地道美語聽力播客860：上大學(xué)

Chris: Which colleges are you applying to?

克麗絲：你準(zhǔn)備申請哪一所大學(xué)?

Marcella: None. I can’t afford to go to college. Even if I lived at home, tuition, fees, and books are just too expensive.

瑪莎拉：都不申請。我支付不起上大學(xué)的費用。即使我住在家里，學(xué)費呀、各種費用呀、書呀都太貴了

Chris: You could apply for financial aid.

克麗絲：你可以申請貸款啊

Marcella: I don’t want to get a bunch of loans and be in debt for the next 10 to 20 years. It’s not worth it.

瑪莎拉：我不想得到一筆貸款，然后在接下來的10或20年里背負(fù)債務(wù)。那根本不值得

Chris: Loans aren’t so bad, especially ones that are federally subsidized. Apart from that, you could get need-based grants or work-study. Put all of that together and college can be affordable.

克麗絲：貸款沒那么糟糕，尤其是那種政府幫助的。除了貸款，你可以得到基本保證，或者邊打工邊上學(xué)。總的說來，大學(xué)是可以上得起的。

Marcella: I don’t want to go into debt of any kind.

瑪莎拉：我不想背負(fù)任何形式的債務(wù)

Chris: You could go to a community college and transfer to a four-year university after two years. Community college tuition is much lower.

克麗絲：你可以去上社區(qū)大學(xué)，兩年后在轉(zhuǎn)到大學(xué)。社區(qū)大學(xué)學(xué)費較低

Marcella: But who has the time? I have to work full-time to pay my bills.

瑪莎拉：但是誰有那時間呢?我必須全職工作支付我的開銷

Chris: Then think about a program that has a service commitment.

克麗絲：那考慮一下有補貼的項目

Marcella: What do you mean?

瑪莎拉：什么意思呢

Chris: There are teaching, military, or community service programs that will forgive or pay off your loans if you work for the organization for a few years after graduating.

克麗絲：學(xué)校有許多的教育、軍事或者社區(qū)服務(wù)工程，如果你畢業(yè)后在這些機構(gòu)工作幾年，就能夠抵消或者還清貸款

Marcella: And be an indentured servant? No, thank you!

瑪莎拉：這不是契約奴仆嗎!不，謝謝，我不要

Chris: Okay, but most good jobs nowadays require a college degree.

克麗絲：好吧，但是大多數(shù)好工作都需要大學(xué)學(xué)歷

Marcella: Not if you really have talent

瑪莎拉：不全是，只要你有天分

Chris: Talent?

克麗絲;天分?

Marcella: Yeah, haven’t you seen me mime? That’s my ticket to a great career.

瑪莎拉：是的，你看過我的啞劇表演嗎，這是我通往偉大事業(yè)的憑證

Chris: I’m happy to hear you have such a practical plan mapped out for your future.

克麗絲：很高興你有一個為自己將來有個切合實際的計劃

Chris: Which colleges are you applying to?

Marcella: None. I can’t afford to go to college. Even if I lived at home, tuition, fees, and books are just too expensive.

Chris: You could apply for financial aid.

Marcella: I don’t want to get a bunch of loans and be in debt for the next 10 to 20 years. It’s not worth it.

Chris: Loans aren’t so bad, especially ones that are federally subsidized. Apart from that, you could get need-based grants or work-study. Put all of that together and college can be affordable.

Marcella: I don’t want to go into debt of any kind.

Chris: You could go to a community college and transfer to a four-year university after two years. Community college tuition is much lower.

Marcella: But who has the time? I have to work full-time to pay my bills.

Chris: Then think about a program that has a service commitment.

Marcella: What do you mean?

Chris: There are teaching, military, or community service programs that will forgive or pay off your loans if you work for the organization for a few years after graduating.

Marcella: And be an indentured servant? No, thank you!

Chris: Okay, but most good jobs nowadays require a college degree.

Marcella: Not if you really have talent

Chris: Talent?

Marcella: Yeah, haven’t you seen me mime? That’s my ticket to a great career.

Chris: I’m happy to hear you have such a practical plan mapped out for your future.