Lindsay英文详说美国中学|每周谈

校区专门花一整天时间来进行联系日主题活动，对于打破社交壁垒建设人与人的联系是很花功夫了。另外什么是校区，校区教育的责任系统是什么样的？今天一并说一下。 Hello Ximalaya, this is Lindsay. Today we’ll talk about a theme event called Connections Day at school. Connections Day was all about making new connections and uniting as a community in our school. It was not a regular school day where we sat in class and learned things. Instead, we had the choices to choose two workshops to attend.Before we went to any of these workshops, though, the Superintendent of the school district made a speech about how we, as a community, are united together. Then we were dismissed to go to our workshops. Connection,联系连接的意思。这个主题活动日，一听就是为了加强人与人之间的沟通而设计。在这个网络时代，人人埋头手机，青少年从小在各种电子设备里长大，怎么样才能让他们更加关注身边的人，学校和家长都很操心。所以了，校区大 boss Superintendent专门通过广播说了一下彼此联系的意义。 这里...

学生独奏，学生乐团伴奏，毕业季的荣誉演出。 Recently, my school hosted our annual Senior Concerto Showcase. Seniors are twelfth graders and will graduate at the end of the school years. Musicians of this class were allowed to audition for the opportunity to perform a solo piece with the chamber orchestra. This is an event put together and organized by the orchestra teacher. Senior，指要毕业的学生，高中就是12年级生，现在正是毕业季，学校很多活动都在围绕毕业生展开。concerto，音乐里的专用名词，协奏曲，Showcase，就是展示的意思。要毕业的学生可以有机会做独奏，Solo 就是独奏的意思。学校的弦乐团给伴奏，必须试奏比较后选出最好的演奏者，才能得到这个机会，这是一个荣誉了 Earlier in the school year, various musicians auditioned for this and nine were chosen. This meant the orchestra had to learn nine pieces and be able to accompany a single musician. We had roughly two months to put it all together. This stressed my orchestra teacher out, since we had a ver...

州考有三分之一的学生不参加！还有系统故障。好整以暇对考试。 重返小学校园寻找曾经的足迹，重温过去的友谊。 Hi, ximalaya, this is Lindsay. From 3rd grade, up to 8th grade, students are required to take a New York State exam. It is a standardized test for both ELA and Math, ELA meaning English Language Art. Today we will talk about the ELA test that we just had recently. Different from before, this year the test was done through our chromebooks. 学生都是要被考试的。这个州考呢，其实家长的都不大重视，因为并不计入学年成绩，有几乎1/3家长都决定不让孩子参加。大约学校怕是更重视，看看在纽约州范围内，本校学生水准如何，教学质量如何，可以提供一个可比较的参考。 Chromebooks 是一款便携电脑，谷歌公司的产品，中学之后每个学生都有一个，老师的作业，和学生的交流讨论，以及学校通知等等，都通过它来完成，互联网的使用有严格的限制。这次ELA考试，是第一次采用电脑，考试发生什么了？ The test took 2 days. The first day is all multiple choice based on different passages ...

春季运动开始了，Lindsay选择了田径。美国快乐教学是有的，执拗坚毅的培养，所谓“狼性”，在运动队里在教练的严格要求下锻炼。 Hello my ximalaya friends! It has been a long time since the last episode. I had a bad cough and could barely talk for weeks. But now I am okay and here we are again. Together with me is Lindsay! Hello, Ximalaya, this is Lindsay! Spring is here, and I started running Track. Track is offered as one of the many after school spring sport activities. It has lots of events such as hurdles, long jump ,where you try to jump as far out as you can on a pit of sand, high jump, where you have to jump over a bar onto a mat, shot putt, where you try to throw a heavy ball as far as you can, sprints, and long distance running. I started it to get in shape, and the spring sunshine and exercise regime has me sweating at every practice! Track，田径运动。春季学校运动项目有很多，Lindsay选择了田径。田径的各项运动，英文是这样说的，Hurdles，跨栏...

