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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and an employee in the student housing office.

旁白：请听一位学生和学生住宿办公室的一位职员之间的对话。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Hi. I'm a first-year student here, I-I live in the dorms, and I... well, I like where I'm living now... it's convenient and quiet, but I'm starting to think about where I want to live next year.

学生：嗨，我是这里的一个大一学生，我住在学校宿舍，我喜欢我现在住的地方。又方便又安静，但是我在开始思考我明年想住的地方。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Good idea. As a second-year, you'll have more freedom to choose a place that suits your needs.

职员：好主意。作为一个大二学生，你有更多自由选择符合你需求的地方。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah, and I want to make sure that, well, that I apply in time to get what I want.

学生：是啊！为了得到我想住的地方，我想确保自己申请得及时。

2 .And, um, a friend was telling me about these, uh [upspeak—not quite sure of terminology] common interest houses on campus...?

一个朋友告诉我学校里有共同兴趣宿舍。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Yes, we have a language house, a life science house, a music house—

职员：是的，我们有一个语言宿舍、一个生活科学宿舍、一个音乐宿舍......

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah, the music house! That's the one I'm interested in. But, um, I'm not a music major; I do play an instrument, but I'm a history major.

学生：嗯，音乐宿舍，那就是我感兴趣的，但是我不是音乐专业的，虽然我确实会一门乐器，但我是历史专业的。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Oh, that's not an issue. You see, that house isn't just for music majors. It's for anyone who's interested in music.

职员：那不是问题，是这样的，那个宿舍不只是为音乐专业的学生提供的，而是为任何对音乐感兴趣的人提供的。

2 .<-MALE STUDENT:->But... isn't that everyone?

学生：但那岂不是每个人都可以吗？

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->[laughs] Well, maybe, but the house has a performance area and practice rooms.

职员：也许吧，但是那栋宿舍有一个表演区和练习室。

2 .So people who choose to live there need to be open to the possibility that there's always going to be someone playing something—an instrument, the radio... even at odd times.

所以选择住在那里的学生不能介意总是会有人发出大动静的可能性，比如演奏一门乐器、放广播，甚至在很不寻常的时段也会这样。

3 .You're pretty much always going to hear music there. That might bother some people.

你在那儿很可能会总是听到音乐，那可能会让一些人觉得很困扰。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Doesn't bother me. And I'd love to have a place to practice my saxophone without worrying about disturbing people.

学生：我不会觉得困扰啊。而且我很想有个能练习萨克斯风的地方，又不用担心打扰到别人。

2 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Well, it does sound like it might be a good fit for you. And the house also functions as a social club.

职员：听起来可能很适合你，而且那栋楼还是一个社交俱乐部。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->I know they do activities, but I don't know much beyond that...

学生：我知道他们会举办活动，但是除那之外我就不太了解了。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Well, for example, every month I think it is, there's an informal concert... any house resident can perform.

职员：比如，我记得每个月那里都有一个非正式的音乐会。所有宿舍成员都能表演。

2 .And remember the big jazz festival at University Park last month?

还记得上个月在学校公园举办的那个盛大的爵士节吗？

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Of course! It was amazing—the music was great! [musingly] Um, I-I didn't connect it to the music house.

学生：当然了，特别精彩，音乐很棒！我倒没把它和音乐宿舍联系到一起。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->Not many people do. Anyway, they put on a whole range of other activities as well—someone at the house could give you more information about those.

职员：很多人都想不到。不管怎样，他们还会举办各种各样的其他活动。住在宿舍的人可以告诉你更多关于那些活动的信息。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->So, how do I... uh, what's the process for getting a room there?

学生：那......我怎么......想要那里的一间房要走什么程序？

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->You need to fill out an application form and send it to the house director. The form's on the housing department's Web site.

职员：你需要填一个申请表，然后把它发给宿舍主管。表格在宿舍部门的网站上。

2 .But don't get your hopes up too high—they can only accept about thirty percent of the students who apply.

不过，别抱太大期望。他们只能接受申请的学生中的30%左右。

1 .<-MALE STUDENT:->Oh wow, I had no idea...

学生：哦，哇，我都不知道。

1 .<-FEMALE EMPLOYEE:->So, for your application... it needs to include a personal statement.

职员：所以，在你的申请表上你需要写一个个人陈述。

2 .You know, why you're interested in living in the house, how you might contribute to the group.

就是说你为什么对住在那栋楼感兴趣，你会如何为这个团体做贡献。

3 .There are guidelines on the form. That statement's really important because it's basically how they decide who to accept into the house.

表格上有参考，这个陈述非常重要，因为他们基本上就是看这个陈述来决定让谁住进宿舍。