At the Schmidt family kitchen
Kathy: Good Morning, Mrs. Schmidt! I see you're standing on your head again.
Kim: Hi, Kathy! I'm just doing my morning yoga! You're up awfully early today.
Kathy: I have to finish preparing a paper for my Western Civilization class.
Kim: How has school been going? You come home so late every night! You're really a hard worker...
Kathy: Actually, I study a lot less here than I did in Taiwan! My classes are great, though. Sociology is the perfect major for me.
stand on one's head
用頭站立,即「倒立」
yoga (n.)
瑜珈
awfully (adv.)
非常,了不得
paper (n.)
報告,論文
civilization (n.)
文明
major (v.,n.)
主修,「副修」是minor
A: What was your major in college? 你在大學(xué)的主修是什么? B: I majored in English language and literature. 我主修英國語文。
在史密特家的廚房
凱晰:早安,史太太!瞧妳又在倒立了。
阿金:嗨,凱晰!我只是在做晨間瑜珈!你今兒個起得還真早。
凱晰:我得把西方文明史的報告準(zhǔn)備完。
阿金:學(xué)校還好嗎?妳每天都很晚才回家!你真是個用功的學(xué)生……
凱晰:其實我在這里比在臺灣混多了!不過我的課都很棒。主修社會學(xué)對我來說真完美。