1. "I want to be a conductor, and I've already chosen the best American music school," specifies Sandro Rodrigo de Barros.
    桑德罗·罗德里戈·德·巴洛斯明确表示: "我想做一名音乐指挥家，而且我已经选择好了美国最好的音乐学院。"

2. All of them go for the same reasons -- to become fluent in English, complete high school, and understand everything they can about the American way of life.
    他们都是因为同样的原因赴美的——学会流利的英语、完成中学学业以及尽可能了解有关美国生活方式的方方面面。

3. After several weeks in school I knew a couple of students but saw them only a few minutes, perhaps three times a week.
    在学校生活了几周后，我认识了几个朋友，但和他们见面不过几分钟，也许每周可以见到他们三次。

4. "How was school today?" I asked, acting very casual.
    "今天学校上课怎么样？"我装作漫不经心地问他。

5. And when male high-school students are asked what kinds of careers they would like to have, the only two job fields that consistently receive large numbers of responses in open surveys are "professional athlete" and "media personality&
    还有，当问到男中学生他们想从事什么样的职业时，在公开调查中仅有两类行业的工作经常收到大量的反馈，那就是"职业运动员"和"媒体从业者"。

6. "I know. Mom, but I'm already late for school. I don't have time to sit down and eat."
    "我知道，妈妈，可我上学快迟到了，没时间坐着吃。"

7. As she ran to catch the school bus, Sandy thought of her older brother Bill who was away at college.
    去赶校车的路上，桑迪想起了在外面上大学的哥哥比尔。

8. After Sandy had left for school, Jane Finch sat down in peace and quiet to drink her coffee.
    桑迪离家上学后，简·芬奇平静地坐下来喝咖啡。

9. "And you almost got expelled from school," added Jane.
    "而且你还差点被学校开除，" 简补充道。

10. At school, Sandy often went to the library with her best friend, Autumn, who came to America from Japan.
    在学校，桑迪经常和她的知心朋友秋去图书馆。秋是从日本来美国的。