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It's Up to You选校风云ACT III教师讲解版视频

On the patio of the Stewart's home later that day. Robbie is watering the flowers. He is speaking with his friend Mike about their interviews for college.

Mike：I had an interview today, too. I had a great interview with Admissions at Columbia University.

Robbie：Really? What did they say? Will you get into the school?

Mike：Well, they didn't say anything for sure. [joking] But I figure that with my grades and with my personality, I'll have no problem.

Robbie：Columbia's a terrific school. What are you going to do?

Mike：Do? I don't know. I also applied to NYU5.

Robbie：You sound excited about Columbia. What's your problem, Mike?

Mike：Indecision.Indecision. It's not easy, and this is an important decision we have to make. What about you? How was your interview with Michigan?

Robbie：The interview was fine.

Mike：It's a great college.

Robbie：It is. My father would like me to go there. He and my Grandpa both went there.

Mike：Great medical school, too.

Robbie：I know.

Mike：You can follow in your father's footsteps.

Robbie：Ah!I'd like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike.

Mike： What do you want to study?

Robbie：I've been thinking. I think I want to study journalism to be a reporter----a newspaperman.

Mike：You do a pretty good job on the River dale High School paper.

Robbie：And I've been thinking about it a lot lately.

Mike： Have you discussed it with your parents?

Robbie：No. But I have to.

Mike：OK. Let's talk.

[They leave.]

That night. Robbie is sitting in the living room of his home. Philip enters.

Philip：Hi, Son. Is everything all right?

Robbie：Hi, Dad. Everything's fine. I was just waiting for you to get home so we could talk.

Philip：Anything special you want to talk about?

Robbie：There is, Dad.

Philip：I'm listening.

Robbie：Well, I know you and Mom have given up a lot to save money for my college tuition.

Philip：We want you to go to college, Robbie.

Robbie：I know. I do.

Philip：But?

Robbie：Well, I've thought a lot about which college, and one of them is Columbia.

Philip：Columbia? Why Columbia?

Robbie：First, they have an excellent School of Journalism.

Philip：They do. And your friends are planning to go to Columbia?

Robbie：That's only part of it. It's complicated19. I'll try to explain. Mike and I had a hamburger this afternoon, and we talked.

Philip：Yes?

Robbie：Well, we talked about a lot of things. He applied to Columbia, and his interview was very successful. He thinks he'll be accepted, and he really wants to go there.

Philip：Dean Rafer called me today. He told me he was very impressed with you.

Robbie：He's a nice man. He was very kind.

Philip：He told me you had some doubts about wanting to go to Michigan.

Robbie：Yes. I do. I'm just not sure about what I want to do.

Philip：That's OK.

Robbie：You understand?

Philip：Let me tell you something, Robbie. Something that might be surprising to you.

Robbie：What? Tell me.

Philip：Well, Grandpa wanted me to study engineering, like him. Well, I wasn't clear about my future, but I knew engineering was not for me.

Robbie：What did you tell Grandpa?

Philip：The truth.

Robbie：Then you're not upset about my not wanting to go into medicine?

Philip：I'm not upset at all. I'm just happy that we're able to talk about it.

Robbie：I am too, Dad.

Philip：I suppose you want to apply to Columbia.

Robbie：Yes, but I also want to apply to several other colleges.

Philip：I thought you wanted to go to Columbia.

Robbie：Well, I might want to go to Columbia. But I might not. I just want to be able to make my own decision.

Philip：You're a real Stewart!

Robbie：And if I think about it long enough, you never know …

Philip：Never know what?

Robbie：If I make my own decision, I might choose Michigan.

Philip：Robbie, you're something! You know, when I was your age, I said exactly the same thing to Grandpa.

[They smile.]

