哈佛大學校園英語情景對話09：哈佛學院

Han Meimei and John meet on Monday. They are now talking about their future major.

J： Han, Which major do you plan to choose?

J:韓，打算選什么專業(yè)啊?

H: I haven’t think about this question.

H:我還設想過這個問題。

J： Jesus! Don’t you worry about or even think about you future?

J：天啊，你從來沒想過或擔心過你的前途嗎?

H: Yes，I do. I just don’t want to ask for trouble so early.

H:是的，我只是不想這么早就自尋煩惱。

J： Too early? Han, it's your second year in high school!

J:太早?梅梅，你現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)是高二了!

H: So what? Give me a break. Don’t laugh at me.

H:那又怎樣?得了，別取笑我了。

J： Don’t get angry. I was just kidding, to test your knowledge of Harvard University.

J：別生氣，我只是開開玩笑，想試下你對哈佛大學的了解程度。

H: Did it sound like a joke?

H:這像開玩笑嗎?

J: I apologize. But you have to confess that you don’t know Harvard at all.

J：我道歉，但是你不得不承認你對哈佛大學一無所知。

H: Not again. Does it have anything to do with Harvard?

H:又來了。這與哈佛大學有什么關系嗎?

J: Yeah, of course it does. Aren’t you going to Harvard after graduation?

J：當然有關系了，你畢業(yè)后不是想去哈佛大學嗎?

H: Sure.

H:是啊。

J： So you’re right not to think too much about your major too early.

J:因此你不想太早過多地考慮專業(yè)選擇的問題是對的。

H: Don’t fool me. You know how important a major is? You know what a major mean? To a large extent，it'll determine your future life,.

H:別笑我了，你知道專業(yè)有多重要嗎?你知道專業(yè)意味著什 么嗎?在很大程度上，專業(yè)會決定你未來的生活。

J: That’s right. A lot of students go to college because they believe that a good college or a

good major will help them find a good job in the future.

J:很對。很多學生認為上個好大學或者選擇_個好專業(yè)會幫 他們在未來找個好工作。

H: Is it wrong to think so?

H:那么這么想，錯了嗎?

J: No. I said everyone has their own values. But to me, a good higher education aims to

educate well-rounded individuals.

J：不是的，每個人都有自己的價值觀，但是對我來說，一個好的高等教育的目標是要培育全面發(fā)展的人。

H: Aren’t we?

H:難道我們不是?

J: If you aim at pursuing a certain occupational target, then you’re not well-rounded.

J:如果你的目標是從事某一種職業(yè)，那么你就不是很全面了。

H: Make sense. I have so many interests and I don’t want to give up any of them. As a result, I can’t decide on my major.

H:有道理，我有許多興趣，我不想放棄任何一個，所以我還設決定我要選什么專業(yè)。

J: Don’t worry. The freshmen don’t choose a major at Harvard College. They are only

required to take Expository Writing, and may enroll any courses in which they are interested.

J：別擔心，哈佛學院的新生不用選擇專業(yè)。他們只要求新生學習說明文寫作，學生 可以根據(jù)自己的喜好選擇所要學習的課程。

H: That’s great!

H:那太好了 !

J: Besides, you can even change your major.

J：另外，你還可以換專業(yè)。

H: Couldn’t imagine that.

H:真是難以想象啊!

J： Harvard College offers us a liberal education. You do have a major, but it’s not so important as you thought, especially when you plan to go to graduate school.

J：哈佛學院提供了一個自由的教育環(huán)境，你可以選擇一個專業(yè)，但是專業(yè)設有你想 象中的那么重要，特別是如果你打算繼續(xù)研究生學習的話。

H: Unbelievable.

H:難以置信。

J: The good graduate schools want flexible, adaptable minds, minds exposed to a broad

range of knowledge and trained in rigorous critical thinking.

J：好的研究生院是希望學生有靈活和適應性強的頭腦，能夠掌握全面的知識，擁有 良好的邏輯思考能力。

H： So I don’t have to get a bachelor degree m pre-law if I want to go to the Law School.

H:那就是說，如果我想進入法學院，我可以不用先拿到法學預科學位。

J： Yes.

J:是的。

H: Really? (Han Meimei lets out a sigh of relief). To be honest, I've been torn between American literature and law. Vm interested in literature, but I want to be a lawyer.

H:真的?(韓梅梅舒了一口氣)說真的，我正在為選擇美國文學，還是選擇法律而 左右為難呢。我喜歡文學，但是我又想成為一名律師。

J: You can major in literature first, and go to Law School for further education, like me.

J：你可以先選擇文學專業(yè)，然后進人法學院讀研究生，就像我一樣。

H: You?

H:你?

J： I’m going to study physics and then go to Business School.

J：我會先學習物理，然后去讀商學院。

H： Good idea!

H:好主意!

J： No matter how many your interests have, Harvard College will fulfill most of them. In addition to the major field of concentration, you can choose a secondary field which need not be related to the primary field.

J：無論有多少興趣愛好，哈佛大學都能滿足彳爾所有的需求。除了一個主攻學習專 業(yè)以外，你可以選擇第二專業(yè)，但是這個第二專業(yè)無需和主攻專業(yè)相關。

H: We can choose as we wish.

H:我們可以根據(jù)自己的意愿來選擇。

J: But we have to meet the minimal demand for a bachelor degree.

J:但我們需要達到學士學位的最低要求。

H： I like this kind of education. It treats students as humans rather than tools prepared for future walks.

H:我喜歡這樣的教育方式，它把學生當成真正的人來培養(yǎng)，而不是把學生訓練成未 來工作所需要的工具。