Intermediate Listening Lesson 04

 

新生报到，和同学打招呼

A: "Hi. What's your name?"

B: "My name is Jung Min. What's your name?"

A: "My name is Jessica. It's nice to meet you."

B: "Yes. It's nice to meet you too. Are you a new student too?"

A: "No. I'm a sophomore¹. I take it you are a new student?"

B: "Yeah. It's pretty exciting to be here."

A: "Have fun while it lasts. The excitement² wears off real quick. Especially after you see how much homework you get. Where are you from?"

B: "I'm from Korea³. My parents wanted me to go to an American university, so I came here."

A: "I have never been to Korea. I've been to Japan before, but never Korea."

B: "Why were you in Japan?"

A: "My father thought it would be a good experience to take a vacation to a different country. He's so into learning⁴ about different cultures."

B: "That's pretty cool."

A: "I thought it would have been more fun if I went without my parents."

B: "Well, if you ever want to visit Korea, I would be happy to show you around."

A: "Thanks for the offer. I'll keep that in mind. Oh, the professor⁵ is coming. We'll talk more after class."

B: "Ok."

1 sophomore   

n.大学二年级生；adj.第二年的

参考例句：

• He is in his sophomore year.他在读二年级。
• I'm a college sophomore majoring in English.我是一名英语专业的大二学生。

2 excitement   

n.刺激；兴奋；激动

参考例句：

• His voice rose in excitement.他激动得声音提高了。
• He opened the door and ran out in great excitement.他打开门，非常激动地跑了出去。

3 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

5 professor   

n.教授，公开表示信仰的人

参考例句：

• He is famous as a professor.他作为教授享有盛名。
• I happen to know that professor.我正好认识那位教授。