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

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

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

T: 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.

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

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

P: how many subjects do they have to study?

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

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

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

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

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

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

T: did you have to wear uniforms?

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

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

P: that's true!

你们国家的小孩一般都几岁上学?

在美国,小孩通常都是5岁上小学.

小学生每天要在学校上多长时间的课?

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.

周六还要上课吗?

不用,大多数美国小学生都是周一到周五上课.

他们要上几门课?

一般都有9门课.

美国学生上学要穿校服吗?

有些私立学校要求学生穿校服,公立学校就不要求.

你上的是公立学校还是私立学校?

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?

我从幼儿园到高中上的都是寄宿制学校.

你们要求穿校服吗?

要求啊,那校服难看极了.我们还得整天都穿着那身绿衣裳.

至少你不用每天花时间琢磨要穿什么去上学.

那倒是.

subject:an area of knowledge studied in a school, college, etc. 学科;科目;课程

Biology and English are my favourite subjects.

生物学和英语是我最喜欢的两门课.

uniform:the special set of clothes worn by all members of an organization or a group at work, or by children at school 制服;校服

a military/police/nurse's uniform

军装;警服;护士制服

soldiers/sailors in uniform

穿制服的士兵/水手

The hat is part of the school uniform.

帽子是校服的一部份.

elementary school:小学

boarding school:寄宿学校