DIALOG 24

GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL

laurance--How's school going?

soony--Just fine.I finally got the grant to go to

graduate school.

laurance--Great!Are you starting your doctorate?

soony--That's right.I'm going to do it in biochemistry.

laurance--Sounds like an interesting field.

soony--It is to me.

laurance--You've got a degree in nuclear physics,haven't

you!

soony--Just a Master's degree.Actually,biochemistry is

a lot of better field for me.I've always

preferred chemistry to physics.

laurance--What do you plan to do after you finish?

soony--I haven't decided yet,but probably medical

research.

laurance--Well,you've got some years of hard study

ahead of you.

soony--I know it.

注解：

1)How's school going?注意此句中的school是不可数名词，作“学业”

“功课”解。又如：She always found school difficult.

2)grant：助学金

3)graduate school研究生院

4)doctorate：博士学位

5)It is to me=It is an interesting field to me.他的朋友说，

sounds like而他说it is,语气肯定。is要重读。

6)nuclear physics：核物理学。

7)Master's degree:硕士学位。

8)prefer..to...：喜欢(前者)甚于后者。

9)ahead of you:在你的前面。