中外寝室对比 还记得睡在你上铺的兄弟吗？

20160830ou 一中两外锵锵三人行 今日话题：中外寝室对比 还记得睡在你上铺的兄弟吗？ 有报道称，大部分的中国大学寝室条件还不如美国100年前的寝室条件。。。 LW: Now some would say that quite a depressing fact has emerged about the state of Chinese dormitories. You You can you illuminate us a little bit further as to what exactly that could be. WY: A recent report says that most of the dormitories in Chinese colleges are not as well equipped as those in the United States a century ago. The common arraignment for most dormitories in China is like this: one student has to share a 150 square foot dorm room with three other students. There can also be six to eight students in one dorm. Some dorm rooms have a bathroom attached but that can be considered to be a luxury dorm room. Usually most dorm rooms don’t have a shower room or a bathroom, you have to walk out of the building, to go and take a bath. Schools have a public shower facility which is like a public shower room. Students need to totally see each frankly and in a plain room that is called a bath building. LW: Why it’s maybe a bit of a problem is that you should think of what you’re losing out on. Students have to make it to wherever they’re going and they’re bright, if you then have (help me out here Nick) getting sick because you have to walk 15 minutes in the middle of winter. What about the time that you are missing out on there because you’re sick and you want to study but you have to stay at home? What about the fact that you aren’t getting as much good sleep because there are seven other people there? That’s study time that you’re losign. WY: You can say that a lot of the students do come from rural areas in China. All their tuition fees are from their families, relatives and maybe they borrow money from the bank. You ask why you don’t pay 200 more you can have a shower in the dormitory, maybe that is a very hard question for them to answer. LW: The dormitories, all of it, is one thing. Its not just that you go to study and then you go home. It s a holistic experience. WY: Oh I haven’t finished describing the situation in the dormitories yet, Electricity is cut off at 11pm every weekday and during exams many students take their chairs out in into the hallway in order to study. There is no air-conditioning so summer is insufferable. LW: Nick what about your and mine’s university situations. NL: Ours is very different to many countries. It’s actually quite unusual to share a bedroom with anyone. You have a little divider, so a long hallway with rooms off it, each person is one in each, its kind of a narrow extension of the room. I only had one friend I think who shared a room. LW: In South Africa, at least where I went to university everyone kind of has their own room. If you wanted to share with someone that was kind of seen as a privilege. If you wanted to live with your friend. People also don’t stay in dormitories for very long, you’re usually moving out by the end of your second year. WY: One advantage of this is that after student s graduate from university, the four students or the eight students in one dormitory can become very good buddies. Very good friends.