你理想中的学校生活是什么样子?

这里 dream 表示心目中最理想的. 如 dream team (梦之队)。

1. Going to a British high school for one year was a very enjoyable and exciting experience for me.

　　去一所英国中学读书一年对我来说是一次令人愉快和兴奋的经历。

Going 在本句里作动名词，它和后面的to a British high school for one year构成动名词短语作句子的主语。Go to a British high school本来是个动词词组，在go 后面加上ing 后，它就具备名词的特性可以在句子中充当主语、宾语或表语。

动词的现在分词和过去分词都可以作定语，但所表达的意思不同, 现在分词作定语常表示"令人..."、"正在....";例如exciting news, sleeping dog; 过去分词则有被动或完成的意思,常表示"感到....的"、"被....的",例如： an excited crowd of people, broken heart.

2. I was very happy with the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 a.m. and ends about 3.30 p.m.

我对英国学校的作息时间很满意因为学校大约上午9点开始上课，下午3点半左右放学。

Be happy with=be pleased with, around=about。

3. This means I could get up an hour later than usual as schools in China begin before 8 a.m.

这意味着我可以晚一小时起床，因为在中国学校8点钟上课。

as adv.同样地, 被看作, 象

　　prep.当做

　　conj.与...一样, 当...之时, 象, 因为

本单元多次出现as, 用法各不相同,应注意比较。另外as 还可以构成一些常用词组：as if就好像, as far as就....而言, so as to以便于, as for至于, such as例如，等等。

mean: 意味着, 后面通常加名词或宾语从句。例如：

The attack of Pear Harbor meant a declaration of war with the United States.

The raise of salary means that I can send my daughter to a better school.

4. He also told us that the best way to earn respect from the school was to work hard and achieve high grades.

他还告诉我们赢得学校尊敬的最好方法是努力学习并取得好成绩。

The best way to do sth is to.....结构用来表达做某事的最好方法是....., 例如:

The best way to learn English is to use it as often as possible.