Teaching Assistants
教学助理
Foreign students at American colleges and universities may earn money after they successfully complete an entry-level study program.
美国大学里的留学生在完成初级课程后,可以打工挣钱。
Those wishing to continue their education could work as a teaching assistant, or T.A.
如果有意继续学业,他们可以担任教学助理,即助教。
A teaching assistant usually works about twenty hours each week.
助教通常一周工作20小时,
Teaching assistants are paid to help professors teach students in entry-level study programs.
他们协助教授进行初级课程的教学,并从中得到报酬。
Generally, the professor gives a talk, or lecture, to a large group of students one or two times a week.
一般来说,教授每周对一打群学生讲课或演讲1-2次,
The teaching assistant meets with smaller groups of students during the week.
助教与小群学生见面,
The T.A. gives tests and reads any homework or reports the students may be required to write.
对学生进行测试并批阅学生该做的作业或报告等。
Teaching assistants also meet with students who seek help.
助教也常常会见那些需要帮助的学生,
They attend teaching meetings.
参加教学会议等。
And some working with science professors help to organize laboratory equipment.
有一些与理科教授一起工作的助教帮助他们安排实验设备。
Most American colleges and universities must honor legal requirements when employing foreign students as teaching assistants.
大部分美国大学在雇用外国留学生做助教时,必须尊重法定要求。
One of these is that the T.A. must speak English well.
其中之一是助教的英语要讲得流利。