以感性亲历的方式介绍杠杆这个物理概念。 Hello Ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New york! This week, nothing much happened. But, I’d like share with you an interesting science project. 大家好，我是晴川，今天LIndsay要介绍她科学课上的项目。中学生物化学物理都不细分，统一叫科学，明年八年级上的叫Earth Science，今年的科学课算物理项目下的，前一阵我们还介绍过有关摩擦力的碰撞实验。那么这一次是什么呢？ We had to build a catapult. A catapult is a type of lever, balancing on the fulcrum to lift a load. The fulcrum is a point in which the lever is stabilized on. The point of the project was for us to fully grasp the function of the lever, which is a type of simple machine. Catapult 发射器 Fulcrum支点。Lever，杠杆。我这里配了一张图说明什么是发射器。大家看一下。中学物理实验课的时候会用到。 We were required to build a catapult with partners. Materials given to us were eight popsicle sticks, five rubber bands, a binder clip, and two stra...

Gifted，有天赋，被IQ测试认定有天赋的孩子从小学三年级开始就集中一起上独立研究自由讨论文理兼顾的课程。做机器人或者作曲，随你的意！ 食物与艺术连接感情，移民国家里的多族裔社区以此增进交流，一年一度多元文化节是怎样的状态。 Hello, ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York. This week we’ll talk about a new class I’m taking at school and a really fun event called Multicultural Expo. 大家好，我是晴川。春天来了，万物复苏，大家生活里一定会有很多新气象，学校各项活动也如火如荼地展开了，来听听Lindsay寒假回来后的新科目，以及这一周学校有趣的活动。 The new class is called Project Beyond, and it is for the “gifted” 有天赋kids of the middle school. The “gifted” kids are chosen when you take a test in elementary school小学. If you get a certain score, you’re accepted into Project Beyond in elementary school and Project Beyond, or PB as the students call it, continues into middle school. Beyond是超出，更远，这样一个意思。Project Beyond你...

这一集LIndsay来单口播出全英文，大家来感受一下英文的语速语感。比较简单，就不做中文解读了。 The week before last week was President’s Week when I had off（放假）from school so we took a very nice break skiing滑雪! On the way back, we took a stop at Princeton University普林斯顿大学. It is a world renowned 世界闻名的school where the famous Einstein爱因斯坦 worked before. I haven’t really thought about where I should go for college education, but I can totally picture myself sitting in the Princeton university library. The library is extended underneath the campus ground伸展在校园地平下面, so it’s huge! When I got back, I started a new book in English class called “Fever 1793” which I have actually read before. Trust me it’s hard keeping the ending of the book to myself without sharing with my class. Last week at school was quiet and normal. I think we all tried to adjust 调整back from our winter hibernation 冬眠“off-school” mode to the busy school day n...

Hello，Ximalaya, this is LIndsay from New York. Spirit Week was the event that took place in my school this week. It is supposed to get all students to celebrate 庆祝 our pride in ourselves and school by dressing in school colors and participating 参加 in special school events. 大家好，我是晴川，这里是美国中学每周谈节目。这个星期是学校里的Spirit Week，美国学校也要提升集体荣誉感，集体主义精神，怎么做的呢，来听Lindsay讲一讲。 Our school was divided into two different colored teams, both of the colors are the school colors. To earn points for your team, we have to participate in a series of “special events” across week days. On Friday, the final scores were counted for the two colored teams to see who won, and we celebrated. 分成两个队做活动赢分数，看谁赢。有些什么活动呢？ On Monday，the theme was Casual Monday so everyone dressed in sweatshirts and sweatpants, the casual everyday attire. In the beginning of the day the teacher counted ho...

高中生四天迪斯尼演出加游园之旅，基本独立，放飞自我。迪斯尼生财有道，不服不行！ 来听听，Stella学校190人的大团这一路做了什么怎么组织的。 图片来源迪斯尼官网，参加演出的学生BAND Hello, ximalaya, this is Stella from New York. I just came back from Orlando, Florida 2 days ago. I want to share my 4 day trip to Disney World with you. 大家好，我是晴川，Stella高中刚刚组织了170多个学生20多个老师分两架飞机去了一趟Orlando Disney World。It was such a big group! She was so excited. I am sure she has a lot to say. Stella, what was the main purpose of this trip? 图片来自迪斯尼官网，学生弦乐团在迪斯尼音乐加指导下专业演播厅排练录音 The trip was offered for all students from 10-12th grades in music or art classes. Other than the park, which has all sorts of rides and other kinds of fun, Disney also offers many educational programs year round 整年to students of all ages. Our high school chose art and music related program...

