生活英語情景口語100主題 53. Entering School 入學
Entering school
（F - Female, M - Male)
Dialogue 1
F: When do most children start school in your country?
M: In America, most children start primary school at the age of 5.
F: How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?
M: Kindergarden students usually on the go-to-school for about 4 hours every day. But after that, they spend about 8 hours in school every day.
F: Do they have to go to school on Saturdays?
M: No. Most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.
F: How many subjects do they have to study?
M: In most schools, they study about 9 subjects.
F: Do students have to wear uniforms in school in America?
M: Some primary schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.
F: Did you go to a public school or a private school?
M: I went to a private school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for a high school. What about you?
F: I went to a boarding school for nursery school to senior high school.
M: Did you have to wear uniforms?
F: Yes, they were horrible. we had to wear green every day.
M: At least you didn't waste time thinking about what you are going to wear every day.
F: That's true.
Dialogue 2
M: Do you mind if I sit here?
F: No, of course not. Go ahead!
M: Don't I know you?
F: Yes, not to mention it.I think we had chemistry class together in high school.
M: You are right! How are you? It's been a long time.
F: What did you do after high school?
M: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
F: I took a year off to go travelling.
M: That sounds exciting. Where did you go?
F: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life.
Where did you go to the school?
M: I went to a small school of Kentucky, it has a very good reputation for its language department.
F: Oh, did you study a foreign language?
M: Yes, I got a plan to study the Chinese.
F: That's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
M: It is. But it's very worthing.
F: So you can speak Chinese?
M: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese in normal days until I die.
F: I think most languages take lifetime to learn well.
