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- So, Jana, we were talking about academic life in different countries but how about daily life for students?
- 嘉娜,我们之前谈了不同国家的学习生活,那学生的日常生活呢?
- Did students also have part time jobs and where did they eat? Did they eat at home or in dorms or did they go out?
- 学生要做兼职吗?他们一般在哪里吃饭?他们是在家吃饭、在宿舍吃饭还是去外面吃饭?
- Right. So my life in Prague was quite different because I was living with my parents
- 好。我在布拉格的生活非常与众不同,因为当时我和我父母生活在一起,
- but obviously I would go to university for the lectures or seminars
- 我去大学听课和讲座,
- and yeah, I think most of my classmates had part time jobs or even full time jobs and they would study sort of in their free time
- 我想大部分同学都有做兼职,甚至有人做全职工作,他们会在空闲时间学习,
- and in the Czech Republic usually students go to university in their city so they stay at home with their parents
- 在捷克共和国,一般学生会选择所在城市的大学,这样他们就能和父母住在一起,
- but if they choose to go to a different city then they would stay at dormitory.
- 如果他们选择其他城市的大学,他们就要住宿舍了。
- So some of my classmates who were staying, who were living in dormitory,
- 我有一些同学住在宿舍,
- I felt like they had more social life than I do because that's where all their social events happen.
- 我感觉他们的社交活动比我多,因为所有的社交活动都是在宿舍里进行的。
- I have actually never lived in a dormitory so I don't know what it's like.
- 其实我从来没住过学校宿舍,所以我不知道宿舍生活是什么样的。
- So how about student life in Spain?
- 那西班牙的学生生活是怎样的?
- Yeah, I suppose again it depends on the students.
- 我想这同样要取决于学生的情况。
- Maybe local students and international students might have different lifestyles
- 也许本土学生和留学生有不同的生活方式,
- but I was living with a host family and they cooked for me once a week. That was really nice.
- 我当时住在接待家庭里,他们每周会为我做一次饭吃。那非常好。
- Every Sunday we had a really nice meal but apart from that I would eat at the cafeteria or cook at home
- 每个周日我们都吃得很好,除了那天以外,我基本上是在学校食堂吃饭或是在家自己做饭吃,
- and I didn't have a part time job but I think a lot of my classmates did.
- 我当时没有做兼职,我有很多同学在做兼职。
- It wasn't so easy for international students to find work so...
- 留学生找工作并不容易,所以……
- Really? And then you moved to Sydney? How did that change things for you?
- 是吗?后来你去悉尼上学了?对你来说有什么改变吗?
- Well, Sydney was a lot of fun.
- 嗯,在悉尼的生活有很多乐趣。
- There are so many international students, so many different cultures and it's a big part of education actually.
- 那里的留学生非常多,能接触到不同的文化,那也是教育的重要组成部分。
- International education in Australia is a huge business as well.
- 澳大利亚的国际教育非常庞大。
- So there are so many international students. In fact, in my class I think there were maybe two Australians.
- 那里有非常多的留学生。实际上,我们班里可能只有两名澳大利亚学生。
- And the rest were from all over the world.
- 其他学生来自世界各地。
- Hm. I also had a friend who studied as an international student at, in Sydney
- 嗯。我有个朋友也在悉尼留过学,
- and he told me it's quite expensive for international students to live there. Is that true?
- 他告诉我说留学生在悉尼的生活开销非常贵。是这样吗?
- That's right. One, you have to pay the tuition fees but also, depending on where you come from, you need to apply for a student visa
- 没错。首先你要付学费,而且你还要申请学生签证,
- and often one of the requirements is you need to show that you have enough funding for the whole course.
- 而申请签证的其中一个要求就是你要证明你有足够的钱能读完课程。
- And the actual living costs might not be that high.
- 实际生活费用可能不会那么高。
- It depends where you live. A lot of students share houses.
- 这要看你住在哪里。许多学生会选择合租。
- Or work part time as well.
- 也可以做兼职。
- So part time work is allowed then?
- 兼职是允许的?
- Yes. You can work up to twenty hours per week. OK.
- 对。每周最多可以工作20个小时。好。
- While on a student visa.
- 这是学生签证的限制。
- Right. So you can have some income at least to support yourself?
- 好。至少这样可以有些收入来支持生活,对吧?
- Where did you live in Sydney and did you have a share mate or somewhere like that?
- 你当时住在悉尼哪里?你有和别人一起合租吗?
- Yeah, I lived in a share house with other students.
- 有,我和其他学生一起合租。
- It's a really common thing to do in Sydney because the rent is so expensive.
- 这在悉尼是件非常普遍的事情,因为租金非常贵。
- So not only students but even working adults often share apartments.
- 不只是学生会合租,就连在职人士也会合租公寓。
- Yeah, I actually moved maybe five times while I was there.
- 我在悉尼搬了五次家。
- It sounds pretty hard actually.
- 听起来非常艰难。
- It was fun to try living in different areas and with different people.
- 在不同的地区和不同的人一起生活很有趣。
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