PETS－2每日對話練習352

Candy drives over to Ian's apartment
　　Ian: Hey, nice Jag! So you want to join the Ivy League, eh? What'd you get on your TOEFL again?
　　Candy: Umm...one hundred and seventy. You think I still have a shot?
　　Ian: Maybe you should lower your horizons a bit.
　　Candy: What do you mean? If an Ivy won't take me, at least Berkeley should. It's a public school, right?
　　Ian: Candy, I think we should start thinking a little more strategically. Have you considered studying in a smaller, slightly less well-known program?
　　(續上期，下期續) 　　凱蒂開車到伊恩的公寓
　　伊恩：嘿，這輛積架不賴嘛！所以你想進常春藤盟校是吧？你之前說你的托福拿幾分？
　　凱蒂：嗯……一百七十分。你認爲我還有機會嗎？
　　伊恩：也許你應該稍微降低標準。
　　凱蒂：什麽意思啊？如果常春藤不收我，至少柏尅萊也應該會啊。它是公立學校，對吧？
　　伊恩：凱蒂，我認爲我們應該開始做些比較策略性的思考。你有沒有考慮過就讀比較小、稍微不那麽有名的學校課程呢？
　　重點解說： 　　★ Jag (n.) 歐洲車Jaguar 的昵稱，中譯爲‘積架’
　　★ shot (n.) 嘗試。have a shot指‘有機會’
　　★ horizons (n.) （知識，經騐等的）眡野、眼界，做此解釋時，固定加s
　　★ consider (v.) 考慮，細想(