美語情景對話 第820期:Grad Plans 畢業計劃

George: Hey, hey, hey!

喬治：嘿，嘿，嘿！

Crystal: Hey, hey, hey! How's it going?

克里斯托爾：嘿，嘿，嘿！最近過得怎麼樣？

George: Bad!

喬治：不好！

Crystal: Why? What's up?

克里斯托爾：爲什麼？怎麼了？

George: I'm a little low on cash these days?

喬治：我這些天手頭有點兒緊。

Crystal: Really? What about getting a new job?

克里斯托爾：是嗎？找份新工作呢？

George: Well, Where? What's open?

喬治：嗯，哪兒有？哪裏有工作機會？

Crystal: Well, I don't know. You're graduating soon, right?

克里斯托爾：嗯，我也不知道。你馬上就畢業了，是吧？

George: Well, there's still a good half-year before that?

喬治：還有大半年吧。

Crystal: Yeah, well, yeah, those half-years, you should spend it wisely. This is the best chance to get a job.

克里斯托爾：這半年時間，你應該明智地花錢。這是找工作的最好機會。

George: What do you mean?

喬治：你是什麼意思？

Crystal: Well, I don't know, like, I think this is your last chance to get a job before you graduate. Or what do you plan on after graduating? Just hanging around? Playing games?

克里斯托爾：我也說不清楚，我認爲這是你在畢業前找工作的最後機會。你畢業後有什麼計劃嗎？就四處閒逛？玩遊戲？

George: I don't know. I have no idea what to do after graduation. Do you have any plans?

喬治：我不知道。我還沒想好畢業後幹什麼。你有計劃嗎？

Crystal: Well, for me ... well, since the economy is going bad, like there is no opening at the moment, but I was thinking if I could be able to like find an internship in a different country or maybe I could keep doing my part-time job at the moment just until things start getting better. Well, I guess you still have nine months left.

克里斯托爾：我……現在經濟環境不太好，目前沒有工作空缺，不過我在想，在經濟環境變好之前，我能在其他國家找到實習機會，或者我能繼續做現在的兼職。我想你還有九個月的時間。

George: Yeah. It's a little depressing though thinking about graduation. Being thrown out into the real world.

喬治：對，不過一想到畢業就令人沮喪。要進入現實世界了。

Crystal: All my friends who graduated, they're already regretting. They want to go back to school.

克里斯托爾：我所有已經畢業的朋友，現在都開始後悔了。他們想回到學校。

George: Oh, boy!

喬治：哦，天哪！

Crystal: Speaking of which, how about we go to grad school?

克里斯托爾：說到這個，我們念研究院怎麼樣？

George: No!

喬治：不行！

Crystal: Why not?

克里斯托爾：爲什麼不行？

George: Grad School!

喬治：研究院！

Crystal: Why not?

克里斯托爾：爲什麼不行？

George: I don't know if I could deal with another four years of school.

喬治：我不確定我是否能再過四年學校生活。

Crystal: It's not four years. It's only two years, and plus, like, I mean, if you're gonna regret so much like getting a job, like, and plus the economy is really bad for a job right now, I think it's best to lay low and just, you know maybe study a little bit more till the economy gets better and then get a job then.

克里斯托爾：不是四年。研究生只上兩年，另外，如果你會後悔工作，而且現在的經濟環境很難找工作，我認爲最好的方法是緩一緩，繼續學習，等經濟環境好些以後再找工作。

George: Well, if I could get some sort of full scholarship, perhaps I would be more inclined to do it, but ...

喬治：如果我能拿到全額獎學金，我可能會想繼續學習，可是……

Crystal: Yeah, yeah. It's not bad.

克里斯托爾：對，對，還不錯。

George: I don't think I could get a scholarship with my horrible G.P.A.?

喬治：可是我的平均成績太差了，我想我拿不到獎學金。

Crystal: Same here!

克里斯托爾：我也是！

George: Hmm! Grad school!

喬治：嗯！研究院！

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重點講解：
1. be low on 不足的；短缺的；剩餘不多的；
例句：We're a bit low on bed linen.
我們的被單枕套有點不夠了。
2. hang around （在某處）等待，閒逛，閒呆着；
例句：Don't hang around here when we are busy.
我們都在忙着，你別在這兒遊蕩啦。
3. speaking of （接過話頭引入新話題）說到…，談到…；
例句：Speaking of hamburgers, I am as hungry as a hawk.
說到漢堡包，我感到餓極了。
4. how about （用於引出相關的新話題）怎麼樣，如何；
例句：How about going to France for our holidays?
咱們到法國去度假好嗎？
5. deal with 處理；應付；與…打交道；
例句：If the worst comes to the worst, we can always deal with it.
事情再糟，我們總可以應付。
6. be inclined to do sth. 願意…的；有…意向的；
例句：I'm inclined to agree with them.
我傾向於同意他們的意見。