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Employee: Hi, can I help you?
職員：你好，需要幫忙嗎？
Student: Yes, I’d like to get help with the, uh, you know, payment for my classes, some sort of financial aid.
學生：是的，我想在支付學費方面得到一些幫助，某種助學金。
The problem is I don’t know much about it, so I don’t really know where to begin.
問題是我對此不太了解，所以不知道該從哪兒開始。
I saw this poster about work-study programs. Can you tell me something about that?
我看到了這個關于工作-學習項目的海報，你能給我介紹一下嗎？
Employee: Well, I think you’re talking about the government-sponsored work-study program.
職工：我想你說的是政府贊助的工作-學習項目。
It works like this: you work on campus and get paid an hourly wage just like a regular job.
是這么操作的：你要在學校里工作，然后像尋常的工作一樣得到一份時薪。
However, instead of getting a paycheck, the money goes directly to your bill for your courses, but almost all work-study jobs pay minimum wage, which is usually pretty low.
但是，工資不是直接給你的，而是直接打到你的課程費里去，但是幾乎所有的工作-學習項目里的工作支付的都是最低的工資，通常相當少。
The truth is: you might do better getting a job off campus since you can do whatever you want with the money, like paying your rent or...or buying textbooks.
事實是，你最好在學校外面找一份工作，這樣你就能隨意處置你的工資了，比如付房租或買課本。
Student: Thanks! That’s very useful. So how do I find out what’s out there?
學生：謝謝！這個信息太有用了。那我怎么才能知道外面有什么工作呢？
Employee: Let me show you our catalogue of various programs as well as scholarships offered here.
職員：我給你看看我們各種項目的目錄以及這里提供的獎學金。
That’s your best bet really, if you can find a good scholarship, because you don’t have to pay the money back.
說真的，那才是你最好的選擇，如果你能弄到一份不錯的獎學金的話，因為你不需要償還這筆錢。
You might qualify if your grades are good enough or if you have the right background.
如果你的成績夠好或者有符合的背景的話，也許能有資格申請上獎學金。
Student: Yeah, that sounds like something I should try for.
學生：對啊，聽起來像是我應該試試的事情。
Employee: Now, this is my desk-copy of the catalogue, but I can give you your own copy if you want.
職員：吶，這是我辦公桌上的目錄，不過如果你想要的話，我可以給你一份。
Oh yeah, be sure to visit the university library, too.
哦，對了，還一定要去一趟大學圖書館。
There’s a whole section on financial aid including application forms.
那里有一整個部分都是關于助學金的，包括申請表。
Student: Why isn’t all the information listed in the catalogue? It’d be so much easier.
學生：為什么不把所有的信息都列在目錄里呢？那樣會簡單很多啊。
