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《middle school students in america 美国的中学生》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在应用文档-天天文库。
1、MiddleSchoolStudentsinAmerica美国的中学生 SecondaryeducationinAmerica,whichisknownas“highschool”ingeneral,isinoneperiodordividedintotwoperiods.Thefirsttwoorthreeyearsarecalled“juniorhighschool”andtheseniorclassesarecalled“seniorhighschool”。Thesetwoperiodswhicharesimilartothenamesusedinourcountry
2、. Americanstudentsenjoyfreeeducationuntiltheyareeighteenyearsold.Thisisdifferentfromwhatstudentsdoinourcountry,because,youknow,childreninChinareceivefreeeducationofnineyears,nomatterhowoldtheyarewhentheygraduatefromseniorhighschool.Americanchildrenhavelittledifficultyingoingtoseniorhighsch
3、oolbecauseofthefreeeducationsystem.Butthingsaredifferentiftheywanttogotospecialschoolsorclasseswhicharesetupforchildrenshowingacademicability. HighschoolstudentsinAmericatakepartinmanyactivitiesoutsidetheclassroom,suchasjoiningamusicalgrouporasportsteam.Amongthoseactivities,perhaps,thefoot
4、ballteamisthemostimportant.Butjustasmiddleschoolstudentsdoinourcountry,Americanstudentsinhighschoolshavetoworkhardiftheywanttogoontoauniversityofhighreputationaftertheyfinishhighschoolbecausetheseuniversitiestakeinseniorhighschoolstudentswithhighmarks. Americanhighschoolstudentsdonotspecia
5、lizeinanyparticulardirection,andtheytakeclassesinallkindsofsubjectsallthroughthehighschoolperiod.Sometimessomeofthemcomplainthattheprogressistooslowandtheydonotlearnmuch.Thisisbecausestudentsofalllevelsofacademicabilitystudyinthesameschoolandinthesameclass.Thosewhocomeoutwithlowmarksattheen
6、dofaschoolyeartobesupposedtorepeatagradeareoftenallowedtogoontothenextgrade. Manychildrenwhodonotwanttogotoschoolaresenttohighschoolsincentralcityareas.Sofightingorhurtingorotherkindsofbadbehaviorsisoftenseenintheseschools.Asaresult,childrenwhowanttogotouniversitiesareoftensenttosuburbanhi
7、ghschools,wheremoststudentsaimatgoingtouniversitiesandtheatmosphereisquitedifferent.LikewhathappensinChina,somechildrenfromrichfamiliesstudyinprivateschools. Notes: academic学术的 reputation名声、名气 suburban郊区的 aimat瞄准、以…为目的
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