A:I’m trying to decide what school to apply for.我在考慮申請哪一所學校。
B:Are you thinking about a public school or a private one?是上公立學校還是私立學校?
A:I’m not sure. What’s the difference between them?我也不知道。有什么區(qū)別?
B:Public schools are usually state funded, whereas private schools usually get their funding elsewhere.公立學校通常是州政府投資辦學,而私立學校通常是通過其他方式籌集資金。
A:Which is better?那么哪一個更好呢?
B:One isn’t necessarily better than the other. It depends a lot on the school administration and the teachers.不是一所就比另外一所好。這跟學校的管理和師資有很大關(guān)系。
A:I hear you have to wear uniforms at private schools.我聽說私立學校要穿校服。
B:Yeah, sometimes.是,有時候是這樣。