求啊,那校服难看极了.我们还得整天都穿着那身绿衣裳.
B:At least you didn't waste time thinking about what you were going to wear every day!至少你不用每天花时间琢磨要穿什么去上学.
A:That's true!那倒是.