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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and a financial-aid official.

旁白：听一段学生与资助中心职员的对话。

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Hi, can I help you?

职员：你好，需要帮忙吗？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yes. Um, I'd like to get help with the, uh, you know, payment for my classes-ah some sort of financial aid.

学生：是的，我想在支付学费方面得到一些帮助，某种助学金。

2 .The-the problem is, I don't know much about it, so I don't really know where to begin...I saw this poster about work-study programs...can you tell me something about that?

问题是我对此不太了解，所以不知道该从哪儿开始...我看到了这个关于工作-学习项目的海报，您能给我介绍一下吗？

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Well, I-I think you're talking about the government-sponsored work-study program.It works like this.

职员：我想你说的是政府赞助的工作-学习项目。它是这么运作的。

2 .You work on campus and get paid an hourly wage, just like a regular job.

你要在学校里工作，然后像寻常的工作一样得到一份时薪。

3 .However, instead of getting a paycheck, the money goes directly to your bill for your courses.

但是，工资不是直接给你的，而是直接打到你的课程费里去。

4 .But, almost all work-study jobs pay minimum wage,which is usually pretty low.

但是几乎所有的工作-学习项目里的工作支付的都是最低的工资，通常相当少。

5 .The truth is...you might do better getting a job off campus, since you can do whatever you want with the money, like paying your rent or-or buying textbooks.

事实是，你最好在学校外面找一份工作，这样你就能随意处置你的工资了，比如付房租或买课本。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Thanks! That's very useful. So how do I find out what's out there?

学生：谢谢！这个信息太有用了。那我怎么才能知道外面有什么工作呢？

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Let me show you our catalog of various programs, as well as scholarships offered here.

职员：我给你看看我们各种项目的目录以及这里提供的奖学金。

2 .That's your best bet, really, if you can find a good scholarship, because you don't have to pay the money back-you might qualify if your grades are good enough, or if you have the right background...

说真的，那才是你最好的选择，如果你能获得一份不错的奖学金的话，因为你不需要偿还这笔钱...如果你的成绩够好或者有符合的背景的话...

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah, that sounds like something I should try for.

学生：对啊，听起来像是我应该试试的事情。

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Now, this is my desk copy of the catalog, but I can give you your own copy, if you want.

职员：呐，这是我办公桌上的目录，不过如果你想要的话，我可以给你一份副本。

2 .Oh yeah, be sure to visit the university library, too. There's a whole section on financial aid, including application forms.

哦，对了，一定要去一趟大学图书馆。那里有一整片区域都是关于助学金的，包括申请表。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Why isn't all the information listed in the catalog? It'd be so much easier.

学生：为什么不把所有的信息都列在目录里呢？那样会简单很多啊。

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Oh, if we did that, the catalog would be too heavy to pick up!

职员：如果我们那么做的话，目录就会重的拿不起来了。

2 .Civic clubs, foundations-organizations from all over the country offer scholarships or other financial assistance to college students.

全国各地的市俱乐部、基金会和机构都给大学生提供奖学金或其他经济援助。

3 .And all kinds of companies have programs to help their employees' children go to college.

还有各种公司也有帮助他们员工的孩子上大学的项目。

4 .If either of your parents works for a large corporation, have them check to see if their companies do that.

只要你父母中有一个在一家大公司工作，你都可以让他们检查看看他们的公司有没有这种项目。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->OK, good idea.

学生：好的，好主意。

2 .Hey, my dad works for a big accounting firm, and he's a member of a professional accounting organization-do you think they'd offer financial aid?

对了，我爸爸在一家大会计公司工作，而且他还是一个专业会计组织的成员，你觉得他们那儿会提供助学金吗？

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Yes, that's fairly common.

职员：嗯，那是很常见的。

2 .Especially if you were planning to go into accounting ... what are you studying? What do you plan to do after you graduate?

尤其是如果你打算从事会计行业的话。你学的什么？你毕业之后打算干什么？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->I wanna become a dentist. I'm enrolled in the pre-med program for dentistry.

学生：我想成为一名牙医，我要去一个牙医的医学预科项目学习。

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->OK, so I'd suggest looking in the library for information on organizations that have to do with dentistry.

职员：好的，那我会建议你去图书馆找找和牙医有关的组织的信息。

2 .Any number of them might offer scholarships to students planning to join their profession.

他们中可能有好几个会给打算加入他们行业的学生提供奖学金。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->[Excited; he’d rather get free money than work] I'll definitely investigate that one.

学生：我绝对会好好研究一下那一项的。

1 .<-FEMALE OFFICIAL:->Great, but be sure to talk to one of our librarians too.

职员：那太好了！不过请一定要去跟我们的图书馆管理员聊一聊。

2 .They get the same questions over and over, so they can save you a great deal of time.

他们一遍又一遍接到同样的问题，所以他们能帮你节省很多时间。