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第 175 课: And what do you hope to do? 你希望做什么?

Connie : That's great, Maria. I'd like to go to Aspen too. 太棒了, 玛丽亚。我也想去奥斯本了。

Maria : Yeah, but right now we have a show to do. What's your story? 好的, 但是现在我们有节目要做, 你的报道是有关什么的?

Connie : The story is about education and jobs. I'm going to interview high school students this afternoon about their plans for the future. 报道是有关教育和就业的。我打算今天下午采访一下高中学生, 问问他们对于将来的打算。

Maria : OK. Let me see. 好的, 我看看吧。

Connie : Education and jobs. That's the subject of this report. Almost three million students will graduate from American high schools this year. 教育和就业, 这是本次报道的主题。今年美国大约有三百万学生即将高中毕业,

Half of them want jobs now. They need to work. Maybe they can't go to college. Maybe they have to earn money. 其中有一半想立刻工作, 他们需要工作。也许他们不能上大学, 也许他们必须挣钱。

All of them have to plan their future. And they have to do it now. What will they do? Today we're going inside Stamford High School to find out. 他们都必须为将来打算, 而且必须现在做打算, 他们会做些什么呢? 今天我们将到斯坦福德中学找出答案。

Connie : OK, Mik e. Let's go inside. I want to shoot some pictures of students in the classroom, and then I want to interview some of the students. 好, 迈克, 我们进去吧。我想在教室里给学生拍几张照片, 然后我想采访一些学生。

Connie : OK. What are your hopes for the future? What do you want to do when you graduate from high school or college. . . ? Yes? 那么, 你们希望未来是什么样的? 高中或大学毕业后你们打算做什么? 你说?

Student 1: I hope to join the Peace Corps and do, uh, research or field work in India. I speak Hindi and I'd like--I hope to learn a language a bit more proficiently. 我想加入维和部队, 在印度做, 呃, 研究或野外考察工作。我会说印地语, 而且我喜欢— 我希望把一门语言学得再熟练些。

Connie : And what do you hope to do? 你希望做什么?

Student 2: Um. . . I want to. . . I hope to become an astronaut, hopefully. . . um. . . or some kind of scientist dealing with space and astronomy in particular. . . 呃......我想...... 我希望能成为宇航员, 但愿......呃...... 或者是那种专门研究太空和天文学的科学家。

Connie : Do you want to land on the moon? 你想登上月球吗?

Student 2: Yes, I want to land on the moon. 是的, 我想登上月球。

Connie : That's interesting, but do you want to work that hard? 这很意思。但你想为此而用功学习吗?

Student 2: Well, I don't want to work that hard, but I'm going to have to. If I want to. . . if I get my dream. So. . . 噢, 我不想那么用功,但我将不得不这么做。如果我想...... 如果我要实现梦想。所以......