Alisha: Hi, everybody. My name is Alisha. Today, I'm joined by…

Michael: Michael. Hello.

Alisha: And, today, we're going to be talking about the college experience in the United States.

So, we're going to be sharing some things that we think are maybe very common if you

attend the college in the United States.

So, let's begin.

Why don't we start with you, Michael?

What is your first item?

Michael: First item is…four years.

It's not too exciting to talk about but one of my friends from the UK was asking me about

you know how long does it take, what's the typical amount of time, because, I guess,

in the UK, and I'm sure this is different from wherever you are in the world, they do

three years, something like that, for us, typically, your secondary education is high

school.

That's four years.

So, grade 9, 10, 11, 12.

You graduate around 18 years old, 17, 18.

And then, you go to university and the degrees are--the most common is four years which is

your bachelor's.

Some people do two years for an associate's.

And then, you can go on and get master’s and that kind of varies how long you want

to take, personally, how many majors, blah, blah, blah.

But, I guess in the UK, it's typically three years.

Alisha: For university?

Michael: Yeah, for the average University time.

Because their education in high school is different too.

Alisha: Oh, I actually don’t know that.

Michael: Yeah, me either.

Until just last week.

Alisha: Oh, okay.

The first year, each year in college has a name and as well as in high school, too.

So, the first year is called--or the students, the first-year students are called the freshmen.

If you think about that word, “fresh,” “man.”

So, “fresh” meaning, new, and “man,” in this case, I'm just meaning people but

man.

So, the first year, there is this thing called the “the freshman fifteen” which maybe

you've heard of.

The freshman 15, I don't know if you know this one.

Freshman 15, the “15” in freshman 15 refers to 15 pounds or pounds in terms of body weight.

So, kind of a joke that you might hear if you go to a college in the US or maybe in

another country, too, you have this.

Freshmen move out of their parents’ home and go to a school where they start eating

cafeteria food anytime they like, they can get their own snacks, they're on their own,

essentially, and the joke is that a freshman gain 15 pounds in their freshman year of college.

Do you know about the freshman 15?

Michael: Yeah, I know it all too well.

I gained the freshman 20 or something like that.

Alisha: You got the freshman 15?

Ooh.

Michael: My problem is, I mean, partly, I think, the typical thing is because of the

freedom.

Your parents have a set meal, you have extracurricular activities.

Alisha: I actually lost weight in my first term of college.

But then, after that, I changed things up a bit and then it was like, whoa.

It goes just like a monster.

I was looking at pictures last week or something like that.

“Whoa!”

Such a difference, actually, yeah.

I had a bit of wealth just watching all the English in three minutes video, you'll get

the idea, yeah.

Okay, so, freshman 15, that's a common one.

Alright, what's your next one?

Michael: So, this kind of relates to the freshman 15 is…to party, partying, party all the

time.

Alisha: Party on Wayne.

Michael: Party on Garth.

So, I mean you're free.

In high school, a lot of people drink and go party but you have to keep it secret from

your parents, you have to do the thing where you call and you say, “I'm going to stay

at Alisha's house.”

And, Alisha’s parents think she's staying at my house and we both go to a party where

the parents are out of town.

We have to be very secret but in college, anytime, there's always somebody who wants

to party.

And, there's always the bad influence who just doesn't care, they want to drop out.

There's always a party if you seek it, it's there.

So, with that, that's why I gained the freshman 15 is drinking a lot of calories.

Alisha: This leads actually perfectly into a slight variation.

I wrote themed parties for one of my cards.

Especially beyond the freshman year, so the second year of college is called sophomore,

the students are called sophomores, third year, they're called juniors and fourth-year,

seniors.

So, in your sophomore, junior and senior year of college, typically, I would say, you move

out of the dorm and into a house or an apartment and it is there in the freedom, beyond the

college campus, that you can have themed parties.

So, I'm betting that you have some stories.

We had some themed parties.

My friends and I, we did, of course, Halloween parties, we did those.

We had a blacklight party one time where we placed all the lights in the house with black

lights and everyone wore a white T-shirt and brought a highlighter, and then, we would

draw things or write things on people's T-shirts.

That was fun.

Michael: On your skin.

Alisha: Yeah, like that.

Those are really fun.

We did a camo, everybody had to wear camo at the party, that was a thing we did.

There's a very, very key thing that appears in beer pong which is this the red Solo cup.

So, “Solo” is the brand of cup that is--if you've watched a movie that's set in

college in the US, you will have seen the character at the party holding this red plastic

cup.

The brand is Solo and I don't know how it came to be that this was just the college

cup but it is, it's just at every party, it's just cheap.

And, I didn't know this until recently but there are lines on that red Solo, where the

bottom line on the cup is the amount of a shot, a spirit shot.

The next line up is one serving of wine, after that is a beer, I think.

The lines actually have a meaning to them, apparently.

I don't know if it’s true.

I read that recently, though, because I was looking for them.

Michael: My line was—

Alisha: I could not find them.

I couldn't find him but, yes, that cup is “the college cup.”

The college cup of the college experience.

Okay.

