Neil: What have you been up to?
尼爾:你最近在忙什么呢?
Lewis: I've been preparing for TestDaF. It's a test of German as a foreign language.
路易斯:我在準備考德福,是一項德語語言考試。
Neil: Is it difficult?
尼爾:難嗎?
Lewis: It is for me. As a foreign language, German is known for its word length. Besides, I have only studied German for one year. That's why I'm currently taking courses at the Goethe Institute.
路易斯:對我來說挺難的。作為一門外語,德語一向都以它的詞語長度而著名。況且我學德語才學了一年。所以現在我在上歌德學院的課。
Neil: Do you have to pass the test to go to Germany?
尼爾:去德國必須要通過這項考試嗎?
Lewis: I wish I don't, but it's a requisite for application at German Universities.
路易斯:我真希望不是這樣,但對于申請德國的大學來說,德福是必需的。
Neil: Which German University are you applying to?
尼爾:你在申請德國的哪所大學?
Lewis: University of Hamburg and Berlin Institute of Technology. There are other options if I get rejected by those two, but I cross my heart and hope it will not come to that.
路易斯:漢堡大學和柏林工業大學。如果被這兩所拒絕的話,我再考慮其他選擇,但我衷心祈禱不會到那一步。