DIALOGUE 93:Benefits of Having a Student Card

1--Do English students have to pay for their education?

2--No, the fees are usually paid by the state.

1--Do they get a grant as well?

2--Yes, most of them get a grant.

1--Can they live on it?

2--It's very difficult. Most people take a summer job

or work for the post office at Christmas to earn a

bit of extra money.

1--And what are the benefits of having a student card?

2--Cheap rail travel, cheap theatre tickets, cheap

entrance to some art exhibitions and concerts.

Things like that.

注解：

1）grant：通常指由國(guó)家撥給學(xué)校辦學(xué)或資助學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)的款項(xiàng)。

2）extra：額外的（這里是與grant相對(duì)而言）。

3）benefit：好處，利益。

4）entrance：入場(chǎng)券。

譯文：

1--英國(guó)學(xué)生上學(xué)要交學(xué)費(fèi)嗎？

2--不交學(xué)費(fèi)。學(xué)費(fèi)通常是由國(guó)家負(fù)擔(dān)。

1--他們還有助學(xué)金嗎？

2--是的，大多數(shù)學(xué)生都有助學(xué)金。

1--助學(xué)金夠維持他們的生活嗎？

2--很困難。大多數(shù)人靠夏天打工或圣誕節(jié)期間到郵局

干活再掙些錢。

1--有學(xué)生證可享有哪些福利？

2--坐火車、買戲票、參觀藝術(shù)館或聽音樂(lè)會(huì)都可以憑

學(xué)生證購(gòu)買便宜票。如此等等。