A：When do most children start school in your country?你們國家的小孩一般都幾歲上學(xué)?

B：In America, most children start primary school at the age of five.在美國,小孩通常都是5歲上小學(xué).

A：How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?小學(xué)生每天要在學(xué)校上多長時間的課?

B：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.幼兒園的小孩每天一般就在學(xué)校待4個小時.但是上了小學(xué)之后,他們得在學(xué)校待8個小時.

A：Do they have to go to school on Saturdays?周六還要上課嗎?

B：No, most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.不用,大多數(shù)美國小學(xué)生都是周一到周五上課.

A：how many subjects do they have to study?他們要上幾門課?

B：In most schools, they study about nine subjects.一般都有9門課.

A：Do students have to wear uniforms in schools in America?美國學(xué)生上學(xué)要穿校服嗎?

B：Some private schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.有些私立學(xué)校要求學(xué)生穿校服,公立學(xué)校就不要求.

A：Did you go to a public school or a private school?你上的是公立學(xué)校還是私立學(xué)校?

B：I went to a pricate school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for high school. What about you?我小學(xué)和大學(xué)都上的是私立學(xué)校,中學(xué)上的是公立學(xué)校.你呢?

A：I went to a boardinbg school from nursery school to senior high school.我從幼兒園到高中上的都是寄宿制學(xué)校.

B：Did you have to wear uniforms?你們要求穿校服嗎?

A：Yes, they were horrible. We had to wear green every day!要求啊,那校服難看極了.我們還得整天都穿著那身綠衣裳.

B：At least you didn't waste time thinking about what you were going to wear every day!至少你不用每天花時間琢磨要穿什么去上學(xué).

A：That's true!那倒是.