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在中国上大学

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ID: 0454 Advanced
你的大学生活是什么样的？你想了解中国的大学生活吗？中国的大学生活有一个很大的特点，那就是每一个大学生都要住校，大家要在一起生活、学习。有的人觉得住校很好，可以学到很多东西。有的人觉得住校不好，因为没有自己的私人空间。除此之外，大学生活还有很多令人怀念的地方。
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阶段 jiēduàn stage
学业 xuéyè schoolwork
按部就班 ànbùjiùbān to do things as they are conventionally done
选修 xuǎnxiū to select an elective
你觉得人生最快乐的是哪个阶段
nǐ 你juéde 觉得rénshēng 人生zuì 最kuàilè 快乐de 的shì 是nǎge 哪个jiēduàn 阶段
What do you think is the happiest time in a person's life?
当然是上大学的时候咯校园生活多丰富自由
dāngrán 当然shì 是shàng dàxué 上大学de 的shíhou 时候lo 咯xiàoyuán 校园shēnghuó 生活duō 多fēngfù 丰富zìyóu 自由
Going to college, definitely! Campus life is so rich and free!
啊自由我怎么觉得中国的大学生没什么自由呢大家几乎都要住校而且在学业方面的选择性也不高考大学前就要定专业进了学校就按部就班地读校方设置的科目
ā 啊zìyóu 自由wǒ 我zěnme 怎么juéde 觉得Zhōngguó 中国de 的dàxuéshēng 大学生méi 没shénme 什么zìyóu 自由ne 呢dàjiā 大家jīhū 几乎dōu 都yào 要zhùxiào 住校érqiě 而且zài 在xuéyè 学业fāngmiàn 方面de 的xuǎnzéxìng 选择性yě 也bù gāo 不高kǎo 考dàxué 大学qián 前jiù 就yào 要dìng 定zhuānyè 专业jìn 进le 了xuéxiào 学校jiù 就ànbùjiùbān 按部就班de 地dú 读xiàofāng 校方shèzhì 设置de 的kēmù 科目
Huh? Free? How come I feel like Chinese college students don't have much freedom? It seems like everyone has to live on-campus, and doesn't have a lot of choice over what to study. You need to choose your major before taking the university entrance exam. And when you've gotten into a school, you need to follow the rules and take the classes the school picks for you.
那是几年前的情况了现在好多大学都采用学分制也开设了好多选修科目鼓励学生多接触不同的知识而且换专业也比过去容易多了总之现在中国大学的制度和氛围早就不像以前那么死板了
nà 那shì 是jǐnián 几年qián 前de 的qíngkuàng 情况le 了xiànzài 现在hǎo 好duō 多dàxué 大学dōu 都cǎiyòng 采用xuéfēnzhì 学分制yě 也kāishè 开设le 了hǎo 好duō 多xuǎnxiū 选修kēmù 科目gǔlì 鼓励xuésheng 学生duō 多jiēchù 接触bùtóng 不同de 的zhīshi 知识érqiě 而且huàn 换zhuānyè 专业yě 也bǐ 比guòqù 过去róngyì 容易duō 多le 了zǒngzhī 总之xiànzài 现在Zhōngguó 中国dàxué 大学de 的zhìdù 制度hé 和fēnwéi 氛围zǎo 早jiù 就bù 不xiàng 像yǐqián 以前nàme 那么sǐbǎn 死板le 了
That's how things used to be in the past. Now, a lot of universities are credit-based, and they've started up a lot of elective courses. They encourage students to try out unfamiliar fields of knowledge. And changing your major is much easier today than it used to be. In sum, for a long time now modern Chinese universities' rules and atmosphere haven't been that rigid.
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