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  5. day 169

day 169school and degrees

unit 23 · study and research

    school and degrees

    Talk about schools, degrees and studying as an adult, and leave out a subject that comes later in the sentence (蒙后省略), as in 一下班,他就去夜校.

    today’s words

    • 办学 bànxué · to run a school
    • 私立 sīlì · private (school, hospital)
    • 师范 shīfàn · teacher training
    • 师资 shīzī · teaching staff, teachers
    • 师长 shīzhǎng · teachers (respectful)
    • 夜校 yèxiào · night school, evening classes
    • 寝室 qǐnshì · (student) dormitory room
    • 礼堂 lǐtáng · assembly hall, auditorium
    • 社团 shètuán · (student) club, society
    • 新生 xīnshēng · new student
    • 学子 xuézǐ · students, scholars (written)
    • 学业 xuéyè · studies, schoolwork
    • 求学 qiúxué · to pursue one’s studies
    • 攻读 gōngdú · to study for (a degree)
    • 进修 jìnxiū · to do further study or training
    • 深造 shēnzào · to pursue advanced studies
    • 学士 xuéshì · bachelor’s degree; scholar
    • 文凭 wénpíng · diploma, certificate
    • 院士 yuànshì · academician
    • 知识分子 zhīshifènzǐ · intellectual
    • 工科 gōngkē · engineering (as a subject)
    • 人文 rénwén · the humanities
    • 学识 xuéshí · learning, scholarship
    • 学说 xuéshuō · theory, doctrine
    • 测验 cèyàn · test, quiz; to test
    • 考查 kǎochá · to assess, examine (learning)
    • 旷课 kuàngkè · to skip class
    • 作弊 zuòbì · to cheat (in an exam)
    • 抄袭 chāoxí · to plagiarise
    • 减负 jiǎnfù · to lighten the burden (on pupils)
    • 备课 bèikè · to prepare lessons
    • 温习 wēnxí · to review, revise (lessons)
    • 背诵 bèisòng · to recite, learn by heart
    • 训 xùn · to lecture, scold; to train
    • 灌输 guànshū · to instil, cram (ideas) into

    sentences

    • 这所私立学校已经办学二十年了。 · This private school has been running for twenty years.
    • 王老师是师范大学毕业的。 · Teacher Wang graduated from a teachers’ university.
    • 一毕业,她就想出国深造。 · As soon as she graduates, she wants to go abroad for further study.
    • 下了班,他每天都去夜校进修。 · After work, he goes to evening classes every day.
    • 考试作弊是绝对不允许的。 · Cheating in exams is absolutely not allowed.