今天的这段对话，在讨论美国，

 

在美国公立学校中做志愿者老师是一种什么体验？对美国有什么看法

 

来听今天的讲解:

 

A: OK, Yoko!

 

洋子!

 

B: Hi!

 

你好！

 

A: We're going to talk about your trip to America.

 

我们来聊聊你在美国的旅行。

 

B: Trip to America. OK.

 

美国的旅行，好的。

 

A: OK. When did you go to the U.S.?

 

你什么时候去的美国？

 

B: It's about 4 years ago.

 

大约4年前。

 

A: And what did you do?

 

你都做了什么？

 

B: Actually, I went to Michigan and I worked as a volunteer teacher in public school.

 

事实上，我去了密歇根州，在一所公立学校中做志愿者老师。

 

A: OK. What was the public school like?

 

那所公立学校怎么样？

 

B: It was not big, and so it was not big. I don't know how to say that, so what should I say....

 

不大，那所学校不是很大，我不知道怎么说，我该怎么说呢……

 

A: It was just a small school?

 

那是一间小学校？

 

B: Yeah. Small school. So only maybe 200 students I think.

 

是的，一所很小的学校。大概只有200名学生。

 

A: Oh, really!

 

真的！

 

B: Yeah, it was really small.

 

是的，真的很小。

 

A: Wow, that is small.

 

哇，很小啊。

 

B: Yeah, yeah.

 

是的。

 

A: Did you know all the students?

 

你认识那儿所有的学生吗？

 

B: I don't think so. I just visited some classes. Yes.

 

我不这么认为。我只是去了几节课。

 

A: So what did you think of America?

 

你对美国有什么看法？

 

B: I think it is a great country for many people who wants to try new things.

 

我认为美国是一个伟大的国家，在美国，人们想要尝试一些新的东西。

 

A: OK.

 

好的。

 

B: You know, so for example I did not have any special skills to teach, but they let me to work there as a volunteer, and they gave me a great oppurtunity to meet a lot of students, who are really nice I think.

 

例如，我没有教书的特殊技能，但校方允许我作为志愿者在那里工作，他们给了我一个机会去接触那里的学生们，学生们都很友好。

 

A: Ah, OK. I agree. What were your students like?

 

哦，好的，我同意。你的学生怎么样？

 

B: They were really motivated to learn Japanese, but they didn't learn a lot. They just, they just wanted to play with me, from other countries. Who is from, sorry!

 

他们对学习日语很积极，但他们并没有学多少。他们只是想和我玩，和来自其他国家的人玩。

 

A: OK. Do you have any special memories from your trip?

 

你对这次美国之旅有没有留下什么特殊的记忆？

 

B: Yes, I visited lots of places by myself and I was really afraid of speaking English to people there but they tried to understand me, and they helped me a lot and I really think OK, they are lots of people who are nice all over the world.

 

是的。我自己去了很多地方。我真的很害怕和当地人说英语，但他们总是努力地理解我，他们帮了我很多很多，这让我觉得全世界有很多好心人。