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第1段
1 .<-NARRATOR:-> Listen to a conversation between two students.
请听两位学生之间的对话。
第2段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to summer break.
我不知道你怎么想，不过我真的超级期待暑假。
第3段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I can't even think that far ahead...I've got so much to do before the end of the semester.
我还没法想到那么远。这学期结束之前我要做的事情太多了。
2 .I've been feeling pretty stressed out lately.
最近我压力实在太大了。
第4段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Why? What's going on?
嗯？怎么了？
第5段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, I just have so many assignments...
我的作业太多了。
2 .I've got three major research papers to do-and they're all due basically at the same time...in two weeks.
我有三份专业研究报告要写，而且基本上都要在同一时间完成--两周内。
第6段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Wow, three. That is a lot...and research papers take a lot of time.
哇，三份？那确实很多，而且研究报告要花很多时间。
第7段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Right. And between my job and classes...there just aren't enough hours in the day to get them all done.
对啊，而且我每天还要上课和工作，根本没有足够时间把它们全搞定。
第8段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, is there anything you could cut from your schedule?
那...你的日程表里有没有可以删掉的活动？
2 .I mean, you're working part-time at an office in town, aren't you?
你在市里一家办公室兼职，对吗？
3 .Why don't you just reduce your hours there for a while...at least until you get the papers done?
为什么不暂时减少一些在那上班的时间呢？最起码等你把报告搞定。
第9段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I guess I could tell my boss I need to cut back on my hours for a couple of weeks.
好吧，我想我可以跟老板说我这两个星期要少工作几个小时，
2 .Ah, but, I don't know, I haven't been working there very long.
不过我也说不好，我在那工作没多久。
3 .I don't want to make a bad impression by asking for time off already.
现在就请假会让他对我印象不好吧？我不想这样...
第10段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> What else could you do?
那你还能怎么办呢？
第11段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, another option is...I could get an extension on one of the papers.
嗯...还有一个选择就是我可以给其中一份报告申请延期。
2 .I asked one of my professors about it, my history professor,
我问过其中一个教授了，我的历史教授
3 .and she said it would be OK if I handed the paper in a week late. So
她说我晚一个周交报告也可以。
4 .then I could just concentrate on getting the other two papers done first.
所以，我想这样我就可以先集中精神搞定另外两份报告。
第12段
1 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Oh, well that's great.
哦，那很好啊。
第13段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. Only, she said she'd have to take a few points off the grade for the paper, since it would be late...you know, to be fair to the other students.
是啊，只不过她说因为我交的时间晚，所以为了公平起见，要扣掉我几分。
2 .<-MALE STUDENT:-> Oh, that's a drag. So what are you gonna do?
啊，那也是个问题。所以你打算怎么办？
第14段
1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Uh, I don't know yet.
我还没想清楚呢。