澳洲高中課程零距離之三——我們不一樣

From Iori

    當(dāng)我來到澳大利亞的時候,我就立馬脫掉了我的外套,因為澳大利亞的溫度真的跟中國有很大的不同?,F(xiàn)在的澳大利亞非常熱,最熱的時候可以達(dá)到36度左右。中國正在穿大衣棉襖的時候,這里正穿著短袖和短褲。
    I took off my jacket as quickly as possible when I arrived Australia, because the weather is quite different from that of China. Australia is very hot now, it can even reach 36 degree centigrade. Australians wear shirts and T-shirts while Chinese wear coats.
    在中國,天剛蒙蒙亮的時候,我們就已經(jīng)起床準(zhǔn)備去學(xué)校早讀了,一直要學(xué)習(xí)到下午5點左右,高中的學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)更為艱苦。但是在澳大利亞,我們可以睡到早上7點鐘,這還是因為我們要去趕校車的原因。8點半左右是晨會課,然后我們就會開始正式上課。這邊一節(jié)課的時間很長,有點像上大課。國內(nèi)都是40分鐘一節(jié)課,這邊就是一個多小時一節(jié)課,比如英語課會靠近兩個小時。很多家長,特別是學(xué)生會問了,上這么長時間的課不會覺得枯燥無聊嗎?不會想睡覺嗎?我可以很負(fù)責(zé)任告訴你,不會。因為這邊上課跟國內(nèi)有很大的不同。國內(nèi)的課程更加偏向于對照著書來講課,會做很多的練習(xí)題,當(dāng)然這是我經(jīng)歷的,并不代表所有老師。但是,澳大利亞的英語課就很有意思,老師講課非常生動,甚至可以說是在以跟我們聊天的方式講課,會跟你開玩笑,在課上你可以暢所欲言,不用擔(dān)心會說錯或者說得不對,因為在這里,老師會鼓勵你把你想的事情說出來。老師希望的是寧可說錯,也不希望你什么都不說,所以老師會顧及每個人,會讓每個人都有發(fā)言的機會,讓每個人都有展示的機會。
    In China, we get up very early in the morning and then spend whole day on study until 5pm. High school students work even harder. But in Australia, we can wake up at 7 am in the morning, that’s because we need to catch the school bus. If not, we can wake up later. We have our first class at 8.30am in the morning. In here, a class is quite long. In China, one class is about 40 minutes, but in Australia, it’s about one and a half hours. The English class is almost 2 hours long. Then lots of people may ask: Did you guys not feel bored with a 2-hours class? Did you want to sleep in class? I can tell you responsibly. NO! Because it’s actually different from study in China. In China, students do a lot of worksheets. Of course this is my own opinion. Australian class is very interesting. The teacher teaches through conversations, like a friend of us. The teacher always make some jokes. You can say anything you want during the class, you don’t need to worry about whether your answer is correct or not. The teacher will correct your pronunciations. And the teacher will give everyone the chance to speak. Let everyone enjoy the class.
    學(xué)校內(nèi)當(dāng)然不只有主課,也有很多課外課程,來豐富你的校園生活,讓你更好學(xué)習(xí)的同時,得到放松,也讓你學(xué)會更多的技能。而且校園內(nèi)的設(shè)施都很齊全,你可以在這里學(xué)習(xí)到任何你想學(xué)的東西。你在這里不需要覺得英文不好就不去說,或者害羞,怕別人嘲笑你。他們會很有耐心地去指導(dǎo)你,說錯了也沒有關(guān)系,他們并不會在意,只要你問,他們就會幫助你,這就是澳大利亞人。
    There are different sorts of research activities in the school, to make your school life more interesting. Those activities help you to relax yourselves and to learn more knowledge. There are various facilties around the school. You can learn everything you are curious about. You don’t need to be shy or feel embarrassed at any time. Nobody laughs at you. Teachers provide patient guidance promptly when you have problems.
This is the central market . 

這是中心市場 

These are the pictures when we are doing the research activities.
這是我在做課外活動時候的照片