106年历史的女童子军组织仍然在今天生机勃勃备受欢迎。义务组织，民间付出，从小就开始耳濡目染。女童子军的饼干可是赫赫有名的。 Girl Scout is a 106 year old youth group specifically for girls. It is a very popular program among girls. I myself was a Girl Scout in elementary school. These Girl Scout troops are often based in schools and the troop members are schoolgirls. We do things to help out with the environment and world, such as organizing a beach cleanup or something like that. Each troop, depending on age, has its own activities or jobs to accomplish. The meeting theme was often related to our own lives some way. I remembered we learned first aid, table manners, and we visited a bank to learn how they work behind the window. After every job was done, we earned a badge to pin on our girl scout vest, which was our uniform. The color and style of the girl scout changed every year. Lindsay 小学时候参加过几年的女童子军。同年龄段大约8-10个孩子编成一个队，...

Hello, Ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York! I’d like to talk about an “advisory” program that has been just added to our school. It is a good concept theoretically, but I felt awkward from the first session. 大家好，我是晴川。Advisory是什么意思呢？先说Advise，劝告，给予意见，是个动词了，Advisor就是给予意见的那个人，导师，往往并非指特别任务类型的，Not task specific,but more cross function，也不那么好像上级一样有强制性。 那么Advisory就是一个名词，这样的一类给予意见性质的事情。来听听这个新的活动是干嘛的？ The school wants us to socialize with new people and branch out a bit more from our own comfortable ring of friends. They also want the older kids to help “advise” the younger kids, which I guess is why it is called advisory. The school creates a new homeroom, mushes all three grades, which 6 7 and 8, together into new homerooms. 在我们去年九月讲开学的那期节目里，我们说到了美国学校特别的HOME ROOM这个概念，这里再介绍一下。homeroom是学生一早来上...

独自练琴总是枯燥，但是在乐团练四个小时也是干劲十足，因为自己的声音汇入了音乐巨大的和谐的洪流。来听听LIndsay的现场报道。 All County is a very good musical program. You must be recommended by your music teacher to be considered to participate in it. In All County, there is chorus（合唱团）, band（管乐团） jazz band（爵士乐团） and orchestra（弦乐团）。As you get older it gets harder and harder to get in. For example, in my year you must have achieved a 100 on your Level 6 NYSSMA. County, 中文直译是郡，下面有很多镇Town，几十个总要有，每个Town又会有自己的学校，All County就是号召所有郡里的学校参与。NYSSMA是New York State School Of Music Association的简称，LIndsay这里说的六级考试就是指这个协会组织的音乐考级系统之一，一年一次，分得很细，涵盖各种乐器，也有声乐。LIndsay l就是因为考得好才被学校选送参与这次表演活动，她这个年级全校只有她一个，有些学校一个都没有，很不容易呢。All County的演出从五年级开始，分六个年级组，包括弦乐团，管乐团，和合唱。 ...

看犹太民族怎样既传统又现代地庆祝犹太孩子的成年礼，“成年”是什么意思？LIndsay现场观礼，分享感受。 A b’nai mitzvah is a Jewish coming-of-age rite of passage for twins（双胞胎）A bat mitzvah is a Jewish rite of passage for girls and a bar mitzvah is for boys. It happens when they turn thirteen years old and they are considered adults in the Jewish community. 我需要多说几句了。Mitzvah是Hebrew语，希伯来语。犹太社区里，孩子们过13岁就被看作是成人，那么这个成人的意义并非是法律意义上18岁具有独立性，而是说表达一个人的生命进入跟上帝立约关系的生活，开始承担起宗教义务，遵守诫命。刚才Lindsay说了男孩子女孩子成年礼有各自名词，Lindsay参加的是给双胞胎举行的。 The invitation was sent to my house almost 2 months ahead of the service date. The invitation card was printed in a very beautiful and formal way. To me It was quite an honor receiving such invitation. Mitzvah is a very important moment for children, only good friends can be invited to witness this ce...

陨石在科学课上出现激发出文学想象。科学即艺术。另外，What is your new year resolution? Hello Ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York. Well, our program is back on schedule to share what happened last week. It was a only 3 day school week since Monday and Tuesday were part of the winter holiday. Hello my ximalaya friends. In the first week of 2019, have you all done well executing the new year resolution? New year resolution在每年开始都会被人热议，诸如减肥了读书了都是新年新的解决之道里的常见项目，whatever it is，my friends, keep on doing the right things. As for us, we will keep on our programs here. Lindsay, what happened during the first week? Not much. It was hard getting up from bed to catch the school bus after sleeping in for so many days during the break. But other than that, school was pretty good. I was really happy to see my friends again and share what happened during our winter break with each other. How was s...

