Reading and speaking
阅读与口语
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and describe them.
结对练习。看照片并描述它们。
Read the passage and check your description in Activity 11.
阅读短文并检查你在活动11中的描述。
The School of the Air
远程学校
My name is Belinda Black. I am thirteen years old, and I come from Mount Elm Sheep Station in South Australia. I have got two sisters-Jennifer is eleven and Lisa is seven We are all pupils at the School of the Air.
我的名字是比琳达·布莱克。我13岁了，我来自南澳大利亚州的艾尔姆山大牧羊场。我有两个妹妹——詹妮弗11岁，莉萨7岁。我们都是远程学校的学生。
The School of the Air is a school for children who live far from the cities,and who are in a place which does not have a local school. So we have "air" lessons over the radio or on the computer. Our teachers are at Port Augusta,a city which is about 160 kilometres away.
远程学校是一所为住得离城市远的孩子和在没有当地学校的地方的孩子开设的学校。因此我们通过收音机或者电脑上“远程”课程。我们的老师在奥古斯塔港，那是一座约160千米远的城市。
In the morning,we go to our classroom at 8 : 45. It is really just a small building. When we get there,we turn on the radio or computer and listen to what we should do. From then until twelve, we just do our usual lessons. In the afternoon,our mum makes us do some homework-well, not homework,but more work around the house.
上午，我们8：45去我们的教室。实际上它只是座小楼。到那儿时，我们打开收音机或者电脑，并听我们应该做什么。从那时直到12点，我们只是上平常的课。下午，我们的妈妈让我们做些家庭作业——哦，不是家庭作业，而是更多的家务事。
We send our exercise "books" to our teachers by email on Friday night. They mark them on Monday and Tuesday, and then send them back. We get them on Wednesday.
我们星期五晚上将我们的练习“册”用电子邮件发给我们的老师。他们星期一和星期二给它们打分，然后把它钔发回来。我们星期三收到。
The Internet and the telephone help us get in touch with our teachers quickly and easily. We talk to our teachers once a week for about ten minutes. They tell us if we are making progress.
网络和电话帮助我们与老师快速、容易地取得联系。我们每周一次和老师谈约10分钟话。他们告诉我们我们是否在进步。
Next year I will start at a new school in Port Augusta. I will spend the weekdays there and come home at weekends. It will be good to be with teenagers of my age,but I will miss my family. I hope I will be happy there.
明年我将上奥古斯塔港的一所新学校。我将在那儿度过工作日，周末回家。与我这个年龄的青少年在一起很好，但我会想念家人。我希望我在那儿会过得愉快。
Now complete the table.
现在完成表格。
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