聽(tīng)懂老外聊生活英語(yǔ)對(duì)話 留學(xué) 99：選課

　　Topic99 選課

　　情境導(dǎo)讀

　　Jack和Sue聊起了選課，Sue向Jack介紹了選課的基本情況，并勸Jack打消偷懶的念頭。

　　英語(yǔ)情景會(huì)話

　　(以S代表Sue，J代表Jack)

　　S: Hi, what's up?

　　J: I've been trying for days to figure out how to choose an optional course. Any advice for me?

　　S: Well, generally, an American student takes twelve credits for the first semester. First. try to make it quickly, as some courses are filled on a first-come-first-serve basis. How many courses do you want to take?

　　J: I'm planning to do three elective courses besides two required ones.

　　S: I suggest you take some easier courses first.

　　J: History, uh... literature....I heard that finance course taught by Mr. Blake is popular. Is it a tough course?

　　S: You might have heard that Profession Black takes everything very seriously. The course is notoriously tough, with high failure rate and an even higher dropout rate.

　　J: I'm willing to just get one credit by only showing up in class.

　　S: Bag that idea! Money doesn't grow on trees.

　　英語(yǔ)筆記

　　1.figure out 意為“想出，解決”。

　　2.此處為省略句，省略了主語(yǔ)和助動(dòng)詞，完整的句子為"Do you have any advice for me?"

　　3.此處為說(shuō)話人在思考，在說(shuō)話時(shí)加入一些含糊的詞。

　　4.Bag that idea!意為“打消那個(gè)念頭吧!”

　　英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)音語(yǔ)調(diào)

　　停頓的表示——我正在思考

　　對(duì)話中，當(dāng)Jack在說(shuō)到要選什么課時(shí)，說(shuō)話中加入了一些含糊不清的詞，這是表示他正在思考。這在即興講話中頗為常見(jiàn)，如果需要停頓未進(jìn)行計(jì)劃或思考，就要保證該暫?；虺聊呛?jiǎn)短的，如果希望拖延時(shí)間未進(jìn)行思考，就可以使用一些填充詞或停頓酌方法，如：

　　1.在意群內(nèi)部使用填充詞：

　　Can you give the... uh... paper?

　　你能把那張紙給我嗎?

　　2.也可以在意群之間使用停頓：

　　His phone number is... I'm not sure.let me see... 68993722.

　　他的電話號(hào)碼是……我不確定……讓我看一下……689937220。