PETS2口語(yǔ)對(duì)話練習(xí)-352

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Candy drives over to Ian's apartment
    Ian: Hey, nice Jag! So you want to join the Ivy League, eh? What'd you get on your TOEFL again?
    Candy: Umm...one hundred and seventy. You think I still have a shot?
    Ian: Maybe you should lower your horizons a bit.
    Candy: What do you mean? If an Ivy won't take me, at least Berkeley should. It's a public school, right?
    Ian: Candy, I think we should start thinking a little more strategically. Have you considered studying in a smaller, slightly less well-known program?
    (續(xù)上期,下期續(xù))
    PETS口語(yǔ)對(duì)語(yǔ)練習(xí)匯總
    凱蒂開(kāi)車到伊恩的公寓
    伊恩:嘿,這輛積架不賴嘛!所以你想進(jìn)常春藤盟校是吧?你之前說(shuō)你的托福拿幾分?
    凱蒂:嗯……一百七十分。你認(rèn)為我還有機(jī)會(huì)嗎?
    伊恩:也許你應(yīng)該稍微降低標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
    凱蒂:什么意思???如果常春藤不收我,至少柏克萊也應(yīng)該會(huì)啊。它是公立學(xué)校,對(duì)吧?
    伊恩:凱蒂,我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該開(kāi)始做些比較策略性的思考。你有沒(méi)有考慮過(guò)就讀比較小、稍微不那么有名的學(xué)校課程呢?
    重點(diǎn)解說(shuō):
    ★ Jag (n.) 歐洲車Jaguar 的昵稱,中譯為‘積架’
    ★ shot (n.) 嘗試。have a shot指‘有機(jī)會(huì)’
    ★ horizons (n.) (知識(shí),經(jīng)驗(yàn)等的)視野、眼界,做此解釋時(shí),固定加s
    ★ consider (v.) 考慮,細(xì)想(