商务礼节美语第63期:成人教育(2)
日期:2012-05-15 14:04

(单词翻译:单击)

Lisa请Shirley吃饭,说自己想回学校去读个硕士或是博士学位,征求Shirley的意见。Shirley说,

Shirley:I got my Master's in Business Management. It's helped my career, but it took several years of hard studying. If I didn't have a supportive family and a husband with a good job, I don't think I could have done it.

L:So you're counseling me against this idea?

S:Not necessarily, but I do recommend taking a slow approach.
Can you take some night classes or find some way to keep working while you go back to school?

L:Might be difficult.

Shirley念的商业管理硕士学位,她觉得,自己之所以能读下来,靠的是家人的支持,和老公的高收入。Lisa问Shirley是不是劝她放弃这种想法,so you're counseling me against it? to counsel someone against something意思是劝说某人不要做某事。Shirley说,not necessarily那也不一定。她建议Lisa慢慢来,take a slow approach, 看能不能边工作边选课。Lisa觉得不太实际。

S:Maybe you could get an MBA or something more marketable.

L:That's worth considering.

S:I got my BA from Brown University. My major was Environmental Studies but that hasn't been as useful as the business courses I took.
L:Or maybe I should just take some courses that I'm interested in, but skip the Master's.

S:That's another idea, but if you really have a dream, don't let anything stop you from going for it! Going back to school is hard, but it's not impossible.

Shirley劝Lisa考虑其他更容易找高薪工作的专业。不过,她同时也鼓励Lisa说,if you really have a dream, don't let anything stop you from going for it! 如果这真是你的梦想的话,那就不要让任何事情阻挡你。

L:You're right! I need to decide if this is truly what I want.

S:And take your time. You're still young. Maybe there's even a correspondence course you can take during your free time.

L:Yeah! Then I could slowly build up credits and maybe later transfer into a university program.

S:There you go! That's some clear thinking.

L:I guess I just love learning! I remember the day my SAT test scores came back....I was so excited!

S:(chuckle) I don't remember loving school quite so much....most of the time I was either bored or totally stressed out. But like I said earlier, if you have a dream, don't let anything hold you back!

Shirley说,Lisa甚至可以抽空先选几门correspondence course函授课程,这样可以慢慢积攒一些学分credits, 以后如果真想读学位,也可以用得上。她再次强调说,If you have a dream, don't let anything hold you back. 意思是有梦想,就不要让任何事情拉你的后腿。

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重点单词
  • transfern. 迁移,移动,换车 v. 转移,调转,调任
  • approachn. 接近; 途径,方法 v. 靠近,接近,动手处理
  • recommendvt. 建议,推荐,劝告 vt. 使成为可取,使受欢迎
  • skipv. 跳过,略过,遗漏 n. 跳跃,跳读 n. (
  • impossibleadj. 不可能的,做不到的 adj. 无法忍受的
  • chucklev. 轻声笑,咯咯笑,暗自笑 n. 轻声笑,咯咯笑
  • counseln. 商议,忠告,法律顾问 v. 商议,劝告