1.学校：school/sku:l/n. 首先要注意这个单词的读音，/s/之后的清音要浊化/k/读成/g/;oo读长音/u:/;例如：
His mother always used to pick him up from school.
他母亲以前一直去学校接他。
The move from elementary school to middle school or junior high can be difficult.从小学进入中学或者初中的这个变动可能会有困难。
3.中学:junior high /middle school junior/dʒu:nɪə/.初级的,例如：
the junior classrooms.低年级教室
the junior football club 青少年足球俱乐部
She dropped out of junior high school.她初中就辍学了。
I miss studying in the middle school.我留念在中学学习的时光。
4.大学:university/college大学;university/ju:nɪ'vəsɪtɪ/n.
复数:universities.例如：
She is at Cambridge University.她在剑桥大学念书。
college/kɒlɪdʒ/n.学院，专科，多数指综合性大学或专科学校；例如
teachers college/a teacher training college/normal college师范学院
She is a student of a teacher college.她是师范学院的一名学生。
We were good friends when we were at the Beijing college of Fashion.
我们在北京时装学院的时候就是好朋友了。
5.扩展:
母校:one's old school/Alma Mater/alma mater首字母大写或小写均可;但不能说成mother school。例如：
He went to see if his old school was still there last year.
他去年回去看过他的母校是否依然还在那里。
She had a vivid memories of her Alma Mater.
她对母校记忆犹新。