海外優(yōu)秀英語作文·Going to School in America 在美國上學

Going to School in America 在美國上學

On August 14, 1999, I, Bobby Huang, moved from China to the United States of America. I was eight years old at that time, and only in the second grade. I'm now in the eighth grade. Next year I will be at high school.

1999年8月14日，我黃博比，從中國來到美國。那時我8歲，剛上二年級?，F(xiàn)在我上8年級，明年我將上高中。

The grading system in America is almost the same as the one in China: the best grade you can get is an A, then B, then C, then D, and last F. F stands for failing. A grade of C in America is considered an average grade.

美國的評分系統(tǒng)和中國的幾乎一樣：你能得到的最好的成績是A，其次B，再次C，再次D，最后是F。F級代表不及格。在美國C級被認為是平均成績。

The school year is separated into four quarters in America. We only have to go to school 180 days a year. We don't have to go to school on Saturdays either. There is at least one day break every month, because in America there's at least one holiday every month. For instance, Labor Day, Columbus Day (10/12, the day Columbus discovered the Americas), Halloween (10/31, the day that all the ghosts come back alive again), Thanksgiving Day (11/24), Christmas Day (12/25), New Year's Day (1/1), Valentine's Day (2/14, a day that we all show love to each other) and Mother's Day (a day that we show our appreciation to our mothers).

在美國，一學年被分成4個學期。一年我們只需要上學180天。星期六我們也不用上學。每個月至少有一天的休假，因為在美國每個月至少有一個節(jié)日。例如，勞動節(jié)，哥倫布節(jié)（在10月12日，哥倫布發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲的那一天），萬圣節(jié)（在10月31日，那一天所有的鬼神重回到人間），感恩節(jié)（在11月24日），圣誕節(jié)（在12月25日），新年（在1月1日），情人節(jié)（在2月14日，我們互相表達愛意的一天）和母親節(jié)（向母親表達感激之情的一天）。

The really long break is the Christmas vacation. It's two weeks. After 180 days of school we have a three-month summer vacation! The best thing about the summer vacation is that we don't have to worry about anything, we don't even have homework.

真正的長假是圣誕節(jié)假期，有2個星期之久。經(jīng)過180天的學習后，我們有一個長達3個月的暑假。關(guān)于暑假最好的事情就是，我們不用再為任何事情擔心，甚至不再有家庭作業(yè)。

One really bad thing about American schools is that you have to walk to the teacher's room instead of our own classroom, so we don't have the same classes with the same students. But in all the schools in America, the students have a lot of fun in school. In my school we have different activities every Friday, such as singing, sports and seeing movies. We also hold a dance every other month. The dance hall is where we play music and students dance with each other. The school also provides cookies and drinks.

美國學校中一個真正不好的方面就是，你必須到老師的辦公室，而不是我們自己的教室，因此我們不能和同樣的學生擁有相同的教室。但是在美國所有的學校里，學生在校可以享受許多樂趣。在我就讀的學校里，每周五有不同的活動，比如唱歌、體育活動和看電影。我們每2個月舉辦一次舞會。舞會上我們演奏音樂，和每一個人跳舞。學校也提供點心和飲料。

The main courses that I have to take are history, physical education, science, language, reading and math. We get to pick two classes of our choice. I choose "music" and "computer". In music class we listen to all kinds of songs, for example, Jazz, country, R&B, etc. We can talk about any singer that we love. I also enjoy the computer class. The other classes are drama, Spanish, leadership, guitar, band (you can play any instruments you'd like), journalism (learning to write for a newspaper, and you can also write for the school newspaper) and so on.

我們的主要課程有歷史、體育、科學、語言、閱讀和數(shù)學。我們可以選修2門課程。我選擇的是音樂和電腦。音樂課上我們聽各種各樣的歌曲，比如爵士樂，鄉(xiāng)村音樂，R&B等。我們可以談?wù)撊魏我粋€我們喜歡的歌手。我也喜歡電腦課。其他選修課有戲劇、西班牙語、領(lǐng)導(dǎo)藝術(shù)、吉他、樂隊（你可以演奏你喜歡的任何樂器）和新聞（學習為報紙寫文章，你也可以向校報投稿）等等。

Bobby Huang

黃博比

【點評】

本文作者黃博比是一位小移民，文章詳細地介紹了他在美國的學校生活，從學校的評分系統(tǒng)到節(jié)假日，再由學校的活動到學習課程，特別是選修課，讓我們看到了和我們同齡的美國孩子多彩多姿的學校生活。