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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and the director of campus activities.

旁白：听下面一段学生与校园活动主任之间的对话。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I’m here cause … well … there’s something I don’t understand.

学生：我来是…我有件事我不太明白。

2 .I sent an announcement for an event, and this morning I checked the events section of the university’s web site and nothing. There’s no mention of it.

我发了一个事件的声明，但是今天早上我查询校园网站的事件栏，却没发现任何有关的消息。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->And when did you submit this request?

主任：你是什么时候提交的申请？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Last Wednesday. I followed the instructions very carefully …

学生：上周三，我非常仔细的按照要求做的。

2 .I’m sure it was Wednesday, because I know announcements have to be submitted three business days ahead of the posting date.

我确定是上个周三，因为我知道声明必须在公布之日的三个工作日之前提交。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->And what’s it for?

主任：是有关什么的声明呢？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->A reading.

学生：关于阅读的。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->A reading?

主任：阅读？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Yes, a poetry reading.

学生：是的，诗歌阅读。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->Oh, okay, and when is it?

主任：哦，好。诗歌阅读在什么时候？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->In three days. It’s an author from France we’ve been trying to get for a while, and now that he’s finally agreed to come, no one’ll be there.

学生：三天后。我们努力争取了好长时间的一位法国作家，现在他终于同意要来了，却没人去参加。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->Wow … this person’s really coming all the way from France?

主任：哇，他真的大老远的法国来啊？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Oh no, he’s teaching in New York City this year.

学生：哦，不是，今年他要来纽约授课。

2 .We were able to sell him on the idea by promising there’d be a nice-sized crowd.

我们通过许诺他会有很多人来诗歌阅读才说服他。

3 .I felt confident about that, because I know how enthusiastic our group is.

我们十分有信心能够将他推荐给广大的读者，因为我们的团体都对他十分推崇。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->And your group …Do-Do you have a name?

主任：你们的团体？有名字吗？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->[thinking]Um, well it’s kind of a loose group, you know, just a bunch of students in the French Department who are interested in French literature … there’s no formal structure or anything … I guess you could call us the “French Literature Reading Group.”

学生：呃，我们的团体比较不固定，就是法语系的一些对法国文学感兴趣的学生，还没有正式的组织或其他的，我想你可以叫我们法国文学阅读俱乐部。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->Okay, and it’s a recognized group … by the University, I mean?

主任：好的。你们的团体是认证团体吗？我的意思是在学校？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->No…

学生：不是。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->[mildly surprised]Okay…

主任：好的...

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->[Concerned that the group will not be seen as legitimate]But the French Department is funding this … on the condition that we do all the legwork.

学生：如果我们承担所有的外勤工作，法语系会为我们赞助。

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->[checking computer]All right, hold on a second while I check ...

主任：好的，请等一下，我需要查一下。

2 .Well it looks like we did receive your announcement last Wednesday.

看来我们的确在上个星期三接到了你的声明。

3 .It looks like the editors must’ve decided not to include your event in this week’s listings.

但是估计是编辑决定不把你们的活动登在本周的目录中。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Not include it? Why?

学生：不发表，为什么？

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->Well, we don’t post things automatically— we get so many requests that we couldn’t possibly post them all.

主任：是这样的，我们并不是自动发表的，我们不可能把收到的那么多请求都发布出来。

2 .So events that are thought to be too specialized, without the potential for a really wide appeal …

所以只有被确定是有专业化的事件才能被发表，如果那些看起来不会太吸引人的…

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->[disbelief, mixed with slight annoyance]Wow,I’ve gotta say, that does surprise me. What am I gonna do now?

学生：哇，我不得不说我很惊讶，现在我该怎么办呢？

2 .I mean he really is quite famous, I really do think there would be genuine interest beyond my group … It would be a shame if no one showed up because there wasn’t enough publicity.

我的意思，他真的非常有名，我真的觉得除了我们的团队还会有很多人真正对此感兴趣，如果是因为宣传不够而没有人参加，那将会是个遗憾。

3 .Is there anyone else I can talk to?

我还可以跟其他人谈谈吗？

1 .<-MALE DIRECTOR:->I don’t think that’ll do you much good, since we’re already working on next week’s schedule.

主任：我认为那也不会有什么用，因为我们已经开始做下个星期的计划了。

2 .But maybe you could ask the French Department to post the announcement on its Web site ...

但是你或许可以让法语系的网站发一个声明。

3 .And maybe you could approach some other departments as well. You know, relevant ones.

你还可以跟其他相关的系联系一下。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I knew we should’ve done a poster, but everybody was like “Oh, you can just post it online.”

学生：我就知道我应该做一个海报，但大家都说，哦，你只要在网上宣传就可以了。

2 .In any event, thanks for your help. It’s something to consider.

不管怎么样，谢谢你的帮助。你的建议值得考虑。