中英对照版

I had an interview today, too. 我今天也参加了一个面谈。
I had a great interview 我参加了一次很精采的面试。
with Admissions at Columbia University. 与Columbia大学的招生人员。
Really? 真的？
What did they say? 他们说什么？
Will you get into the school? 你会被录取吗？
Well, they didn't say anything for sure. 嗯，他们没有任何准确的答覆。
But I figure that with my grades and with my personality, 但我想凭我的成绩和我的品行，
I'll have no problem. 我不会有问题。
Columbia's a terrific school. Columbia是一所很难进的学校。
What are you going to do? 你打算怎么办？
Do? I don't know. 怎么办？我不知道。
I also applied to NYU. 我还申请了纽约大学。
You sound excited about Columbia. 听起来你对Columbia大学挺有兴趣的。
What's your problem, Mike? 你现在问题在哪，Mike?
Indecision. Indecision. 下不了决心。拿不定主意。
It's not easy, 实在不容易，
and this is an important decision we have to make. 这又是我们必须做的一个重大决定。
What about you? 你呢？
How was your interview with Michigan? 你跟Michigan大学的人面谈得如何？
The interview was fine. 面谈得很好。
It's a great college. 那是一所好大学。
It is. 是的。
My father would like me to go there. 我爸爸希望我去那儿。?
He and my Grandpa both went there. 他和我爷爷都曾在哪儿读书。
Great medical school, too. 而且有很好的医学院。
I know. 我知道。
You can follow in your father's footsteps. 你可以跟随你父亲脚步 。
Ah! I'd like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike. 噢，我想走自己的路，Mike。
What do you want to study? 你想学什么？
I've been thinking. 我一直在考虑。
I think I want to study journalism 我想学新闻学。
to be a reporter--a newspaperman. 将来当一名记者---一个新闻从业人员。
You do a pretty good job on the Riverdale High School paper. 你在Riverdale高中校刊做得有声有色。
And I've been thinking about it a lot lately. 最近我一直就此事想了很多。
Have you discussed it with your parents? 你和父母商量过了？
No. But I have to. 没有。但有此必要。
OK. Let's talk. 好，我们谈谈吧。
Hi, Son. Is everything all right? 嗨，孩子，一切都顺利吗？
Hi, Dad. Everything's fine. 嗨，爸爸。一切都很好。
I was just waiting for you to get home 我正等你回来
so we could talk. 好跟你谈谈。
Anything special you want to talk about? 有什么特殊的事要谈吗?
There is, Dad. 有，爸爸。
I'm listening. 那就说吧。
Well, I know you and Mom have given up a lot 嗯，我知道你和妈省吃俭用
to save money for my college tuition. 存钱准备我的大学学费。
We want you to go to college, Robbie. 我们希望你上大学，Robbie。
I know. I do. 我知道。我会的。
But? 那还有什么事？
Well, I've thought a lot about which college, 嗯，我为了上哪一个大学想了很多，
and one of them is Columbia. 其中一所是Columbia大学。
Columbia? Why Columbia? Columbia？为什么是Columbia？
First, they have an excellent School of Journalism. 首先，那里有很优秀的新闻研究院。
They do. 是的。
And your friends are planning to go to Columbia? 而且你的朋友们也想去Columbia大学，对吗？
That's only part of it. 这只是一部分原因。
It's complicated. 原因很复杂。
I'll try to explain. 我会尽量给你解释。
Mike and I had a hamburger this afternoon, and we talked. 今天下午 Mike和我一起吃汉堡时讨论过。
Yes? 是吗？
Well, we talked about a lot of things. 嗯，我们谈了很多。
He applied to Columbia, 他申请了Columbia，
and his interview was very successful. 他的面谈很成功。
He thinks he'll be accepted, 他觉得他会被录取，
and he really wants to go there. 他确实很想去那儿。
Dean Rafer called me today. Rafer主任今天打电话给我。
He told me he was very impressed with you. 他告诉我他对你印象很好。
He's a nice man. 他是个好人。
He was very kind. 对人和蔼。
He told me 他告诉我
you had some doubts about wanting to go to Michigan. 你对上Michigan大学还有些疑虑。
Yes. I do. 是的，我有疑虑。
I'm just not sure about what I want to do. 我不知道该读什么。
That's OK. 没关系的。
You understand? 你能谅解？
Let me tell you something, Robbie. 让我告诉你一件事，Robbie。
Something that might be surprising to you. 一件也许会让你吃惊的事。
What? Tell me. 什么事，说给我听听。?
Well, Grandpa wanted me to study engineering, like him. 嗯，爷爷希望我像他一样学工程。
Well, I wasn't clear about my future, 哦，我对自己的未来也不清楚，
but I knew engineering was not for me. 但我知道工程对我不适合。
What did you tell Grandpa? 那你是如何对爷爷讲的？
The truth. 实话实说。
Then you're not upset 那么你有没有感到不高兴
about my not wanting to go into medicine? 对我不学医。
I'm not upset at all. 一点也不。
I'm just happy that we're able to talk about it. 我很高兴我们能够共同商讨这件事。
I am too, Dad. 我也一样，爸爸。
I suppose you want to apply to Columbia. 我猜想你会申请Columbia大学。
Yes, but I also want to apply to several other colleges. 是的，但我还想申请几所其他的大学。
I thought you wanted to go to Columbia. 我还以为你只想上Columbia大学。
Well, I might want to go to Columbia. 嗯，我也许去Columbia大学。
But I might not. 但也许不去。
I just want to be able to make my own decision. 我只想能够自己决定。
You're a real Stewart! 你真是我们Stewart家的人！
And if I think about it long enough, you never know ... 如果我考虑成熟的话，说不定……
Never know what? 说不定什么？
If I make my own decision, 如果我自己作决定，
I might choose Michigan. 我说不定选择Michigan大学。
Robbie, you're something! Robbie，你真了不起！
You know, when I was your age, 要知道，当我像你这么大的时候，
I said exactly the same thing to Grandpa. 我跟你爷爷也是这么说的。

口语讲解

二.口语讲解

第九课句型总结

emphasize a question
强调问题
1. What time is it, anyway?
2. How much money did you get in the deal, huh?
3. Do you like her or not, Tom?

