你是在申請出國留學還是工作？收到耶魯大學的錄取通知書后需要做什么

今天的這段對話，在討論出國留學，

 

你是在申請出國留學還是工作？收到耶魯大學的錄取通知書后需要做什么

 

來聽今天的講解:

 

Beginner

 

A: excuse me, do you know where the visa office is?

 

對不起，你知道簽證辦公室在哪里嗎？

 

B: yes, I do. I’ll walk you there.

 

是的，我愿意。我陪你去那里。

 

A: thanks!

 

謝謝！

 

B: are you applying to study or work abroad?

 

你是在申請出國留學還是工作？

 

A: I want to study abroad.

 

我想出國留學。

 

B: what do you want to study?

 

你想學什么？

 

A: I hope to study English literature.

 

我希望學習英國文學。

 

B: have you got your visa yet?

 

你拿到簽證了嗎？

 

A: not yet. I have an interview with the visa official today.

 

還沒有。我今天要和簽證官面談。

 

B: I see. Is it your first interview?

 

我明白了。這是你第一次面試嗎？

 

A: I was denied a visa?

 

我的簽證被拒了？

 

B: why?

 

為什么？

 

A: like most students. I want to work in America after graduation.

 

和大多數(shù)學生一樣，我想畢業(yè)后到美國工作。

 

B: I see. Well, good luck!

 

我明白了。祝你好運！

 

Intermediate

 

A: guess what came in the mail today?

 

你猜今天的郵件是什么？

 

B: what?

 

什么？

 

A: my acceptance letter to Yale!

 

我的耶魯大學的錄取通知書！

 

B: wow! Congratulation! When do classes start?

 

哇！祝賀！什么時候開始上課？

 

A: freshman orientation is the last week of august, but I want to go two weeks before that to get settled in.

 

新生迎新是八月的最后一周，但我想在那之前兩周安頓下來。

 

B: you’re so lucky! Do you have to do many things before you leave?

 

你真幸運！你離開之前要做很多事情嗎？

 

A: yes. I’ll be very busy! I have to get a visa, buy a plane ticket, and pack my things. But first, I want to register for class.

 

是的。我會很忙的！我必須辦理簽證，買機票，收拾行李。但首先，我想注冊上課。

 

B: when can you do that?

 

你什么時候能做到？

 

A: well, they sent me their prospectus, so I can start looking now. do you want to help me decide which classed to take?

 

好吧，他們把招股說明書發(fā)給我了，所以我現(xiàn)在可以開始看了。你想幫我決定選哪一類嗎？

 

B: sure. What can you choose from?

 

當然可以。你能選什么？

 

A: well, I have to take all the fundamental course, plus a few from my major.

 

嗯，我必須修完所有的基礎課程，再加上我專業(yè)的一些課程。

 

B: what is your major?

 

你的專業(yè)是什么？

 

A: I hope to major in English literature, but the admissions counselor told me that many people change their major times in their first year, so we’ll see.

 

我希望主修英語文學，但招生顧問告訴我，很多人在第一年就換了專業(yè)，所以我們拭目以待。

 

B: what are the fundamental course?

 

基礎課程是什么？

 

A: in order to graduate, every student must take a certain amount of classed in history, math, English, philosophy, science and art.

 

為了畢業(yè)，每個學生都必須參加一定數(shù)量的歷史、數(shù)學、英語、哲學、科學和藝術課程。

 

B: interesting. That’s very different from the Chinese education system.

 

很有趣。這與中國的教育體系大不相同。

 

A: yes, it is . It’s also very different from the British education system.

 

是的。它也與英國的教育體系大不相同。

 

B: really?

 

真的？

 

A: oh, sure. In British, students don’t have to take the foundation course.

 

哦，當然。在英國，學生不必上基礎課。

 

B: why not?

 

為什么不呢？

 

A: maybe because they think they know everything already ! ha ha.

 

也許是因為他們認為自己已經(jīng)無所不知了！哈哈。