A：Have you decided what you are going to take next semester?你決定下一個學期要修什么了嗎?

B：Well, I'm an English major, you know.So I came here to make sure I'm taking the right things.嗯，我的主修是英文。所以我要確定我修的課是正確的。

A：Good. I think it's a good idea. Our department should require meetings like this.很好。我認為這是很好的想法。我們系上應(yīng)該也要有這樣的會談。

B：I want to finish my degree in four years.So I don't want to forget to take classes I need.I have a friend who has to stay in college another year.She didn't know until recently .There were some classes she needed to take to graduate.She didn't know about them.我想在四年內(nèi)完成我的學業(yè)。所以我不希望自己忘了需要修的課程。我有個朋友需要再念一年。她一直到現(xiàn)在才知道。有一些課她必需要修才能畢業(yè)。她以前并不知道。

A：Yes, that happens.對的，那是會發(fā)生的。

B：I brought my transcript from my first year.Here. And here is the list of courses I plan to take in the fall.我?guī)Я宋业谝荒甑某煽儐?。這里,這個清單列的是我這個秋季想要修的一些課。

A：Alright. Good.I see you've already taken six credits of your breadth requirements.You have one botany class and one chemistry class. And political science.So that's nine credits. Did you take English Composition 201?好。可以。我看到你已經(jīng)修了必修學分中的的六個學分。你有一門植物學、一門化學和政治學。那是九個學分。你有拿英文作文201嗎?

B：No, I don't need to. I took Advanced Placement English in high school.So I'm not required to take composition.沒有，我不需要。我在高中的時候有修過進階英文, 所以我不需要修作文課。

A：Excellent. I see you have the 18th century poetry class for next semester.And the modern novel class. You haven't taken a Shakespeare class yet.很好。我看你下學期有一門十八世紀詩詞要修,還有當代文學這門課。你還沒有修過莎士比亞那門課。

B：No, I thought I would take it later.沒有，我想晚一點再修。

A：Actually, I recommend you take Shakespeare sooner rather than later.實際上，我建議你早些修讀莎士比亞那門課比較好。

B：Well, I suppose I could cross out the 18th century poetry class.I have to see when the Shakespeare class meets.嗯，我想我就把十八世紀詩詞劃掉。我需要看一下莎士比亞那門課什么時候上。

A：Let me look at the timetable.Shakespeare meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1100 AM.

B：I can take it then. I have that time slot free.我可以修了。我那段時間有空。

A：Good. I recommend it. Shakespeare is of course enormously important.We want our students to take the class as soon as they can.And Professor Friedman is an excellent teacher.很好。我也贊成這樣做。莎士比亞這門課當然是非常的重要。我們希望我們自己的學生盡早地修這門課，而且菲德曼教授是一個很好的老師。

B：I'll take it then.我就修這門課了。

A：Tell me, Lisa, what made you decide to be an English major?告訴我，麗莎，是什么讓你決定要成為一個英文專業(yè)的學生。

B：I want to be an English professor in the future.I love studying literature, and I want to teach it.我希望在未來成為一名英文教授。我很喜愛學習文學，也想教文學。

A：Really? That's great to know.真的嗎?很榮幸知道。

B：That's the reason I want to finish my B.A. in four years.Because I know I will be in school a long time.I want to start the M.A. and Ph.D. program as soon as possible.那就是為什么我要在四年內(nèi)修到大學本科的學歷。因為我知道我會在學校待上很長一段時間。我要盡快開始碩士研究生和博士的課程。