Unit 2　School life

Integrated skills & Study skills

Tapescript

Part A1

Daniel:Sunshine Middle School is a big school.There are one thousand three hundred and nine students and ninety teachers in our school.We have eight weeks off for the summer holiday.Usually we spend three hours on homework every day.We wear uniforms at school,and we always do morning exercises before the first class.

Part A2

Sandy:Daniel,here's the Woodland School website.It says here that they have three hundred and eight students and sixty-six teachers.

Daniel:Rocky Mountain High School is a bit smaller than our school.Their website says that there are one thousand two hundred and fifteen students and eighty-five teachers.

Sandy:That's a lot.It says here that students at Woodland School have six weeks off for the summer holiday.Is it the same in the USA?

Daniel:No.In the USA,they have a twelve-week summer holiday.

Sandy:That's great! How about homework? Students at Woodland School spend two hours on homework every day.

Daniel:Let me see.Oh,here it says students at Rocky Mountain High School only spend one hour a day on homework.And they don't even have to wear uniforms or do morning exercises.