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You will hear a Communication Studies student talking to his tutor about optional courses for the next semester.
你将听到一个传播学的学生跟他的导师讨论下个学期的选修课。
Come in. Oh hello Jack. Have a seat.
进来。哦，你好Jack。请坐。
Right...you said you wanted to see me to talk about your options next semester?
对了，你说过你想要跟我讨论你下个学期的选修课。
That's right. We have to decide by the end of next week.
是的。我们下周末前得决定。
Really, I'd like to do all five options but we have to choose two, don't we?
真的，所有的五门选修课我都想上，但我们只能选两个，是吗？
Yes, but the choice depends on your major to some extent.
是的，但你的选择一定程度上取决于你的专业。
You're majoring in Communication Studies, aren't you? That's right.
你是传播学专业的，是吗？是的。
So for example the Media Studies Option will cover quite a lot of the same area you did in the core module on mass communications this semester -
比如媒体研究课会讲很多你在这个学期的主修课大众传播上学过的东西--
the development of the media through the last two centuries, in relation to political and social issues.
过去两个世纪来媒体的发展，与政治和社会问题的关系。
Mmm. Well that was interesting, but I've decided I'd rather do something completely new.
嗯。那很有趣，但是我决定我要学一些全新的东西。
There's a Women's Studies option, isn't there?
有一个选修课是女性研究，是吗？
Yes, 'Women and Power' - again it has a historical focus,
是的，"女性与权利"--同样它有一个历史焦点，
it aims to contextualise women's studies by looking at the legal and social situation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries …
它致力于通过观察19世纪和20世纪初的法制和社会局面来将女性研究文本化。
So it would be useful if I intended to specialise in women's studies...but I'm not sure I do actually.
所以如果我想专门研究女性文化的话会它会有用，但我不确定我想研究女性文化。
Well, it might still be useful to give you an idea of the issues involved. It's taught by Dr Steed.
好吧，可能告诉你涉及到的问题还有用。这门课是Steed博士上的。
Oh, really? I'll sign up for that, then. What about the option on Culture and Society?
哦，真的吗？那么我就选那门课。文化和社会这门选修课是怎么样的？
That addresses the historical debate on the place of culture since the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
那门课会提到自英国工业革命以来有关文化的历史性辩论。
So a historical focus again...
又是一个历史焦点......
Do I get the message you're not so keen on history?
你是对历史不感兴趣吗？
Well, it's just we seem to have done quite a lot this semester … anyway I'll think about that one.
额，只是我们这个学期似乎已经学了很多了，总之我会考虑下那门课程的。
If you're interested in a course focusing on current issues there's the option on Identity and Popular Culture -
如果你对关注现代事件的课程感兴趣的话，有一门课是个性与通俗文化--
that approaches the subject through things like contemporary film, adverts, soap operas and so on.
那门课会通过当代电影、广告、肥皂剧等等来对主题进行探讨。
Oh? That sounds interesting. Can you tell me who runs it?
哦？听起来很有趣。你能告诉我是谁上的课吗？
Well, it's normally Dr Stevens but he's on sabbatical next semester, so I'm not sure who'll be running it.
通常是Stevens博士，但是他下个学期公休，所以我不确定谁会上那门课。
It should be decided by next week though.
不过下个星期就会决定。
Right, well I might wait until then to decide...
好的，我或许可以等到那时再决定。
And the last option is Introduction to Cultural Theory, isn't it?
最后一个选择是文化理论概论，是吗？
I'm quite interested in that too -
我也对那个门课很有兴趣--
I was talking to one of the second year students, and she said it was really useful, it made a lot of things fall into place.
我跟一个二年级学生聊过，她说那门可真的很实用，它使很多事情一目了然。
Yes, but in fact in your major, you'll have covered a lot of that already in Communications 102,
是的，但是其实在你的主修课里，你在传播102里已经学习了很多，
so that might be less useful than some of the others.
所以那门课也许没有其他的课程实用。
Oh, I'll forget about that one, then.
哦，那么我就不选那门课了。
Now while you're here, we could also discuss how you're getting on with your Core Module assignment...
既然你在这里，我们还能谈论下你的核心模块作业进行得怎么样了......
