評論
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Recording 45
錄音45
You will hear two students talking about their university studies.
你將聽到兩位學生談論他們的大學學業。
First, you have some time to look at the questions 21 to 26.
首先，你有時間看看第二十一題至第二十六題。
Oh, hi George, how's it going? Hi Martina, it's going well. How about you? How's university life?
你好，喬治，近來怎樣？你好，瑪蒂娜，最近挺好的。你呢？大學過得怎么樣？
Well, it's great, apart from the studying of course. Yeah, me too! What are you studying? I seem to remember that you were going to do Art. That was your best subject, wasn't it?
還不錯，當然了，除了學習以外。我也是。你正在學什么？我似乎記得你要學文科，那是你最強的學科，對吧？
No, not really, I just liked the teacher. He was French and had an amazing accent. My favourite subject was History but I couldn't see what career that would give me. Ah, right. So what did you choose?
不，不是。我只是喜歡那位老師罷了。他是法國人，口音棒極了。我最喜歡的科目是歷史，但我覺得沒有什么職業前景。也對，那你選了什么科目？
Well, I found it really difficult to decide. I was really good at Science but I must admit I never really enjoyed studying it.
我發現這可是個挺困難的決定。我理科很好，但我得承認，我從來都不喜歡學理科。
So, in the end I decided to opt for English, which was my second favourite subject, and I thought it would be more useful to me than studying anything else.
所以，最后我決定學英語，這是我第二喜歡的科目，我覺得學英語比其它學科更有用。
So, that's what I'm doing. Um... How are you finding university? Well, it's a bit of a challenge I suppose.
這就是我現在的情況了。你覺得大學怎么樣？我覺得這是個挑戰。
Are you finding it difficult? Well, some of it.
你是覺得大學課業很難嗎？一部分吧。
I'm doing Mechanical Engineering which is really interesting but it covers quite a lot of areas like materials science, machine design, physics and of course mechanics-and they're all fine.
我正在學機械工程，這很有趣，但其涵蓋很多領域，像材料科學、機械設計、物理，當然了，還有機械學—這些都沒問題。
But it's maths that I'm struggling with. It's a lot harder than it was at school.
但讓我備受煎熬的是數學，這里的數學可比以前學校里教的難多了。
I can believe it. It all sounds very difficult to me.
我能想象。這些對我來說聽上去都難極了，
But then I never was very good at mechanical things. I suppose it must involve some practical work? Well, not at the moment. Currently, it's nearly all theory, so it's a bit heavy-going.
但再說了，我從來都不擅長機械方面的知識。我想這應該也包括一些實踐性工作在內吧？現在沒有。目前都是學理論知識，所以學起來挺吃力的。
I guess you need to start with that so that you can get a grasp of the concepts and learn a few facts before you start putting it into practice. It must be a lot different to the course that I'm taking.
我想你們都得從理論學起，才能掌握好概念，學習到知識，之后再應用于實際。這和我在上的課肯定是天差地別啊。
Yes, but in a few weeks we'll be having a lot more practical experience. In fact, I've got a great assignment this term working on jet engines, which means I'll be going on a few field trips to a nearby airport.
對，但過幾周我們就會有更多實踐經驗了。事實上，我這學期有項很棒的作業，是關于噴射發動機的，也就是說，我很快就要去附近的機場進行實地考察了。
Oh, that's great. It sounds like you're going to be very busy. Yes, I'm not sure how I'm going to cope with the work. We have a lot of lectures-and that's fine. The lecturers are very knowledgeable and I learn a lot from them.
噢， 太好了！聽起來你馬上就要忙起來了。沒錯，我不確定我要怎么應付這么多工作。我們有很多講課，這也沒什么問題，講師們都知識淵博，我學到了很多東西。