Michael: Experimenting is my next one because actually my favorite place to go, as far as

clubs, are gay clubs.

I love gay clubs and the first time I went to a gay club was in university.

And, the whole atmosphere is just very accepting.

I think probably because in the LGBT community, there's discrimination and so, there as a

demographic, generally, very accepting, very laid-back.

So, I could go there and just have fun.

You can wear whatever you want, you can talk and dance to whoever, just a lot of fun.

I think, in university, this is actually a phrase that my friends would always say and

I don't know if this is an idiom or something or maybe just my friends, but, it's “college

is about experiences.”

And, you always hear that and when someone's not sure they don't want to do something,

“Hey, come on.

College is about experiences.

Let's go hike that mountain and experiment in many different ways.”

Did you have anything like this?

Alisha: I was honestly trying to think of something, some big change.

I did start drinking in college, yes, but I really didn't do anything that was—honestly,

I've never been like a super crazy, crazy person.

I'll try new things like I'll try like new food or like oh I don't know I like going

to interesting events or festivals or that kind of thing is fine.

But, as far as making a drastic change to my appearance or anything like that, I really

didn't.

Sororities and fraternities.

A sorority is a group of girls who live together in one house and do things.

I was not a member of a sorority so I don't really know details.

Somebody, I'm sure, out there, probably knows more than me.

Fraternities, on the other hand, are groups of men who live together.

So, they're college-age women and college-age men who live together and they do things together.

The image of a sorority or fraternity is that they're, at least my image, wealthy, kind

of privileged kids, which is not even necessarily true.

But, this is the image that appears in a lot of movies about college experiences in America

or in the States.

Alright, very nice, very nice.

It's interesting to compare our different experiences.

Any final thoughts on college in the US.

Michael: That's it, yeah.

Alisha: If you have a chance, give it a try or study in any country outside your own.

It's an interesting experience.

So, as Michael said before, experimenting can be an interesting way to broaden your

horizons, whatever that means for you.

Okay, that's all for us for today about the college experience in the USA.

Thanks very much for watching and we will see you again soon.

Bye.

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艾丽莎：大家好。 我叫艾丽莎。 今天，我加入了……

Michael：Michael。 你好。

Alisha：今天，我们将 谈论在美国的大学经历。

所以，我们将分享一些 我们认为如果你

在美国上大学的话可能很常见的东西。

那么，让我们开始吧。

迈克尔，我们为什么不从你开始？

你的第一个项目是什么？

迈克尔：第一项是……四年。

谈论起来并不太令人兴奋， 但我的一位英国朋友问我

你知道这需要多长时间， 典型的时间是多少，因为，我猜，

在英国，我敢肯定这是 与 您在世界上的任何地方不同，他们学习

三年，类似这样，对我们来说， 通常，您的中学教育是

高中。

那是四年。

所以，9、10、11、12 年级。

你在 18 岁、17 岁、18 岁左右毕业。

然后，你上大学，学位 是——最常见的是四年，也就是

你的学士学位。

有些人为同事做两年。

然后，你可以继续攻读硕士学位 ，这取决于你想修读多长时间

，个人，多少个专业， 等等等等。

但是，我猜在英国，通常是 三年。

艾丽莎：上大学？

迈克尔：是的，就大学的平均 时间而言。

因为他们在高中的教育也不 一样。

Alisha：哦，我其实不知道。

迈克尔：是的，我也是。

直到上周。

艾丽莎：哦，好的。

第一年，大学的每一年都有一个 名字，高中也一样。

所以，一年级就叫——或者学生 ，一年级的学生就叫新生。

如果你想到“新鲜”、 “男人”这个词。

所以，“新鲜”的意思是，新的和“人”， 在这种情况下，我只是指人，而不是

人。

所以，第一年，你可能听说过一个 叫做“新生十五”

的东西。

大一15，不知道你知不知道 这个。

大一15，大一15中的“15”是 指体重15磅或磅。

所以，如果 你在美国或

其他国家上大学，你可能会听到一个笑话，你有这个。

新生搬出父母的 家去上学，在那里

他们可以随时吃自助餐厅的食物， 他们可以自己吃零食，基本上是靠自己

，笑话是新生 体重增加了 15 磅 他们大学一年级。

你知道15级新生吗？

迈克尔：是的，我太了解了。

我获得了新生20或类似的 东西。

艾丽莎：你拿到了 15 岁的新生？

哦。

迈克尔：我的问题是，我的意思是，部分地，我 认为，典型的事情是因为

自由。

你父母有套餐，你有课外 活动。

Alisha：实际上我 在大学的第一学期就减肥了。

但是，在那之后，我改变了一些事情 ，然后就像，哇。

它就像一个怪物。

我上周在看照片或类似的 东西。

“哇！”

这样的区别，其实，是的。

我有一点财富，只是 在三分钟的视频中观看了所有的英语，你会明白

的，是的。

好的，所以，15 岁的新生，这很常见。

好的，你的下一个是什么？

迈克尔：所以，这种与 15 年级新生有关的 是……派对、派对、

派对。

艾丽莎：韦恩派对。

迈克尔：加思派对。

所以，我的意思是你是自由的。

在高中，很多人喝酒 去派对，但你必须对

你的父母保密，你必须做你打电话给你的事情 ，你说，“我要留

在 Alisha 的房子里。”

