今天的这段对话，在讨论孩子上学，

在美国的小孩一般都几岁上学？学生上学要穿校服吗

来听今天的讲解:

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 private 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.