Candy drives over to Ian's apartment
Ian: Hey, nice Jag! So you want to join the Ivy League, eh? What'd you get on your TOEFL again?
Candy: Umm...one hundred and seventy. You think I still have a shot?
Ian: Maybe you should lower your horizons a bit.
Candy: What do you mean? If an Ivy won't take me, at least Berkeley should. It's a public school, right?
Ian: Candy, I think we should start thinking a little more strategically. Have you considered studying in a smaller, slightly less well-known program?
(续上期,下期续)
凯蒂开车到伊恩的公寓
伊恩:嘿,这辆积架不赖嘛!所以你想进常春藤盟校是吧?你之前说你的托福拿几分?
凯蒂:嗯……一百七十分。你认为我还有机会吗?
伊恩:也许你应该稍微降低标准。
凯蒂:什么意思啊?如果常春藤不收我,至少柏克莱也应该会啊。它是公立学校,对吧?
伊恩:凯蒂,我认为我们应该开始做些比较策略性的思考。你有没有考虑过就读比较小、稍微不那么有名的学校课程呢?
重点解说:
★ Jag (n.) 欧洲车Jaguar 的昵称,中译为‘积架’
★ shot (n.) 尝试。have a shot指‘有机会’
★ horizons (n.) (知识,经验等的)视野、眼界,做此解释时,固定加s
★ consider (v.) 考虑,细想(考试大外语编辑整理) [NextPage]
Candy makes a phone call to Ian
Candy: Hey, remember me, Candy? I'm Sarah's cousin, the one who wants to study abroad.
Ian: Oh yeah, the one who wanted to apply to an MBA program. Have you made any progress?
Candy: Yeah, tons! I've got catalogs from a whole bunch of great schools. Maybe you want to help me look at them?
Ian: I might be able to squeeze you in this weekend. Which programs are you looking at?
Candy: I want to go to an Ivy League school! I just love the East Coast! But Berkeley would be fine, too.
(下期续)
凯蒂打了通电话给伊恩
凯蒂:嘿,记得我吗?凯蒂啊?我是莎拉的表妹,就是想出国留学的那个。
伊恩:噢对,你就是那个想要申请企业管理硕士课程的人。有任何进展吗?
凯蒂:有啊,很多!我拿到很多好学校的简介,也许你会想要帮我看看?
伊恩:我或许可以把你排进这个周末,你在看哪些课程呢?
凯蒂:我想进常春藤联盟!我真喜欢东岸!但柏克莱也不错啦。
重点解说:
★ MBA (n.) 企业管理硕士,是Master of business Administration 的缩写
★ program (n.) 教学大纲,课程
★ progress (n.) 进度,进展。make progress 是指‘有进步,前进’
★ ton (n.) 大量,许多。tons可用a ton代替,口语上都很常用
★ catalog (n.) 概况手册,简介
★ squeeze in 塞进
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