实战口语情景对话：Grad School 研究院

Todd: So, Nydja, you actually just got into graduate school. So you know all about the application process.

托德：妮迪亚，你刚上研究院。那你一定知道申请程序。

Nydja: Yes, that's correct. I just got into grad school. I study International Relations. The process for this school wasn't too tedious. It didn't require a GRE or any long essays or too many references. The other schools that I was considering required the tests. High test scores. An application to be submitted three, four months in advance, so the process can be pretty tedious.

妮迪亚：对，没错。我刚进入研究院。我学的专业是国际关系。我念的这所学校申请程序并不是太麻烦。不需要GRE分数，也不需要长篇论文，不需要太多的介绍书。我之前考虑的另一所学校就对考试分数有要求。必须要考高分。而且要提前三至四个月提交申请，这种申请程序就太麻烦了。

Todd: Now, each time that you applied, did you have to pay an application fee?

托德：那每次申请都要交申请费吗?

Nydja: Yes, some colleges I was looking at upwards of a hundred and fifty dollars. This one was less expensive. It's a smaller school.

妮迪亚：对，我之前考虑的一些大学申请费高达150美元。我上的这所学校申请费要便宜的多。这是一所小学校。

Todd: Wow! A hundred and fifty dollars!

托德：哇!150美元!

Nydja: Yes.

妮迪亚：对。

Todd: So that limits how many schools you can apply to?

托德：所以这限制了你申请学校的数量吗?

Nydja: Yeah, depending on your funds, so I actually like this program and despite having researched everything else, I chose to stick with this one. I only applied for one and they let me in.

妮迪亚：对，申请数量取决于你的资金，我很喜欢这个项目，虽然我研究了很多，但我选择只申请一所学校。我只申请了一所学校，而且这所学校录取我了。

Todd: Oh, so you just went solo?

托德：哦，你只申请了一个?

Nydja: Yeah, I did. I did. I looked at this college, their plan for international travel and I fell in love so nowhere else had this program.

妮迪亚：对，没错。我研究了一下这所大学，他们有国际旅行的计划，我非常喜欢这个计划，而其他学校没有这种计划。

Todd: Yeah, what's the school?

托德：好，你上的是什么学校?

Nydja: Webster University. The International Relations program.

妮迪亚：韦伯斯特大学。国际关系项目。

Todd: And where is it?

托德：这所学校在哪里?

Nydja: It's in Bangkok.

妮迪亚：在曼谷。

Todd: So, you said that for your program, you didn't have to take a test, like the GRE ?

托德：你刚才说这个项目不用参加GRE考试，对吧?

Nydja: No, I did not have to take the GRE. No, I haven't taken it yet.

妮迪亚：对，我不用参加GRE考试。我还没有考GRE。

Todd: Why?

托德：为什么?

Nydja: Cause, I'm sure it has a math component that I don't want to have to worry about.

妮迪亚：GRE里面有数学题，可是我不想为这个担心。

Todd: You're not a math person?

托德：你不擅长数学?

Nydja: No, I'm not.

妮迪亚：对，我不擅长。

Todd: So the GRE is what, just math and language?

托德：GRE考试包括数学考试和语言考试?

Nydja: You know I'm not really sure. I know it's kind of like the SAT. They want to look at how ... what is your potential when you get to grad school, so I think it does have maybe a composition section, you know, critical thinking, math analysis questions with numbers.

妮迪亚：我也不太清楚。我知道GRE考试和SAT考试类似。这类考试的目的是测试你在研究院的潜力，我认为考试里可能有需要进行批判性思考的作文还有数学分析题。