University Conversation
A: Hi. My name is Mark.
你好,我叫Mark
B: Mark? I'll Bill. Glad to meet you.
Mark? 我是Bill, 很高興見到你。
A: Yeah. So where are you from?
恩,你來自哪裡呢?
B: I'm from Houston Texas.
我來自德克薩斯州的休斯頓
A: Oh... I'm from Southern California.
我來自南加州
B: There must be a lot of cute girls over there huh?
那兒一定有很多可愛的女孩吧。
A: Hell yeah. But most of them are hoochies.
是的,但大多數都是很開放(有幾個伴侶)
B: That sucks. So, what year are you?
那太糟糕了。你幾年級?
A: I'm a freshman.
我大一
B: This is my first year too.
我也是
A: So what made you decide to come to California for school? I hear Austin is a good school.
所以是什麼使你來加州上學,我聽說奧斯丁是個不錯的學校。
B: It's alright, but I think Berkeley is better.
它不錯,但是我認為伯克利更好
A: So is this where you wanted to come?
所以這是你來這的原因嗎?
B: To tell you the truth, I wanted to go to Stanford. I made it on the waiting list, but ninety nine percent of people accepted to Stanford go there. Like, who wouldn't, right?
說實話,我想去史丹福來著,我在等待清單上,但是百分之九十九被錄取的都會選擇去那裡。誰不會呢,對吧?
A: Very true. But this is still a good school.
說得對,但是伯克利也是一個很好的學校。
B: I'm not complaining. I just know that I wanted to come to California. Texas is cool and all, but I wanted to experience different things.
我並不是在抱怨,我知道我就想來加州,德克薩斯很不錯,但是我想體驗不同的東西。
A: That's good. Do you know what you plan on majoring in?
那很好,你知道你打算學什麼專業嗎?
B: I was thinking about political scientists, but now I'm leaning towards English literature. How about you?
我想學政治,但是現在我更傾向於英語文學,你呢?
A: I plan on majoring in double E.
我想修電子工程
B: Do you know where the Smith building is? I have to pick up the syllabus for my psychology class. I missed the first day.
你知道Smith Building在哪裡嗎?我必須去拿心理學課教學大綱,我第一天沒去。
A: That's a great start. It's over there by the library.
這是一個很好的開始,就在圖書館那邊。
B: It was nice meeting you.
很高興見到你。
A: Yeah. We should hang out later.
恩 我們應該多出去玩兒。
B: Cool. I'll see you tomorrow in class then.
好的 明天課上見
A: Alright. Later.
好的 再見!