冬季到北国来滑雪！滑雪是一种怎样的体验？在冷与高与纯度的交汇处，处处极致。体会御风而行的速度与激情，勇气与浪漫。听LIndsay告诉你。 Hello, Ximalaya, this is LIndsay from New York. Today I will talk about my family ski trip during winter break. I had so much fun! 大家好，今天我们来讲Lindsay的滑雪之旅。纽约这个地方四季分明，夏天有海滩生活，我们曾经做了一档节目暑假在美国，详细描述过, 大家可以去听一下，大家如果有心安排孩子在美国的夏令营，现在就得开始了。纽约冬天十分漫长，差不多4个多月有雪，好在有滑雪活动可以调剂酷寒的生活。New York state，and the surrounding states such as Pennsylvinia（宾夕法尼亚州）, Connecticut（康纳迪格州）, all have mountains that you can choose from. Lindsay, where did you go? I went to Vermont. How far is Vermont? It took us more than 6 hours to drive all the way there. Vermont is very far north. Actually, if we drove a few more miles, we would have crossed the Canadian border. Our resort （度假村）is very clo...

放冬假之前，去法国餐馆感受餐饮文化，然后回学校进行紧急情况演练。学校教知识，学文化，练习面对可能的不适应。 Happy new year, my ximalaya friends! This is Lindsay from new York. Hi, this is Qingchuan. Happy new year! It has been more than 2 weeks since we talked last time. School was closed for winter break and we were all out for family vacation. Sorry we stopped updating but I promise you that we will make it up soon. Make it up, 就是补上的意思。顺便说一下女孩子的化妆叫MAKEUP，不要搞混了。Yes, we have a lot that we want to share after such a long break. Let’s go back to the last school week in 2018. In that week, I went to a field trip for my French class! We went to a French restaurant to try french food for lunch. Lindsay took French as her 2nd language at school. 法国文化又怎么少得了著名的法式餐饮。所以学校安排了上法语课的学生去法国餐馆体验。what did you have, Lindsay? I ordered French onion soup （洋葱汤）for my appetizer, ...

Hello, everyone, this is Lindsay from New York. Winter break is approaching. We are very busy at school. Teachers tried to complete what they have to finish before winter break, so we have many projects and assignments to work on. In the meantime, it is a tradition to send gifts to friends and loved ones during this holiday season. It takes time to prepare and it is also so much fun to pick out and give presents. What projects did you work on? Anything you want to share? Sure! Let’s talk about my recent project for science class, where we have to build a cart. We put an egg inside of it and roll it down a track where it hits a barrier. We need to design it in a way that the the egg has to be safe in the cart, so if it breaks, cracks, flys out, or is damaged in any way, we’re done and can’t continue to the next testing stage where the ramp is lifted higher. Cart 就是小推车，推车里放鸡蛋，从轨道Track滑下去撞上障碍物 Barrier 而鸡蛋安全。这个实验课...

公立教育中的音乐教育是什么样的？这是一个精英教育还是一个普通教育？涵盖范围有多广泛？ Hellow Ximalaya， this is Stella from New York。 Last week, our annual winter concert took place. For the high school musical community, it was a pretty big event。 Everybody worked hard to perform their best. 大家好，这里是美国中学每周谈，我是晴川。今天高中生Stella要跟大家分享一下上周刚刚结束的高中冬季音乐会。我也想趁此机会大致讲一下美国公立教育里的音乐教育。 In our high school, we have three musical programs that we can pick from: ORchestra, Chorus, or band. Of each program, there are different groups organized according to skill.For example, I play violin in Orchestra. In our high school, we have 3 Orchestra groups. Every freshman automatically joins the freshman orchestra. For the 10th - 12th graders, there are two options. You can audition for the chamber orchestra, and if you don’t pass or don’t audition, you would be in the symphony orchestra. Every...

