哈佛大学校园英语情景对话09：哈佛学院

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:韩，打算选什么专业啊?

H: I haven’t think about this question.

H:我还设想过这个问题。

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

J：天啊，你从来没想过或担心过你的前途吗?

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

H:是的，我只是不想这么早就自寻烦恼。

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

J:太早?梅梅，你现在已经是高二了!

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

H:那又怎样?得了，别取笑我了。

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

J：别生气，我只是开开玩笑，想试下你对哈佛大学的了解程度。

H: Did it sound like a joke?

H:这像开玩笑吗?

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

J：我道歉，但是你不得不承认你对哈佛大学一无所知。

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

H:又来了。这与哈佛大学有什么关系吗?

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

J：当然有关系了，你毕业后不是想去哈佛大学吗?

H: Sure.

H:是啊。

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

J:因此你不想太早过多地考虑专业选择的问题是对的。

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:别笑我了，你知道专业有多重要吗?你知道专业意味着什 么吗?在很大程度上，专业会决定你未来的生活。

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:很对。很多学生认为上个好大学或者选择_个好专业会帮 他们在未来找个好工作。

H: Is it wrong to think so?

H:那么这么想，错了吗?

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，每个人都有自己的价值观，但是对我来说，一个好的高等教育的目标是要培育全面发展的人。

H: Aren’t we?

H:难道我们不是?

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

J:如果你的目标是从事某一种职业，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，我有许多兴趣，我不想放弃任何一个，所以我还设决定我要选什么专业。

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：别担心，哈佛学院的新生不用选择专业。他们只要求新生学习说明文写作，学生 可以根据自己的喜好选择所要学习的课程。

H: That’s great!

H:那太好了 !

J: Besides, you can even change your major.

J：另外，你还可以换专业。

H: Couldn’t imagine that.

H:真是难以想象啊!

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：哈佛学院提供了一个自由的教育环境，你可以选择一个专业，但是专业设有你想 象中的那么重要，特别是如果你打算继续研究生学习的话。

H: Unbelievable.

H:难以置信。

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学生有灵活和适应性强的头脑，能够掌握全面的知识，拥有 良好的逻辑思考能力。

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

H:那就是说，如果我想进入法学院，我可以不用先拿到法学预科学位。

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?(韩梅梅舒了一口气)说真的，我正在为选择美国文学，还是选择法律而 左右为难呢。我喜欢文学，但是我又想成为一名律师。

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

J：你可以先选择文学专业，然后进人法学院读研究生，就像我一样。

H: You?

H:你?

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

J：我会先学习物理，然后去读商学院。

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：无论有多少兴趣爱好，哈佛大学都能满足彳尔所有的需求。除了一个主攻学习专 业以外，你可以选择第二专业，但是这个第二专业无需和主攻专业相关。

H: We can choose as we wish.

H:我们可以根据自己的意愿来选择。

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

J:但我们需要达到学士学位的最低要求。

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

H:我喜欢这样的教育方式，它把学生当成真正的人来培养，而不是把学生训练成未 来工作所需要的工具。