而且，Alisha 的父母认为她住 在我家，我们都去参加

父母不在城里的派对。

我们必须非常秘密，但在大学里， 任何时候，总有人想

参加派对。

而且，总是有坏影响 ，他们不在乎，他们想退学。

如果你寻求它，总会有一个聚会，它就在 那里。

所以，有了这个，这就是为什么我获得了新生 15 是喝了很多卡路里。

Alisha：这实际上完美地导致 了轻微的变化。

我为我的一张卡片写了主题派对。

尤其是大一以后，所以 大学二年级叫二年级

，学生叫二年级，三 年级叫大三，四年级叫

大四。

所以，在你大二、大三和大四的时候 ，通常，我会说，你

搬出宿舍，搬进房子或公寓 ，在大学校园之外的自由中

，你可以有主题 派对。

所以，我打赌你有一些故事。

我们举办了一些主题派对。

我和我的朋友们，当然 ，我们做了万圣节派对，我们做了那些。

有一次我们举办了一个黑灯派对，我们 把房子里的所有灯都放在黑

灯上，每个人都穿着一件白色的 T 恤， 带上荧光笔，然后，我们会

在人们的 T 恤上画画或写东西。

蛮好玩的。

迈克尔：在你的皮肤上。

艾丽莎：是的，就像那样。

这些真的很有趣。

我们做了迷彩，每个人都必须在聚会上穿迷彩 ，这是我们做的事情。

啤酒乒乓球中出现了一个非常非常关键的东西， 那就是红色的 Solo 杯。

所以，“Solo”是杯子的品牌——如果 你看过以美国大学为背景的电影

，你会 在聚会上看到拿着这个红色塑料

杯的角色。

这个品牌是 Solo，我 不知道这只是大学

杯的原因，但它确实是，它只是在每个派对上，它 只是便宜。

而且，直到最近我才知道这一点，但是 那个红色的 Solo 上有线条，

杯子上的底线是一个镜头的数量 ，一个精神镜头。

下一个是一杯葡萄酒，然后 是啤酒，我想。 显然

，这些线条实际上对他们有意义 。

我不知道这是不是真的。

不过，我最近读到了，因为我正在 寻找它们。

迈克尔：我的台词是——

Alisha：我找不到他们。

我找不到他，但是，是的，那个杯子是 “大学杯”。

大学经历的大学杯。

好的。

迈克尔：实验是我的下一个，因为 实际上我最喜欢去的地方，就

俱乐部而言，是同性恋俱乐部。

我喜欢同性恋俱乐部，我第一次 去同性恋俱乐部是在大学。

而且，整个气氛非常接受。

我想可能是因为在 LGBT 社区中 存在歧视，因此，作为

人口统计，一般来说，非常接受，非常 悠闲。

所以，我可以去那里玩得开心。

你可以穿任何你想穿的衣服，你可以 和任何人交谈和跳舞，很有趣。

我想，在大学里，这实际上是 我朋友经常说的一句话，

我不知道这是成语还是什么， 或者只是我的朋友，但是，它是“大学

是关于经历的”。

而且，你总是会听到这样的话，当有人 不确定他们不想做某事时，

“嘿，来吧。

大学是关于经验的。

让我们去远足那座山， 尝试许多不同的方式。”

你有过这样的事吗？

Alisha：老实说，我一直在想 一些事情，一些大的改变。

我确实在大学开始喝酒，是的，但 我真的没有做过任何事——老实说，

我从来没有像一个超级疯狂、疯狂的 人。

我会尝试新的东西，比如我会尝试新的 食物或者喜欢哦，我不知道我喜欢

参加有趣的活动或节日，或者 那种事情很好。

但是，就 我的外表或类似的事情做出重大改变而言，我真的

没有。

姐妹会和兄弟会。

联谊会是一群女孩，她们住 在一个房子里，一起做事。

我不是联谊会的成员，所以我真的不 知道细节。

有人，我敢肯定，在外面，可能 比我知道的更多。

另一方面，兄弟会是 一群生活在一起的男人。

所以，她们是大学年龄的女性和大学年龄的 男性，他们住在一起，一起做事。

联谊会或兄弟会的形象 是，至少在我的形象中，他们是富有的，

有特权的孩子，这甚至不一定是 真的。

但是，这是出现在很多 关于美国或美国大学经历的电影中的形象

。

好的，非常好，非常好。

比较我们不同的经历很有趣 。

关于美国大学的任何最终想法。

迈克尔：就是这样，是的。

Alisha：如果你有机会，可以尝试一下， 或者去你自己以外的任何国家学习。

这是一次有趣的经历。

因此，正如迈克尔之前所说，无论这对您意味着什么， 尝试都是一种有趣的方式来拓宽您的

视野。

好了，今天 的美国大学经历就到这里了。

非常感谢您的收看，我们 很快就会再见到您。

再见。