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。