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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and her professor.
旁白：请听一段一名学生和教授讨论的对话。
第2段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Before we get started, I... I just wanted to say I'm glad you chose food science for your major courses study.
教授：在我们开始之前，我只想说我很高兴你选择食物科学作为你的主要课程研究方向。
第3段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Yeah, it seems like a great industry to get involved with.
学生：是的，似乎这是一个可以投入的产业。
2 .I mean with the four-year degree in food science, I'll always be able to find a job.
我的意思是说，经过四年的关于食物科学的学习后，我以后总可以找到工作。
第4段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->You're absolutely right. Before entering academia, I worked as a scientist for several food manufacturers and for the US Food and Drug Administration.
教授：你说的很对。在进入学术研究行列前，我在几个食物制造公司担任过科学家，也曾在美国食物药物管理局任职。
2 .I even worked on a commercial fishing boat in Alaska a couple of summers while I was an undergraduate.
当我还是大学生的时候，我还连续几个暑假在阿拉斯加某一商用捕鱼船上实习过。
3 .We bring in the day's catch to a floating processor boat where the fish got cleaned, packaged and frozen right at sea.
我们把当天捕获的鱼带到漂浮加工船，当船还在海上的时候我们会将鱼清洗干净包装并冷冻起来。
第5段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->That's amazing!
学生：真厉害。
2 .As a matter of fact, I'm sort of interested in food packaging.
事实上，我对食物包装很感兴趣。
第6段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well, for that, you'll need a strong background in physics, math and chemistry.
教授：嗯，这样，你就需要强大的物理数学和化学背景。
第7段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Those are my best subjects.
学生：这些都是我最擅长的科目。
2 .For a long time, I was leading towards getting my degree in engineering.
在获得工程学学位之前，我曾经学习了很长一段时间。
第8段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well, then you shouldn't have a problem.
教授：这样的话你就没有任何问题了。
2 .And fortunately, at this university, the department of food science offers a program in food packaging.
幸运的是，在这所大学，食物科学系提供食物包装项目
3 .Elsewhere, you might have to hammer courses together on your own.
要是在别处，你可能就要自己扛下了。
第9段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I guess I luck out then.
学生：我想到时我会很喜欢的。
2 .Um... so since my appointment today is to discuss my term paper topic, I wanted to ask, could I write about food packaging?
那么，由于我今天跟您约是想讨论我的学期论文话题，我本来是想问，我可以写关于食物包装的话题吗？
3 .I realize we're supposed to research food-born bacteria, but food packaging must play a role in all of that, right?
我发现我们应该研究食物糜烂后滋生的细菌，但是食物包装应该起到了很大的作用，对吧？
第10段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Absolutely! Maybe you should do some preliminary research on that.
教授：当然了。也许你应该做些初期研究工作。
第11段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->I have! That's the problem, I'm overwhelmed.
学生：我已经做了，这就是问题所在，内容太多了我看不过来。
第12段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well, in your reading, did anything interest you in particular?
教授：嗯，阅读的时候，有没有发现什么特别感兴趣的？
2 .I mean something you'd like to investigate.
就是你特别想调查研究的。
第13段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, I was surprised about the different types of packaging used for milk.
学生：嗯，对于各种各样的牛奶包装，我感到很惊讶。
2 .You know, clear plastic bottles, opaque bottles, cardboard containers...
你知道，透光的塑料瓶，不透光的牛奶瓶，硬纸盒等等。
第14段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->True! In fact, the type of packaging has something to do with the way milk's treated against bacteria.
教授：对！事实上，牛奶的包装跟防菌处理是有相关联的。
第15段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Yeah, and I read a study that showed how light can give milk a funny flavor and decrease the nutritional value.
学生：是的，我读过一篇文章，说光线能够让牛奶发出异味，降低营养价值。
2 .And yet most milk bottles are clear.
但是很多牛奶瓶还是透光的
3 .What's up with that?
这是怎么回事呢？
第16段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->Well consumers like being able to visually examine the color of the milk.
教授：嗯，消费者喜欢对牛奶的颜色进行直观的判断。
2 .That might be one reason that opaque bottles haven't really caught on.
这可能是为射门不透光的牛奶瓶没有被使用的原因之一。
3 .But that study... I'm sure there’re more studies on the subject.
但是那个研究，我敢肯定会有更多关于这个话题的研究的。
4 .You shouldn't base your paper on only one study.
你的论文不该只基于一方面的研究。
第17段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Maybe I should write about those opaque plastic bottles.
学生：也许我的论文应该写那些关于那些不透光的塑料瓶。
2 .Find out if there are any scientific reasons they aren't used more widely?
关于这些瓶子没有得到广泛应用的问题，找出是否有什么科学的原因。
3 .Maybe opaque bottles aren't as good at keeping bacteria from growing in milk after the bottle has been opened to something...
也许在牛奶瓶开盖了以后，不透光的牛奶瓶就不像封闭时那样能有效防止细菌滋长吧。
4 .But where to begin researching this? I don't have a...
但是调查要从哪方面开始呢？我很晕……
第18段
1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:->You know, there is a dairy not far from here in Chelsea.
教授：你知道，在切尔西市，离这里不远的地方有一个奶牛厂。
2 .It was one of the first dairies to bottle milk in opaque plastic, but now they're using clear plastic again.
这是第一个用不透光的牛奶瓶装牛奶的奶牛场，但是他们现在使用的是透光的塑料瓶。
3 .And they're always very supportive of the university and our students, so if you want it...
他们一直也很支持我们大学和我们的学生去调查研究，如果你想要的话……
第19段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Yeah, I like that idea.
学生：啊对，这主意不错。