學(xué)生時(shí)代你對(duì)未來(lái)做了哪些打算

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論未來(lái)計(jì)劃，
 
每個(gè)人小時(shí)候都憧憬未來(lái)，學(xué)生時(shí)代你對(duì)未來(lái)做了哪些打算
 
來(lái)聽今天的講解:
 
A: So hey Josh, how you doing?
 
嗨，喬什，你怎么樣？
 
B: I'm good. How are you?
 
我很好。你好嗎？
 
A: Oh, doing pretty good. Josh, how old are you?
 
哦，我很好。喬什，你多大了？
 
B: I am 17.
 
我17歲。
 
A: 17, so you're kind of at the start of your life.
 
17歲，你的人生才剛剛開始。
 
B: Yeah, I guess you could say that.
 
對(duì)，我猜到你會(huì)這么說(shuō)。
 
A: That's pretty awesome. So what do you want to be in the future? Like what are your plans?
 
這太棒了。你未來(lái)想做什么？你有什么計(jì)劃？
 
B: Well obviously, I want to go to college and after college I've thought about going to optometry school to become an eye doctor.
 
顯然，我要上大學(xué)，大學(xué)畢業(yè)后我想去視光學(xué)校，以后當(dāng)眼科醫(yī)生。
 
A: Wow! An eye doctor.
 
哇哦！眼科醫(yī)生。
 
B: Yeah.
 
對(duì)。
 
A: What is it that made you would want to be an eye doctor?
 
你為什么想當(dāng)眼科醫(yī)生？
 
B: I guess it kind of started when I was really little and I got glasses for the first time. And when I got those glasses, you know I put them on and I really needed them. And no one found out that I needed them very quickly and so when I first put them on, I looked around and everything was so much crisper. And I think my mom always says that when I looked around I said, “Mom, I can see the trees and I can see all the branches. And it's so cool”. And she didn't realize how badly I needed them until right then, but that moment I always will remember that. And then the other reason is that my cousin has had lots of eye problems and ended up going blind in one eye. And I remember asking him to go to a 3D movie with me one time and he said, "I can't because you need two eyes to see 3D." And I loved 3D movies at that point so I felt so bad for him that he couldn't see a 3D movie. And that was ... that kind of made me feel like I needed to fix people's eyes.
 
我想是在我很小的時(shí)候，在我一開始戴眼鏡的時(shí)候有了這種想法。我拿到眼鏡戴上以后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我真的很需要眼鏡。沒(méi)有人馬上就發(fā)現(xiàn)我很需要眼鏡，當(dāng)我戴上眼鏡以后，我四處看了看，我發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的一切都更清晰了。我媽媽一直在說(shuō)，我環(huán)顧四周的時(shí)候跟她說(shuō)：“媽媽，我可以看到樹了，我可以看到所有的樹枝。這太酷了。”直到那時(shí)她才發(fā)現(xiàn)我有多需要眼鏡，不過(guò)我會(huì)一直記得那個(gè)時(shí)刻。我要當(dāng)眼科醫(yī)生的另一個(gè)原因是，我表哥有很多眼部疾病，這導(dǎo)致他的一只眼睛失明了。我記得有一次我請(qǐng)他和我一起去看3D電影，可是他說(shuō)：“我不能去，因?yàn)榭?D電影需要兩只眼睛。”當(dāng)時(shí)我非常喜歡3D電影，所以我認(rèn)為他看不了3D電影非常糟糕。那讓我覺(jué)得我應(yīng)該去治療人們的眼睛。
 
A: That's a great story. So you've wanted to be an eye doctor for some time?
 
這真是個(gè)很棒的故事。所以你想當(dāng)眼科醫(yī)生這個(gè)想法已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間了。
 
B: Yeah, ever since I was basically six.
 
對(duì)，從我6歲開始。
 
A: So are you doing things right now to help prepare yourself to get into college and become a doctor?
 
那你現(xiàn)在做的事情是在為進(jìn)入大學(xué)然后成為醫(yī)生做準(zhǔn)備嗎？
 
B: Absolutely, just I've researched the classes that I should take to be able to make it that far. And so I'm taking those classes and doing everything I can to get in that direction.
 
當(dāng)然了，我剛剛研究了我應(yīng)該參加哪些課程才能達(dá)成目標(biāo)。我準(zhǔn)備上這些課程，做任何能讓我朝那個(gè)方向前進(jìn)的事情。
 
A: Oh wow, that's great.
 
哦哇，太棒了。
 
B: Looking at schools and everything.
 
我正在研究學(xué)校。
 
A: Now, I think you mentioned that you're actually taking online classes through MIT? And you're in high school.
 
我想你提到過(guò)你正在上麻省理工學(xué)院的網(wǎng)絡(luò)課程，對(duì)吧？你現(xiàn)在還在上高中。
 
B: Yeah, that's right. I'm just looking at them, they're free to do so you can watch the videos whichever ones you want. And they're really interesting, the professors at MIT are really cool.
 
對(duì)，沒(méi)錯(cuò)。我正在收看這些課程，因?yàn)檫@類課程可以免費(fèi)收看。這非常有意思，麻省理工學(xué)院的教授非常棒。
 
A: Well that's great! So your parents must be really proud?
 
真不錯(cuò)！你父母一定感到很自豪吧？
 
B: I don't know about that, I hope so.
 
這我不知道，不過(guò)我希望如此。
 
A: So do you have a fallback plan like if you were not able to become an eye doctor, would there be another profession you would be interested in?
 
你有沒(méi)有后備計(jì)劃，如果你沒(méi)能成為眼科醫(yī)生的話，你還有其他感興趣的職業(yè)嗎？
 
B: Recently I've been looking at biomedical engineering as well.
 
最近我也在關(guān)注生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程。
 
A: What is that, biomedical engineering?
 
什么是生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程？
 
B: Biomedical engineering, well, it's engineering like anything, so building things but with the biomedical part means that you build things that interact with the human body. So for example, the new Google's goggles or glasses, those are actually developed partly by biomedical engineers who just help to create the fit and make sure they wouldn't cause headaches or injuries or anything like that. And then also heart stents or any medical device like a heart rate monitor or a prosthetic, those are all made by biomedical engineers.
 
生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程……工程就是指建造的意思，生物醫(yī)學(xué)指的是創(chuàng)造出和人體相互作用的東西。比如，谷歌新出的護(hù)目鏡和眼鏡，這些就是生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程師開發(fā)出來(lái)的東西，作用是幫助創(chuàng)造適合人體的東西，并確保這些東西不會(huì)引發(fā)頭疼或其他傷痛。另外，心臟支架或是心率監(jiān)視器和假肢等醫(yī)療設(shè)備，這些都是生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程師制造出來(lái)的。
 
A: Oh wow, that sounds like an interesting field.
 
哦哇哦，聽起來(lái)這是個(gè)很有趣的領(lǐng)域。
 
B: Yeah, for sure.
 
對(duì)，當(dāng)然了。
 
A: Well, good luck with your career, I hope it all pans out.
 
好，希望你事業(yè)順利，我希望你能成功。
 
B: Thank you.
 
謝謝。