How time flies! 开学13周了，圣诞新年假倒计时中！ Hello，Ximalaya. It has been a long time since we met last time! How time flies! How time flies! 时间飞逝，转眼就过完了11月，开始进入冬天了。 Winter in New York is really long; we wear down coats from November all the way to April. Schools may even close in April because of a sudden snow storm. The fun part is that we can enjoy ski season (滑雪季）. Actually, my family has booked a Christmas ski trip with some other friends. I am very excited! Down Coat, 羽绒服。要穿差不多半年羽绒服。虽然冬季很长，但是可以滑雪ski。很多家庭已经开始预定冬假圣诞节的滑雪旅行。Stella, 到时要来和我们分享啊！ Sure, I will. Last week, we went to the Metropolitan Opera to see La Traviata, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi for an Italian class field trip（出游）. The show was a dress rehearsal（带妆彩排） and free for students. What impressed me the most was the sets of the stage（舞台布景）. They were ...

在感恩节长周末吃火鸡大餐，黑色星期五购物，看展览，朋友们一起看电影。。。Lindsay很忙耶✌️。。。 On Thursday, our family went to a friend’s house for a dinner party. We ate turkey, because that’s a typical American Thanksgiving dish even though the Pilgrims most likely diHello, Ximalaya, This is Lindsay from New York. We updated this episode a little later than usual because last week was the Thanksgiving holiday. There was so much going on! 经常看美剧的知道，电视连续剧按季度播出，每一个season又有若干个episodes组成，episode就是一集节目。Lindsay很抱歉我们节目本期Episode更新比以前晚，因为上周是Thanksgiving, 感恩节，这是美国人独有的节日，度假去了很忙。Lindsay, what does Thanksgiving celebrate？ L： The Pilgrims came to America in May Flower in September 1620. They would not have survived in America if the Native Americans had not helped them by teaching them how to plant food, fish, and build good homes. To celebrate their new friendship, they...

“The snow looked so amazing in the brief moments before it melted. It was beautiful!” 开学11周，秋季变冬季，下雪了！ Hello, ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York. The 11th week of school was just another quiet week, except that it snowed! And it was, surprisingly, a lot of it considering how early it is in fall. 大家好，我是晴川，和Lindsay一起继续我们的美国学校每周谈，上周，才11月中，毫无疑问最让孩子们兴奋的是下雪了。Although snowing is very normal in NY，snowing this early and so big was very unexpected. Lindsay, did you have a snow day? L: No. We all hoped so, but sadly no. It melted very quickly because the rain melted it away the next morning. Still, the snow looked so amazing in the brief moments before it melted. It was beautiful! Snow Day就是学校宣布下雪天在家呆着。因为纽约州规定公立学校每学年必须开课上足180天，那么因天气而耽搁的上课日子又怎么补足呢？在北方，为准备这种情况，学校会预先在校历school calendar上设定4天snow...

I got my grading report to summarize the first quarter of the school year last week. - 开学第10周 Hello Ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York. It has been 10 weeks since school started. I got my grading report to summarize the first quarter of the school year last week. There was a parent teacher conference （家长会）scheduled. My mom went to see all my major subject （科目）teachers. Were you nervous? The parent teacher conference was a little stressful for some students because they don’t want their parents to know if they have bad grades, but I didn’t care too much because my parents knew all my grades anyway. All the scores were published online, I really can’t escape from it. So, why worry? That was very wise. Has your mom brought home good news for you? My teachers had many compliments（表扬） for me and my mom told me that they all think I am doing very well, so that was something very good. It made m...

对付一天四门考试以及万圣节，保龄球，生日聚会。高中生活的紧张需要好好管理时间（time management）对付拖延症（procrastination）。全英文对话，感受语速语感。 S:Hello，ximalaya, this is Stella from New York. I had a very busy, but fun week. Q: Well, tell us more. S:Last week, was Halloween. I went out with my friends. We walked from school to a friend’s house instead of taking the bus. At my friend’s house we dropped off our school stuff and painted our faces. We then went trick or treating. The weather was nice. Q: So you still enjoy trick or treating. S: Yes.I love candy and I’m a child at heart. One little boy was handing out candy. When he saw my friends and I he said to his mom “look, it’s grown ups!” It was funny. Q: I also think it is funny. Will you trick or treat next year? S: I don’t know. I think I’m getting a little too old for it. Q: It’s good to grow up. You will have more independence. What els...

Trick or Treat 战果如何？扮上啥模样？Skeleton，Vampire, Ninja, Pirate, Superhero, or Princess?

