跟读练习: B1 English Listening Practice - American Universities - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B1 English Listening Practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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You ready?
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So, today I'm going to talk about universities in the U.S.
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This is a subject that I'm sure a lot of you are interested in,
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because maybe you've thought about studying in the U.S.
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So let's talk about some of the essentials that you need to know about American colleges.
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So, first things first.
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It's important that you know that in the US,
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we use the word college interchangeably with the word university.
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You can say either of these words,
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and they refer to the same thing most of the time.
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In other countries, this is not the case.
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I'm sure if you go to the UK or Australia,
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you'll hear people use these words very differently.
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But since I'm an American,
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I tend to use the word college more frequently than university.
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Let's talk a little bit about the cost of going to a four-year university in the US.
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Before we can calculate the average cost,
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we first need to distinguish between in-state and out-of-state tuition.
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What am I talking about here?
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Well, if you attend a university that is located in the state where you live,
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where you went to high school, it's cheaper.
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If you decide to go to a university in another state, it's more expensive.
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This is what I'm referring to when I talk about in-state and out-of-state tuition.
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The average in-state tuition for a four-year public university in the US at this time is a little more than $25,000 per year.
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I know, that's a lot.
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But it's actually not that bad compared to out-of-state tuition.
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The average out-of-state tuition for a four-year public university in the U.S at this time is about $41,000 per year.
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That's crazy, isn't it?
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I wish I could tell you that I were joking,
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but sadly I'm not.
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This is the reality of going to college in the U.S.
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So you definitely need to think about this before you decide to study in an American university.
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I was pretty lucky because my college wasn't quite that expensive.
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You might be wondering how people can afford to pay these astronomical tuition costs.
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The answer is student loans.
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A student loan is money that the government lends to somebody to pay for college.
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Sounds great, right?
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Wrong.
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After you graduate, you have to pay back all the money that the government gave you plus interest.
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So, after students graduate, they spend many years paying back their student loans.
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College is unbelievably expensive in the U.S.
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Alright, let's talk about the educational aspect of American universities.
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In the U.S., students can choose their major,
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the subject they want to study,
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either before or after starting college.
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Many students don't know what exactly they want to study,
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so they don't decide on a major until the end of their second year.
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The way this works is that all students have general classes during their first two years.
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Everyone takes more or less the same types of classes.
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Math, English, History, Science, etc. Then,
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starting in their third year,
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students take classes specific to their major.
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So, for example, I majored in English.
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So during my third and fourth years of university,
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all my classes were related to English.
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But during my first and second years,
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I had all general classes, not all English classes.
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This is why many people don't decide on a major until the end of their second year.
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You don't really have to decide before then.
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I know this is really different from a lot of other university systems in other countries.
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Okay, lastly, let's talk about living on campus.
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This is something that many students do,
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especially in their first and second years.
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All universities have what we call dorms,
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which are like student apartments, but usually very small.
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The dorms are located on the college campus,
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so it makes it really convenient for students to walk to their classes.
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The The downside of living in the dorms is that you usually have to share your small living space with other people.
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If you get stuck with a bad roommate,
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you're in for a long year.
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I've had some bad roommates in the past, unfortunately.
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Another negative thing about living in the dorms is that if you're not into drinking and partying,
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it can be pretty uncomfortable for you.
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Dorms are notorious for being places where students drink,
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party, and get into all kinds of trouble.
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So you might want to consider that before you decide to live on campus.
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Okay, that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and tell me what your country's universities are like.
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I'll see you next video.
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