哈佛大学校园英语情景对话06：历史的大山：马萨诸塞堂（mp3+中英）

Han Meimei and John have finished their visit to Harvard Museum of Natural History.
H: Han Meimei J: John
H ： Where，s our next stop?

H：我们下一站去哪儿？

J: What about the Dining Hall?

J：去食堂吧。

H： The Dining Hall? Oh, it’s already one o’clock. You must be hungry.

H:食堂？哦，已经一点了，你肯定饿了吧。

J: Listen, my stomach is rumbling?.

J:听，我的肚子在咕噜咕噜叫呢。

H: Sorry, I have been immersed? in the wonderful life at Harvard and lost track of time.

H:不好意思，我一直沉浸在哈佛的美好生活中，忘了时间。

J: How could you enjoy life without enjoying food? Let’s go and have lunch. But be prepared, you’ll be amazed by what you，re going to see.

J：不享受美食怎么能叫享受生活呢。去吃午饭吧，但要做好心理准备，你接下来看到的东西会让 你大吃一惊。

H: I've prepared for it. Everything just makes me so excited.

H:我做好准备了，哈佛的一切都让我兴奋不已。

(They arrive at the Dining Hall.)

(到达食堂）

H: Oh, My God! I can’t believe my eyes. Is it a palace or something?

H:天哪！我不敢相信自己的眼睛，这是宫殿还是什么？

J: Just the Dining Hall. What do you say?

J：就是食堂。你觉得怎么样？

H: Beyond expression?. I think I，m so excited that I have no stomach? for lunch.

H:无法用语言表达。我太激动了，我想我设有胃□吃饭了。

J： Really? Don’t be envious? when I enjoy my steak.

J：真的？我享用牛排的时候可别眼馋哦。

(After lunch)

(吃完饭后）

J: I’m full. Let’s go to visit the freshman? dormitories.

J：我饱了，咱们去参观一下新生宿舍吧。

H: Are they like palaces too?

H:宿舍也跟宫殿一样吗？

J: Nope, Han, don’t glorify? Harvard to such an extent.

J：不是啊，韩，别太美化哈佛了。

H: Then why must we go there today? I prefer something more interesting.

H:那为什么我们今天非要去看宿舍，我宁愿去更有意思的地方。

J： The dormitory building I’m going to show you is also a historical site. It tells the history of Harvard.

j：我带你去的宿舍楼也是一个历史景点，它承载了哈佛的许多历史。

H: Oh, I see.

H:这样子啊。

(They arrive at the Massachusetts Hall.)

(到达马萨诸塞堂）

H: I find that almost all the buildings are crimson?.

H:我发现几乎所有的楼都是深红色的。

J： Crimson is the color of Harvard, representing solemnity?.

J：深红是哈佛的颜色，代表了庄严。

H: Indeed.

H:确实。

J: This building is called Massachusetts Hall.

J：这个楼叫马萨诸塞堂。

H： It doesn’t look like a dormitory building. I don’t see many students. These rooms look like offices.

H:看起来不像宿舍楼，没看见多少学生。这些房间看起来更像是办公室。

J: That’s what makes it special. The top administrators work at the first three floors, and freshmen live in the fourth floor.

J：这就是这个楼的独特之处。高层领导在头三层办公，新生住在第四层。

H: It could be either a good thing or a bad thing.

H:是好事也是坏事。

J： Why? I think it’s a good thing because the students can meet the top administrators.

J：为什么呀，我觉得是好事呀，学生可以见到校领导呢。

H: If I lived here, I would not feel free to do whatever I，d like to, for example, playing music loudly in the dorm room.

H:如果我住这儿，就觉得干什么都不自由，比如无法在宿舍大声放音乐。

J： Like it or not, it is said that the building will be sold and freshmen won，t be allowed to reside there any longer.

J:不管喜不喜欢，据说这楼要被卖掉了，以后就不允许新生再住在这儿,了。

H: To whom?

H:卖给谁？

J： To the central administration of Harvard University.

J：卖绐哈佛大学的管理中心。

H: Wait a minute. Doesn’t the Hall belong to the University?

H:等会儿，马萨诸塞堂不属于哈佛大学吗？

J: It does. It belongs to the College of Arts and Science now.

J：属于呀，现在属于文理学院。

H: I'm confused.

H:我有点搞不明白。

J: You know, the United States itself have fifty states, each of which is independent of the federal government in some respects?.

J:你知道美国本身有50个州，每个州在某些方面是独立于联邦政府的。

H: You mean the central administration of Harvard has a decentralized? power?

H:你的意思是哈佛大学管理中心的权力也是分散的？

J: Therefore, the Hall will be “sold” rather than be “given” to the central administration.

J：所以马萨诸塞堂与其说是"送绘”还不如说是“卖结"管理中心。

H： The students up there must be glad at the news. They can move to new dorms.

H:住在上面的学生听到这个消息肯定很高兴，可以搬到新宿舍了。

J： Not necessarily. If it were me, I would feel it’s a pity?.

J：那HI不一定。如果是我，我就会感到很遗1感。

H: Why?

H:为什么？

J： This is the oldest building on campus, and has experienced many historical events. People can smell the smell of history in it.

J:这可是校园里最古老的楼，而且还经历了很多历史事件，人们在里面可以感受到 历史的气息。

H: That makes sense?,

H:有道理。

J: Besides, from its birth to today, it has been used as a dormitory building. Many people just want to keep this tradition alive.

J：再说，从它建成之日起到现在都是用作学生宿舍楼，很多人就想保留这个传统。

H: Memories are priceless.

H:记忆无价。