Situational Words and Phrases 情景詞匯
1.admission n. 錄取,允許進入
A: Oh, hi. I'm still in shock. I just got the green light from admissions.
甲:噢,我還在激動哩。我剛剛收到人學通知書。
B: Fantastic! What's your field?
乙:好極了!你主修什么呢?
2.audit v. 旁聽
A: May I audit your class, sir?
甲:我可以旁聽你的課嗎?
B: You have to complete all the required courses first, otherwise I'm afraid not.
乙:可你得首先完成所有的必修課,否則,恐怕不行。
3.campus n. 校園
A: It's really a pretty campus with all these big trees and red brick buildings.
甲:真是個很美的校園呀,到處是高大的樹木和紅磚建筑。
B: Yes,I like the environment very much, the unique architecture is especially impressive.
乙:是的,我非常喜歡這個環(huán)境,獨特的建筑尤其令人難忘。
4.on-campus 校內(nèi)的
A: Do you have a lot of on-campus lectures?
甲:你們有好多校內(nèi)講座嗎?
B: Yes, there're many. You ran always find one if you want to.
乙:是的,有很多校內(nèi)講座。如果你想聽的話,總是可以找到一個的。
4.college n. 學院,大學
A: What are you going to do next, Mary? Go to college?
甲:瑪麗,下一步打算干什么?上大學嗎?
B: Yes, but I haven't decided where to go.
乙:是的,可我還沒有決定到哪去上大學。
5.credit n. 學分
A: You usually do have to make up some credits when you switch majors. Do you lack many?
甲:轉(zhuǎn)系通常得補修一些學分,你缺很多嗎?
B: Not too many. I'll have to add about IO credits as far as I can figure from my transcript.
乙:不太多。從我的成績單上看,我得再修夠10學分。
6.dissertation n. 學位論文
A: Is your dissertation ready to submit?
甲:你準備要提交論文嗎?
B: No. Actually I'm far from being satisfied with it.
乙:還沒有。事實上我對自己的論文感到一點兒都不滿意。
7.fellowship n. 研究生獎學金
A: Congratulations! What did you get-fellowship or assistantship?
甲:恭喜!你得到了什么獎學金,研究生獎學金還是助教獎學金?
B: They offered me a fellowship. It's better than I had hoped for.
乙:他們給我提供的是研究生獎學金。這比我希望的好多了。
8.participation n. 成績,年級
A: Why is my child's final grade so low?
甲:為什么我孩子的期末成績這么低?
B: Your child's grade is based on classroom participation and test performance as well as homework.
乙:你孩子的成績是根據(jù)課堂表現(xiàn)、考試成績和家庭作業(yè)而評定的。
9.private a. 私立的。個人的
A: All my children went to the same private school.
甲:我所有的孩子都上了同一所私立學校。
B: That must have cast a lot money.
乙:那肯定得花不少錢。
10.public a. 公立的,大眾的
A: Where do you study, Bob?
甲:保羅,你在哪上學?
B: I study at public school~my home.
乙:我在離我家很近的一所公立學校上學。
11.required a. 必修的
A: You are very relaxed these days.
甲:你這幾天很輕松啊。
B: I've completed all my required courses.
乙:我已經(jīng)學完了全部的必修課程。
12.semester n. 半學年,學期
A: Well, usually in the semester or trimester system you need 36 credits to complete your degree.
甲:啊,一般情況二學期制和三學期制需修完36個學分才能得到學位。
B: Then, how about the quarter system?
乙:那么,四學期制呢?
13.scholarship n. 獎學金
A: John attended California State University at Los Angeles.
甲:約翰進人了加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校。
B: He was able to attend on an athletic scholarship.
乙宕他依靠體育獎學金上了大學。
14.score n. 成績
A: What kind of scores does Lucy get on her tests?
甲:露茜的考試成績怎么樣?
B : She consistently scores between 90 and 100.
乙:她的考試成績一直保持在90到100分之間。
15.subject n. 學科
A: What do your English majors study?
甲:你們英語專業(yè)的學生學什么?
B: Reading, writing and listening are the major subjects.
乙:我們的主要科目是閱讀、寫作和聽力。
16.tuition n. 學費
A: How do you pay your tuition?
甲:你如何支付學費?
B: My teaching assistantship in the School of Education helped me pay tuition.
乙:我在教育學院的助教工作使我能夠支付學費。