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1 .<-NARRATOR:-> Listen to a conversation between a student and her academic advisor.

旁白：听一段学生和学术指导的对话。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Hi, Professor Jones. Thanks for seeing me.

学生：你好，琼斯教授。感谢您能抽时间见我。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> No problem, Laura. How was your summer break?

教授：没事儿的，劳拉。暑假过的怎么样？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> It was great! But the fact is, it's made me reconsider my academic plans.

学生：很好！事实上这让我重新考虑我的学术计划。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> Oh really...? Nothing too dramatic, I hope.

教授：哦，真的吗？我希望变化不要太大。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> No, no, at least I hope not.

学生：不，不会的，我也不希望有太大的变动。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> What do you mean—exactly?

教授：那你具体想怎么做呢？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, I just spent the summer working on a Native American reservation, a Navajo reservation, in Arizona. And I was fascinated...

学生：我这个暑假在一个美国原住民保护区工作，一个纳瓦霍保护区，在亚利桑那州。我对此很着迷……

2 .so, now I want to study the Navajo language, um, their history, religion...

所以，现在我想学习纳瓦霍语，他们的历史、宗教……

3 .I want to go back next summer, too, and maybe even spend a semester there, some kind of internship or independent study.

明年夏天我想再去一次，甚至可能在那里度过一个学期，在那实习或独立研究。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> Wow, sounds like you're really enthusiastic.

教授：哇哦，听起来你真的很有热情。

2 .But, you were majoring in sociology and I seem to recall that for your senior project you were doing something with education...

但是，你的专业是社会学，我记得你的毕业设计好像与教育有关……

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Right. I've done some research on the public schools in the northeastern states... how they’ve been affected by changes in population... um... immigration trends—during the past 50 years.

学生：是的。我是做了一些关于东北部各州的公立学校的研究……他们如何受到人口变化的影响…嗯…过去50年的移民趋势。

2 .But now, I really want to study the culture of the Navajo people.

但现在，我真的想去学习纳瓦霍人的文化。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> Well, there are a couple of options ... depending on your priorities.

教授：嗯，有几个选择…根据你的优先顺序。

2 .Say, how'd you end up on a reservation in Arizona anyway?

你是怎么去亚利桑那州的？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, a friend of mine took a job there ... uh, in a summer-school program... and they had another opening—someone canceled at the last minute.

学生：我的一个朋友在那里找了份工作……在暑期学校的项目里…他们多了一个空位——有人在最后一刻放弃了。

2 .I thought it would just be a big adventure. But it turned out to be much more than that.

我以为这将是一次大冒险。但结果远不止这些。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> I see. Anyway, as I was saying, your options depend on what your priorities are... and on exactly what you want to study.

教授：我明白了。不管怎样，就像我说的，你的选择取决于你的优先级是什么…以及你想学什么。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> UH, like I said…Navajo culture.

学生：呃，就像我说的......纳瓦霍文化。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> Let's see if we can be more specific.

教授：我们看看能不能说得更具体些。

2 .If you want to study the Navajo language, learn about their religion, their history... that's part of cultural anthropology.

如果你想学习纳瓦霍语，了解他们的宗教、历史……这是文化人类学的一部分。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> No, I really don't want to change majors at this point. I love sociology, and I really want to graduate in four years.

学生：不，我不想现在换主修专业。我喜欢社会学，我也想在四年内毕业。

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> OK, now I see what your priorities are. So, from a sociological perspective...

教授：好了，现在我知道你的重点是什么了。所以，从社会学的角度来看……

2 .since you’re interested in education, you can stay with that... change your research topic to the Native American experience with public education... the effect it's had.

既然你对教育感兴趣，你可以继续……把你的研究主题换成美国原住民的经历和公立教育……以及他们对教育产生的影响。

3 .And you could take sociology courses on religion or the role of minorities in society... again, focusing your research on the Navajo.

你还可以学习关于宗教或少数民族在社会中的作用的社会学课程。同时把你的研究集中在纳瓦霍人身上。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Um, I hadn't thought about that angle. Sounds intriguing.

学生：嗯，我从没想过这个角度。听起来有趣。

2 .And all the courses I've already taken would still count toward my degree?

所以我已经修过的所有课程都会继续帮我取得学位么?

1 .<-MALE PROFESSOR:-> I'd have to check, and we might need to plan carefully to make sure all your degree requirements are met, but I don't see any problems.

教授：我得核实一下，我们可能需要仔细计划一下，以确保你能顺利拿到学位，但我觉得没什么问题。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Great. And then I can pick up the language and culture courses as electives.

学生：太好了。然后我可以选修纳瓦霍人的语言和文化课程了。