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B1 English Listening Practice - American Universities
B1 English Listening Practice - American Universities
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hey everybody welcome to this b1 English listening practice video you can use this
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video to practice your listening
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and comprehension as I speak you ready
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so today I'm gonna talk about universities in the US this is a subject
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that I'm sure a lot of you are interested in
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because maybe you've thought about studying in the u.s.
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so let's talk about some of the essentials
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that you need to know about American colleges
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so first things first it's important
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that you know that in the u.s. we use the word college interchangeably with
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the word university you can say either of these words
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and they refer to the same thing most of the time in other countries
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this is not the case I'm sure
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if you go to the UK
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or Australia you'll hear people use these words very differently
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but since I'm an American I tend to use the word college more frequently
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than university let's talk a little bit about the cost of going to a
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four-year university in the u.s. before we can calculate the average cost we first
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need to distinguish between in-state
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and out-of-state tuition what am I talking about here well
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if you attend a university
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that is located in the state where you live where you went to high
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school it's cheaper if you decide to go to a university in another state
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it's more expensive this is what I'm referring to
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when I talk about in-state
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and out-of-state tuition the average in-state tuition for a 4-year public university in the
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u.s. at this time is a little more than $25,000 per year I know
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that's a lot but it's actually not
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that bad compared to out-of-state tuition the average out-of-state tuition for a 4-year public
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university in the u.s. at this time is about 41,000 dollars per year that's
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crazy isn't it I wish I could tell you
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that I were joking
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but sadly I'm not this is the reality of going to college in the
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u.s. so you definitely need to think about this before you decide to study
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in an American University I was pretty lucky
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because my college wasn't quite expensive you might be wondering how people can afford
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to pay these astronomical tuition costs the answer is student loans a student loan
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is money that the government lends to somebody to pay for college sounds great
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right wrong after you graduate you have to pay back all the money
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that the government gave you plus interest
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so after students graduate they spend many years paying back their student loans college
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is unbelievably expensive in the u.s. all right let's talk about the educational aspect
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of American universities in the u.s. students can choose their major the subject they
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want to study either before
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or after starting college many students don't know what exactly they want to study
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so they don't decide on a major until the end of their second year
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the way this works is
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that all students have general classes during their first two years everyone takes more
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or less the same types of classes math English history science etc
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then starting in their third year students take classes specific to their major
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so for example I majored in English
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so during my third
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and fourth years of university all my classes were related to English
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but during my first
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and second years I had all general classes not all English classes this is
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why many people don't decide on a major until the end of their second
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year you don't really have to decide before
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then I know this is really different from a lot of other university systems
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in other countries okay lastly let's talk about living on campus this is something
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that many students do especially in their first
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and second years all universities have what we call dorms
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which are like student apartments
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but usually very small the dorms are located on the college campus
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so it makes it really convenient for students to walk to their classes the
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downside of living in the dorms is
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that you usually have to share your small living space with other people
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if you get stuck with a bad roommate you're in for a long year
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I've had some bad roommates in the past unfortunately another negative thing about living
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in the dorms is
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that if you're not into drinking
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and partying it can be pretty uncomfortable for you dorms are notorious for being
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places where students drink party
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and get into all kinds of trouble
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so you might want to consider
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that before you decide to live on campus okay that's all for today leave
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a comment and tell me what your country's universities are like I'll see you
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