托福听力TPO02精听讲义 | 对话2:Poetry club activity

Part I

Girl: Did you register already for your classes next semester?

Boy: Yes, I did.

Girl: What are you taking?

Boy: Um...contemporary literature, English style, um...a teaching seminar, and I still have to do my student teaching. I'm gonna help teach a writing class of the junior high.

Girl: That's a heavy schedule.

Boy: Yeah, it will be really busy and I'm also taking a theory class. Bet I have to quit my job a couple of weeks ‘cause it will be just too much.

Girl: Where do you work at?

Boy: Buster's coffee shop, but just till the end of the month. What are you doing next semester?

Girl: Actually a teaching seminar too. And I will have to start writing my thesis. You know, I'm also going for my master's degree.

那是一个繁忙的日程安排。

我敢说我有几周是不得不辞职不工作的，因为事情实在太多了。 

1. seminar|ˈsemɪnɑ:(r)|

noun. a class at a university or college when a small group of students and a teacher discuss or study a particular topic （大学教师带领学生作专题讨论的）研讨课 

E.g.: Teaching is by lectures and seminars.

       教学形式为讲座和研讨课。

2. 小学: primary school; elementary school; junior school; grade school; 初中: junior middle school; junior high school; 高中: senior middle school; senior school; high school; senior high school; 

3. bet|bet|

verb. (informal) used to say that you are almost certain that sth is true or that sth will happen 敢说；八成儿

E.g.:You can bet (that) the moment I sit down, the phone will ring.

        几乎可以肯定，我一坐下，电话铃就会响起来。

4. go for sth

to put a lot of effort into sth, so that you get or achieve sth 努力争取某事物 

E.g.:Go for it , John! You know you can beat him.

        努力争取吧，约翰！你知道你是可以打败他的。

5. bachelor 学士, master硕士, doctor 博士, undergraduate 本科生, postgraduate 研究生, freshman 一年级新生, sophomore 二年级学生, junior 三年级学生, senior 毕业班学生; 

Part II

Boy: So you are not writing any poetry, I imagine.

Girl: No, I was actually thinking about revising some of my poems and sending them into places for publication.

Boy: Cool, you should. Um, did you hear about that new poetry club, The Poetry Kitchen?

Girl: Yeah, no time.

Boy: It's fun. It's Sunday night. You don't do anything at Sunday nights.

Girl: I do homework Sunday nights.

Boy: Well, it's only from 7 to 9.

Girl: Is it every Sunday?

Boy: Last Sunday of every month. I don't know about this month, cause it's probably a little too close to Thanksgiving, so they might move it up. I don't know what they are gonna do, but it's a good time, it's fun, some really impressive readings.

Girl: Who? From our class?

1. imagine |ɪˈmædʒɪn|

verb. to think that sth is probably true 料想；认为 

E.g.: I don't imagine (that) they'll refuse.

       我认为他们不会拒绝。

2. revise |rɪˈvaɪz|

verb.  to change your opinions or plans, for example because of sth you have learned 改变，修改（意见或计划）

E.g.: The government may need to revise its policy in the light of this report.

       政府可能需要根据这份报告改变其政策。

3. publication|ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃn|

noun. the act of printing sth in a newspaper, report, etc. so that the public knows about it 发表；刊登；公布

E.g.:The newspaper continues to defend its publication of the photographs.

        这家报纸继续为刊登这些照片辩护。

4. move|mu:v|

verb. to change; to change sth 变化；改变；转变

E.g.:The government has not moved on this issue.

        政府在这个问题上没有转变。

Part III

Boy: Some people from our class are reading. A lot of them go, sometimes even the professor.

Girl: Really? I don't know if I would want to read in front of her.

Boy: You wouldn't have to read, you can just watch. I just watched the first time, but it's a good environment to read them, I think anyway.

Girl: I probably have to write something new, so maybe during the summer, I just can't now.

Boy: Yeah, it wouldn't be the same just reading old stuff. Are you gonna do summer school?

Girl: Definitely. Otherwise, I will be short of 6 credits. I have no choice.

Boy: Yeah, me too. This is the second summer I'll have to take classes. Gotta go now, my Shakespeare class starts in twenty minutes.

是的，只读旧东西就没什么意思了。 

1. summer school

 courses that are held in the summer at a university or college or, in the US, at a school 暑期班（一般在大学开设，美国中小学也有）

2. short |ʃɔ:t|

adj. less than the number, amount or distance mentioned or needed 少于；缺少；未达到 

E.g.: She was just short of her 90th birthday when she died.

       她去世时就快过90岁生日了。