英文数学作业，还有自制太阳能炉烤棉花糖？中学里痛并快乐着。 Q: 大家好。For this week’s discussion, We will address studying related topics. L: Hi, XImalaya, this is Lindsay from NY again. Studying is challenging（挑战性）and can be tiring. But there are subjects that I do like, such as writing. Q: Has your teacher offered you an opportunity（机会） to write in class? L: Yes, for English, we were asked to write a spooky short story in honor of Halloween. I’m excited to do so, although i don’t have many ideas at this moment. But I have already started to draft out some plots and characters. I enjoy writing mystery stories. it provides room for exercising my imagination. Q: Halloween, 万圣节，在10/31日，这是小孩子们最喜欢的节日，为配合圣诞节，英文老师要他们写一个有关幽灵的神秘的故事。 Spooky就是有些神怪悬疑恐怖的那种感觉。Lindsay 最爱写作，准备大显身手。神秘，Mystery，是最好发挥想象力的题材。有关万圣节的内容我们下周节...

我小时候的家长会，特别害怕成绩暴露给所有的家长，深深羞耻感！然后回来听说“别人家的孩子”又咋样了，美国长大的孩子没这个问题。

Hi，Ximalaya, this is LIndsay from New York. This week many things have happened. On Monday, I was supposed to go on a field trip! However, it began to rain during the day so it was canceled. Everybody was really mad that the teachers decided to cancel it because they had said: ‘rain or shine we’re going’ and yet, it drizzled a little and it was canceled! Fieldtrip就是离开学校出游了，一向是令孩子们期待的。本来Supposed to go, 结果取消了canceled，因为天气原因。Rain Or Shine，这是一个常见用法，无论出太阳还是下雨，就是说无论什么天气情况下，老师这样说，结果只是drizzled，drizzle 就是滴了几滴的毛毛细雨的意思。所以孩子们很失望了。 There were other groups in our school that got to go. We are all different classes and different classes were separated into different groups. It was really unfair that the other groups got to go while my group and class did not! However, it has been rescheduled to next Wednesday so we don’t have to wait too long for it. 别的班级去了，...

学校已不复当初的轻松开放。 911和Sandy Hook小学枪击案，对我个人而言，是众多事件里给我留下最大心理阴影的两件事。

Hi，Ximalaya, this is Stella from new York. Quarterly progress reports were released in high school this week. Although each day is similar, we have still made progress. Progress 就是进展进度的意思。quarter 就是四分之一的意思，一学年四个学段，每学段表现由一个progress report和一个report card总结。各科老师先给一个报告家长，对学生学习态度上给予说明，有问题需要关注及早让家长知道。再过几个星期还要出有分数的成绩单总结四分之一段的学习成绩。 I know last week was school spirit week, can you tell us what it is. Each day of the week has a certain theme. Student can dress according to the theme. For example, one day was Hawaii day. Students can wear floral shirts (花衬衣）and leis（花环）. The end of the week is the day kids wear our school colors. The day ends with a pep rally featuring the school varsity sports teams. 都知道美国人爱主题party，从中小学就开始有按主题自己照此着装的活动，也难怪化妆表达成了国民们的主流娱乐习惯。也是给予孩子们发挥创意的机会。最后一天要...

忙碌于比赛合唱团试音PSAT报名校报撰文，只有在家政做饭里找点儿轻松，Lindsay表示很羡慕中国能放假一周。她的一周很辛苦。 Hello, Ximalaya, I am Lindsay from New York. How was your last week? I was so jealous that you had the whole first week of October off（放假）! I had a very tiring week. 是啊，十月最好的季节能有一整周休息度假，真是太幸福了。这里是学期第五周，真正的学校忙碌都一样样来了。LIndsay， you look exhausted（精疲力尽）, what made you so tired? Cross Country training! It is extremely hard! My muscles ache every day. Cross Country 越野长跑。是课后选上的训练项目。学校体育分为Fall Season和Spring Season二季，大概得有十几种不同体育项目可供选择。对于学校不提供的体育项目，家长也可以说服教育管理委员Board of Education拨预算。我就亲眼见过一位家长在公开会议上要求提供体操训练，后来体操果然就加上了。Lindsay, what do you do during Cross Country? We run through woods, over hills, on flat grass, on a track, and a park near our s...

