【答案解析】今天有5600多万美国人在全国各种学校与大学接受教育。全国18岁到25岁的人，有一半在念大学。
学校除了开设数学、历史和语言这些常规科目外，还有缝纫、打字、无线电与汽车修理这些科目。
学生可按自己的兴趣、未来的计划和能力在众多科目中自行选修。不过，有些基本科目如读、写、数学和英文是人人必修的。
在19世纪和20世纪初期，数百万人从全世界许多国家来美国定居，学校是使孩子们“美国化”的一个重要部分，并通过孩子使他们的父母也美国化了。 [解析]
Today more than 56 million Americans are attending a wide variety of schools and universities across the nation. One half of all the people in the country between the ages of 18 and 25 attend a university.
Schools run courses in such subjects as sewing, typing, radio and automobile repairs as well as in the customary school subjects such as mathematics, history and language.
Students can choose among a great variety of subjects depending on their interests, future plans, and level of ability. There are, however, certain basic courses that everyone is required to study including reading, writing, mathematics and English.
During the 1800"s and early 1900"s, when millions of people from many countries around the world came to the United States to settle, schools were an important part in "Americanizing" the children, and through them the parents, too.