英语阅读短片.doc

英语阅读短片
P56(1)
American schools begin in September after a long summer: There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school then they finish high school.
High school students take only 4 or 5 subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get money for their studies.
长夏过后美国学校在9月开学:每一学年有两个学期。第一学期是从9月至来年1月,第二学期是从2月到6月。大多数美国儿童从小上学,直至他们完成高中学业。
每学期高中学生只需要学4或5种科目。他们通常一起上大课,也有每课的功课。下了课他们参加多种兴趣活动。
高中毕业后,很多学生进入大学。他们可以上小型学院或者大型学院。他们通常要支付很多学费。因此,许多大学生课余勤工俭学。
P56(2)
When you are reading something in English. You may often meet a new word. What’s the best the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you something about the word: the pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in a dictionary quickly?
First, all the English words are in the alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A then B, C, D, E… That means, if there are two words “do” and “put”, “do” will be certainly before “put”, Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the forth… for example, “pat” is before “picture”, “bald” before “balloon.”
Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend, I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.
当你在看英文读物时。你可能会经常碰到生词。认生词的最佳方法是什么呢?
你可以查英汉词典。词典会告诉你这个词的内容:语音,一部分引语,中文意义,以及如何使用这个词。但是你如何在成千上万的英语单词中查找这个词呢?如何快速在词典中找到它呢?
首先,所有的英