家长老师联合会PTA参与学校生活的各个方面。不仅仅是出面组织一些节日活动，也组织PTA资助的教学活动，这些活动的义工是父母，资金也是父母组织出面筹集。时间，才华，关系，能力，总有一种方式贡献社区。 （PTA布置的感恩节午餐场地）

平顺进入第四周，作业考试都慢慢来了，纽约长岛学生Lindsay分享她正常的学校一周。 This was a quiet and normal school week. Oh, and we had picture day on Wednesday. We took individual portraits （肖像）for our school profile（本意是轮廓外形或者特征简介，这里学生记录在案的一种需要） So I woke up a little bit earlier because I needed to brush my hair （梳头）well. I wanted to look nice in the picture . 每学期会有职业摄影师到学校来给孩子们一个个拍照，家长看过小样后确定是否付款打印留存。会有些家长义工到学校帮助组织，一部分卖出的照片收入也会进入家委会用于给学生们组织活动。 I also had a math quiz （小测验）. My teacher gave us a review packet （复习材料）before the quiz. I did prepare a lot, but my score on this quiz was only OK. I corrected all of my mistakes over the weekend. My dad will work with me again tonight to see if I really understand. My mom said that I need to do more exercise. So I asked my teacher provided me with an online practise res...

高中选课的自由度体现在广度与难度上。午饭没得吃也要选救生员培训课。来看看一个 高中生的生活 弦乐教室一角 School officially starts at around 7:40 and lasts until around 2:20. Extra help is available before and after school. There are also many clubs and sports to join after the school day as well. Last year, I spent two hours every day with the swim team. I didn’t join the team this year because I felt it was not worth the time and dedication necessary. As a highschooler, you have to balance and prioritize（平衡与优先级别）. I can spend more time on clubs, my studies, and my violin practice, since I am a pretty serious musician. What courses are you taking this year? 走廊上平时人满为患 I take Algebra 2 Honors, English Honors, Italian Honors, AP （Advanced Placement) World History, AP Psychology, Advanced Social Science Research, and Honors Chemistry. These classes are for more serious students. I also take Chamber orchestr...

犹太新年和赎罪日。移民国家对各国传统的尊重如何在放假上体现？家长开放日会收到哪些家长必知？ （社会课教室一角，老师说，他要创造一个“垃圾场”（Junk Yard）把这些老东西保存着，让孩子们真切地看到社会的演变。每天十分钟追踪新闻热点，要求孩子们多倾听各媒体渠道对一件事情的不同报道） （科学教室一角） Hello，my friends, welcome to Chronicles of my school. Last week was the 2nd week since school started. However, school was closed on 9/10 and 11 th to observe Rosh Hashanah，In fact, on this Wednesday 9/19 school will be closed again for Yom Kippur。Rosh Hashanah 是犹太人的新年，Yom Kippur 则是新年后的第10天，是赎罪日，犹太传统要节食25小时,是犹太社区里最神圣的一天。纽约长岛有非常浓重的犹太人的影响力，所以很多学校的设置校历 School Calendar 时会尊重他们的习俗。当然了，我们华人的春节 Spring Festival经过多年努力，也被批准成为了本校区的假期。So this was a short week, only 3 days. Lindsay’s school had an important event during the evening of Wednesday for school...

开学选课，选课外活动，新老师如何？跟好朋友一个班吗？小目标定下了？开学的鸡血已经打好，就是。。。起不来床？ 听纽约长岛七年级学生Lindsay描述开学种种。 欢迎来到美国中学年纪录，Chronicles of My School. Chronicle 就是编年史大事记的意思。那过去一周学校的大事自然是开学了。今天，我们请Lindsay讲开学第一周的心情。What's new of this week Lindsay？ Well, there is a lot to share! Before school even started, my school sent home a letter to inform us our assigned homeroom. My best friends aren’t in the same homeroom with me. They haven’t been with me in homeroom even in sixth grade. I do share a lot of classes with them that aren’t core subjects. Core subjects are social studies, math, english and science. Homeroom 就是每天早上孩子们去报到的教室，老师会处理诸如迟到病事假以及传达学校的通知什么的，也就十几分钟吧，然后孩子们就要去各自的科目教室。因为每个人选择的选修不一样，比如音乐可以选弦乐器合唱管乐，外语可以是法文西班牙文意大利文，所以每个人的时间表会不一样。但...

会从年纪录提供的信息里收获什么？ 是口语听力，那是自然，但更多的是信息，有关美国中学的全景式介绍信息。而且，由美国孩子亲自告诉你。