美語情景對話 第198期:留學加拿大 Studying in Canada

Todd: Steve, I have a friend who wants to go study in Canada. What's the best way for a student to get into a Canadian University?

託德：史蒂夫，我有個朋友想去加拿大學習。學生進入加拿大大學的最好方法是什麼？

Steve: Well, it all depends on your nationality, and your level of English, in terms of your TOEFL score. If you have a very low TOEFL score then probably your best bet would be to first go to Canada for three to six months and study in an English college there, and try to improve your English. While in Canada you can take practice TOEFL tests, and you can find tutors to help you write essays, then when you return to your home country, if it's Japan, there's lots of good English schools, English tutors in Japan, Korea as well. I'm not too familiar with other countries but basically you have to apply for a student visa. It's usually not that difficult to get. Along with your student visa, you'll have to take a TOEFL test, which requires you to understand grammar. There's a listening portion, um, there's a reading comprehension portion, and the most difficult portion for non-native English speakers is the essay question, because you have to write an essay during the TOEFL test, so I recommend that you practice writing essays and if you want more information I would ask the Canadian Embassy in your country or do a search on the internet where there's lots of information.

史蒂夫：嗯，這要取決你的國籍，你的英語水平，要依據託福成績來看。如果你的託福成績很低，那可能你最好的選擇就是先去加拿大上語言學校，大概用三個月到六個月的時間來提高你的英語水平。在加拿大你也可以參加託福實踐考試，導師會指導你的寫作，要是在你的祖國的話，比如說是日本，也有許多好的語言學校和英語導師，當然韓國也是。我對其他國家不太熟悉，不過基本來說，你必須要申請留學簽證。通常來說拿到簽證不會太難。有了留學簽證，還必須要參加托福考試，考試的目的是要求你理解語法。托福考試中有聽力部分、閱讀理解部分，不過對母語非英語的學生來說最難的部分要屬寫作了，在托福考試中必須要寫作文，所以我建議你們練習寫作，如果你想得到更多的信息，可以詢問加拿大駐你們國家的大使館，或是上網搜索一下，那兒有大量的信息。

重點講解：
1. get into
獲准（入學）；被錄取；
eg. I was working hard to get into Cambridge.
我爲能上劍橋大學而刻苦學習。
eg. She had good grades but wanted to get into graduate school, so she did an honors thesis to impress the graduate admissions committee.
她成績優異，但爲了能進研究生院學習，她寫了一篇額外的榮譽論文以引起招生委員會的重視。
2. depend on
取決（於）；有賴（於）；
eg. What happened later would depend on his talk with De Solina.
日後之事將有賴於他與德索利納的談話結果。
eg. How much it costs depends upon how much you buy.
價錢取決於你買多買少。
3. in terms of
在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
eg. Our goods compete in terms of product quality, reliability and above all variety.
我們的產品在質量、可靠性，尤其是品種方面頗具競爭力。
eg. Paris has played a dominant role in France, not just in political terms but also in economic power.
不僅僅在政治方面，而且在經濟實力上巴黎在法國也都一直處於支配地位。
4. best bet
十拿九穩的事；有望成功的行動；合適之選；最佳選擇；
eg. Your best bet is to choose a guest house.
你最好選擇一個小旅館。
eg. our best bet is to say nothing about it.
你最好的辦法就是對此事閉口不談。
5. practice doing sth.
練習做某事；
eg. You should avail yourself of every opportunity to practice speaking English.
你應該利用一切機會練習說英語。
eg. When you practice reading with passage shorter than book length, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other.
當你練習閱讀比書上的短小的文章時，不必要把每一個字一個個分開來理解。