Picking Classes 选课
S = Secretary M = Mary
S: Here's the course description guide.
秘书：这里这份是课程说明。
M: What do I do with it?
玛丽：它对我有什么作用?
S: Do you want me to help you?
秘书：需要我帮你忙吗?
M: Please.
玛丽：麻烦你了。
S: Look. Here are the core classes. Everyone has to take them.
秘书：看这儿。这些是必修课程。每个人都得上这些课。
M: So I don't have to worry about them.
玛丽：那么，我就不用担心它们了。
S: You're catching on! However, there are elective courses like wood shop, metal shop, home economics...
秘书：你真是一点就通!但是选修课程，譬如工艺、金属焊接、家政……
M: I'll take home economics.
玛丽：我要选修家政。
S: Good. Now you can pick classes by yourself.
秘书：不错。那现在你可以自己来选课了。
注释：
description ：n. 描述，描写;类型;
例句：The paper provides a detailed description of how to create human embryos by cloning.
这篇论文对如何通过克隆制造人类胚胎提供详细的描述。
home economics：家政学
例句：These are the basics they teach in Home Economics.
这些都是家政学的基本内容。
do with：利用，处理;
例句：Now what do I do with that?
现在我要用它来做什么呢?
catching on：理解，明白;
例句：Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.
他是个外国人, 未能理解这个笑话的含意.
