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1、TodayI’dliketogiveyousomeideaabouthowlifeatanAmericanuniversity阅读理解答案 TodayI’dliketogiveyousomeideaabouthowlifeatanAmericanuniversityorcollegemightbedifferentfromthewayitisinyourcountry.Tobesure,thestudentbodyonacampusisaprettydiversegroupofpeople.Firstofall,althoughmoststudentsstartcollegeatar
2、oundtheageof18,youwillseestudentsintheir30sand40sandevenoccasionallyintheir60sand70s.Studentsonacampuscomefromawidevarietyofsocioeconomicbackgrounds.Manystudentsworkatleastpart-time,andsomeofthemworkfull-time.Someofthestudentsliveindormitoriesoncampus,somehavetheirownapartmentsusuallywithotherst
3、udents,andothersliveathome.Somecollegesanduniversitieshavestudentsfrommanydifferentracialandethnicminorities.Someschoolshaveafairlylargeforeignstudentpopulation.Soyoucanseethatonemeetsallkindsofpeopleonacollegeoruniversitycampus. Nowthatyouhavesomegeneralideasofdifferencesinthestudentbodypopula
4、tion.I’dliketotalkafewminutesaboutwhatIthinkanaveragestudentis.ForeignstudentsareoftensurprisedathowpoorlypreparedAmericanstudentsarewhentheyenterauniversity.Actually,atveryselectiveschoolsthestudentsareusuallyverywellprepared,butatlessselectiveschools,theymaynotbeaswellpreparedasstudentsinyourc
5、ountryare.SchoolsintheStatessimplyadmitalotmorestudentsthanisusualinmostothercountries.Also,mostyoungAmericanuniversitystudentshavenottraveledinothercountriesandarenotverywell-versedininternationalmatters.Foreignstudentsusuallyfindthemfriendlybutnotverywell-informedabouttheircountriesorcultures.
6、 Whatkindofacademicexperienceswillthisso-called“average”studenthave?Theaverageundergraduatestudenttakesfiveclassesasemesterandisinclassabout15hoursaweek.Ifheorshetakesaclassthathasalaboratory,thiswillrequiretwoorthreemorehours.Manyintroductoryundergraduateclassesaregiveninlargelecturesof100ormo
7、restudents.However,manyoftheseclasseswillhavesmalldiscussiongroupsof15to20studentsthatmeetonceaweek.Inthesesmallergroups,ateachingassistantwillleadadiscussiontohelpclarifypointsinthelectures.Otherkindsofclasses----forexample
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