@ say something doesn't bother you
说自己不在乎
1. I don't mind.
2. I don't care.
3. It doesn't matter to me.

@ make a suggestion
提出建议
1. Maybe you should think about becoming a writer.
2. Maybe you would like the green T-shirt.
3. Have you ever thought of studying law?

@ reassure someone
安慰对方
1. You'll be OK.
2. It will be nothing to you.
3. You will surely win.

@ talk about a coincidence
谈巧合
1. It turns out he's a classmate of mine.
2. George happened to be at the party.
3. I found it was my lost car.

@ say someone has made time for something
说某人有空办某事
1. He's agreed to fit you into his schedule.
2. She's agreed to type the document in the evening.
3. He said he'll leave a whole day for the reception tomorrow.

@ say something doesn't follow logically
说事情并非必然
1. It doesn't mean you have to be a doctor.
2. I don't mean you have to repeat it.
3. He didn't say you couldn't join them.

@ introduce an important statement
引出话题
1. I want you to know something.
2. I'm going to tell you something.
3. They have something to declare.

@ say you've made up your mind about something
表示自己已有结论
1. I came to that conclusion.
2. I've come to the conclusion that ...
3. I've made up my mind about that.

@ thank someone for listening to you
感谢对方倾听
1. Thanks for hearing me out.
2. That's all for today. Thank you.
3. My speech is over. Thank you.

@ say someone looks young
说对方看上去年轻
1. You look as young as ever.
2. You look much younger than your real age.
3. You don't look that old.

@ say something isn't obvious
说某事并不明显
1. It doesn't show.
2. There's not much difference.
3. It doesn't look so.

@ ask about life experiences
询问生活经验
1. What kind of articles have you written?
2. Have you ever thought about becoming a journalist?
3. How long have you been an actor?

@ say someone isn't sure
说对方似乎不太肯定
1. You seem to have some reservations.
2. You seem to be uncertain about it.
3. It has not been decided yet.

@ give advice
提出忠告
1. One piece of advice ...
2. My advice is ...

美国文化介绍

三.美国文化介绍

我们在学英语的过程中，无论是老师还是其他朋友经常告诉我们，学习一种语言，不只要学其语言，还要学其文化。现在就了解一下本文中出现的一些美国特色的文化吧！

1．30％以上的美国青年进大学。全美国大约有三千所高等教育机构，其中大多数对一切高中毕业生开放入学机会。以大学生占人口比例数之高低而言，美国在全世界历来是，今天仍然是很高的。统计材料表明，与英国比，美国高得多，每10万人中有5650人在上大学，高中毕业生中有60％进大学。

2．在美国，像Columbia 大学和纽约大学这种私立大学的学费要比公立大学贵出一倍以上，因为公立大学从州及市政府得到资助。不过美国学费虽贵，但也有众多的奖学金（grants）、助学金（aids）和助学贷款（loans）可供学生申请，尤其助学贷款，一般规定由学生毕业半年以后，再分期（通常10年）偿还，对学生自食其力的精神培养，也有积极的作用。

3．从Robbie跟他父亲的谈话可以看出，美国人极其珍视自己的独立人格。他们深信每个人都有权利决定自己的事务并独立地对自己的所作所为负责。家长可以提供参考性意见，让孩子自己思考、权衡、做决定，而不是包办代替，这也有利于他们的精神成长。

阅读素材

奖学金

American schools provided aid to almost half of foreign graduate students during the last academic year, but only ten percent of undergraduates.

In all, more than sixty percent of international students paid for their education mainly with personal or family money. Twenty-six percent were supported by their American college or university.

Foreign students represent a valuable resource, especially when public colleges and universities face budget cuts by states. Foreign students pay the higher prices charged for students from out of state. Not only that, they can help schools increase their ethnic diversity.

Some students are supported by their home university or government. A small number receive support from the United States government. Employers, private sponsors and international organizations also help some students pay for school.

A list of American colleges and universities that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at edupass.org -- e-d-u-p-a-s-s dot o-r-g. The Web site also provides information and advice on scholarship programs. Never trust a program that charges for application forms.

Another helpful site about American higher education and financial aid is educationusa.state.gov.

About half of international students are in graduate school. The Institute of International Education in New York says thirty-one percent during the last academic year were undergraduates. The others were studying English or in training program.

In all, the United States has around eighteen million students in higher education. Last year, more than six hundred twenty thousand, or three and a half percent, were international students.

The United States, though, has the largest "market share," about twenty percent of all the international students in the world. But even as more and more students come to the United States, more and more are also going to other countries.

So experts say the American share is likely to go down in the future.

The nearest competitor is Britain, with thirteen percent at last report. Other top countries for international students include France, Germany, Australia, China, Canada and Japan.