和谐英语

您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语听力 > 英语听力材料

正文

美国大学生可定制个性化专业

2012-02-18来源:VOA
短语讲解:
1. One of the first questions an American college student often gets is, “What are you majoring in?”

major in主修
例句:She major in history
她主修历史。

2. As The New York Times reports, Limberakis happens to be interested in the study of love.

happen to碰巧
例句:I happen to have the latest population statistics with me. 
我手头正好有最新的人口统计资料。
interested in对…感兴趣;使对…注意(或关心)
例句:I want to interest you in our new project.
他想让你热心于我们的新项目。

3. A number of University of Washington students do too, after receiving a warning from the university that cooking up your own academic program does not mean you can design a “light” major just to get an easy degree.

cook up编造
例句:He cooked up a story to explain the broken window.
他编了谎话来说明窗户是怎么打碎的。

4. Instead, that university makes clear, individualized studies are for “the intellectually curious, reflective and highly self-directed students who embrace learning for its own sake.”

for one's own sake由于某人自身原因
例句:John did it for his own sake.
约翰为了自身的利益而做这事情。