Neil: What have you been up to?
尼尔:你最近在忙什么呢?
Lewis: I've been preparing for TestDaF. It's a test of German as a foreign language.
路易斯:我在准备考德福,是一项德语语言考试。
Neil: Is it difficult?
尼尔:难吗?
Lewis: It is for me. As a foreign language, German is known for its word length. Besides, I have only studied German for one year. That's why I'm currently taking courses at the Goethe Institute.
路易斯:对我来说挺难的。作为一门外语,德语一向都以它的词语长度而著名。况且我学德语才学了一年。所以现在我在上歌德学院的课。
Neil: Do you have to pass the test to go to Germany?
尼尔:去德国必须要通过这项考试吗?
Lewis: I wish I don't, but it's a requisite for application at German Universities.
路易斯:我真希望不是这样,但对于申请德国的大学来说,德福是必需的。
Neil: Which German University are you applying to?
尼尔:你在申请德国的哪所大学?
Lewis: University of Hamburg and Berlin Institute of Technology. There are other options if I get rejected by those two, but I cross my heart and hope it will not come to that.
路易斯:汉堡大学和柏林工业大学。如果被这两所拒绝的话,我再考虑其他选择,但我衷心祈祷不会到那一步。