M = Mary T = Tom
T: Mary, set your alarm clock for seven tomorrow morning.
湯姆:瑪麗,把你的鬧鐘設(shè)定在明天早上七點(diǎn)。
M: Why?
瑪麗:為什么?
T: I'm going to take you to your school to register for classes.
湯姆:我要送你到學(xué)校去注冊選課。
M: That's right. I haven't done that yet.
瑪麗:對喔。我還沒辦理注冊。
T: You can choose classes that you like at the school office.
湯姆:你可以在學(xué)校行政室選擇你喜歡的課程。
M: Really?
瑪麗:真的嗎?
T: Well, there are core courses and electives.
湯姆:嗯,有必修課和選修課。
M: What do they mean?
瑪麗:它們是什么意思呢?
T: Core courses are ones that you must take. Elective courses are ones that you get to choose for yourself.
湯姆:必修課是你必須上的課程。選修課則是你替你自己所選的課程。
注釋:
electives:n. 選修課,選修課程
例句:Since 2005, LBS has offered students the chance to front-load their study, complete fewer electives and finish the course in 15 months.
自2005年開始,倫敦商學(xué)院為學(xué)生提供了提前學(xué)習(xí)、完成較少的選修課、在15個月內(nèi)結(jié)束課程的機(jī)會。
register for :注冊;選課
例句:Any participant can register for any number of the coordination protocols and should send and receive appropriate messages defined by the protocol.
任何參與者可以注冊任意數(shù)目的協(xié)調(diào)協(xié)議,應(yīng)該發(fā)送和接收 由協(xié)議定義的恰當(dāng)?shù)南ⅰ?br />
Core courses:必修科目
例句:Core courses are the ones that you must take.
必修課是你必須上的課程。