California

教育

A：So, what’s your educational background?
那么，你的教育背景是什么？

B：I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.
我以4.0 的成绩从高中毕业， 大学获得了英语学士学位，近来正在读语言学硕士学位。

A：What university did you go to ?
你在那所大学？

B：I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.
UCB,加州伯克利大学。

A：Are you from California originally?
你是加州本地人么？

California

B：No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.
不，我来自科罗拉州，我活得了UCB 全额奖学金，所以我去那里了。

A：That’s great. How did you like your classes there?
那太好了，你觉得那些课上得怎么样？

B：I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。
我很喜欢我的教授。 他们似乎有很多教学热情。他们不是我想象的那种乏味的教授

A：How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?
其他同学怎么样？和他们相处的好吗？

California什么意思

B：The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?
这里的学生来自全国各地，我发现我的大多数朋友来自中西部。

A：That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
真有意思，为什么你这样认为？

B：I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.
我搞不清，我初中住在衣阿华州，所以我猜我们有共同之处。中西部和来自西海岸的人有不同的世界观。

A：What do you mean?
你指什么？

B：It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。
很难解释清，我猜西海岸的人有点势利，尤其是对纳妾不是来自西海岸的人。

A：I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.
我懂了，奥，谢谢你接受这次面试，我的秘书会在一周内给你回电话的。