A：When do most children start school in your country?你们国家的小孩一般都几岁上学?

B：In America, most children start primary school at the age of five.在美国,小孩通常都是5岁上小学.

A：How much time do primary school students usually spend at school every day?小学生每天要在学校上多长时间的课?

B：Kindergarten students usually only go to school for about four hours every day, but after that, they spend about eight hours in school every day.幼儿园的小孩每天一般就在学校待4个小时.但是上了小学之后,他们得在学校待8个小时.

A：Do they have to go to school on Saturdays?周六还要上课吗?

B：No, most children in America only go to school Monday through Friday.不用,大多数美国小学生都是周一到周五上课.

A：how many subjects do they have to study?他们要上几门课?

B：In most schools, they study about nine subjects.一般都有9门课.

A：Do students have to wear uniforms in schools in America?美国学生上学要穿校服吗?

B：Some private schools require their students to wear uniforms, but public schools don't.有些私立学校要求学生穿校服,公立学校就不要求.

A：Did you go to a public school or a private school?你上的是公立学校还是私立学校?

B：I went to a pricate school for elementary school and university, but went to a public school for high school. What about you?我小学和大学都上的是私立学校,中学上的是公立学校.你呢?

A：I went to a boardinbg school from nursery school to senior high school.我从幼儿园到高中上的都是寄宿制学校.

B：Did you have to wear uniforms?你们要求穿校服吗?

A：Yes, they were horrible. We had to wear green every day!要求啊,那校服难看极了.我们还得整天都穿着那身绿衣裳.

B：At least you didn't waste time thinking about what you were going to wear every day!至少你不用每天花时间琢磨要穿什么去上学.

A：That's true!那倒是.