Intermediate - Dormitory Drama - Part 7 (C2567)

A: 刘北北,这个学期快结束了,你学分满了吗?
Liú Běiběi, zhège xuéqī kuài jiéshù le, nǐ xuéfēn mǎn le ma?
Liu Beibei, the semester is almost over, have you got enough credits yet?
B: 没有,下学期再累积吧。学分好难拿啊,每门课都要C以上。
méiyǒu, xiàxuéqī zài lěijī ba. xuéfēn hǎo nán ná a, měi mén kè dōu yào C yǐshàng.
No, I'll get more next semester. Credits are so hard to come by, you have to get at least a C in each class.
A: 学分不满不能拿学位证书,是这样的吗?
xuéfēn bù mǎn bùnéng ná xuéwèi zhèngshū, shì zhèyàng de ma?
If you don't have enough credits you can't get your diploma, is that right?
B: 是的,只能拿毕业证书。如果有几门课,最后补考也不通过的话,只能拿结业证书。
shìde, zhǐnéng ná bìyèzhèngshū. rúguǒ yǒu jǐ mén kè, zuìhòu bǔkǎo yě bù tōngguò dehuà, zhǐnéng ná zhèngshū.
Yes, you only get a graduation certificate. If you have several classes and you don't pass the make-up exams, you can only get a certificate of completion.
A: 这样啊。
zhèyàng a.
Oh really.
B: 婷婷你成绩挺好的,应该不用担心这些吧。
Tíngting nǐ chéngjì tǐng hǎo de, yīnggāi bùyòng dānxīn zhèxiē ba.
Tingting, your grades are really good, you shouldn't worry about that.
A: 我已经报了第二专业,现在压力山大啊。
wǒ yǐjīng bào le dìèr zhuānyè, xiànzài yālìshāndà a.
I already registered for a second major, I'm feeling a lot of pressure now.
A: 哎,小雨回来啦。
āi, Xiǎoyǔ huílai la.
Oh, Xiaoyu's back.
B: 你的脚怎么样了?
nǐde jiǎo zěnmeyàng le?
How about your feet?
C: 还行,慢点走没什么问题。
háixíng, màn diǎnr zǒu méi shénme wèntí.
They're OK, if I walk slowly then it's fine.
A: 怎么会被摩托车给撞了?那么不小心。
zénme huì bèi mótuōchē gěi zhuàng le? nàme bùxiǎoxīn.
How did you let yourself get run over by a motorcycle? So careless.
B: 肯定是你那位做了什么被逮到啦,看他就不是个好东西。
kěndìng shì nǐ nà wèi zuò le shénme bèi dǎidào la, kàn tā jiù bù shì gè hǎodōngxi.
That boyfriend of yours must have been caught doing something, you can see he's trouble just by looking at him.
C: 别提他了!
bié tí tā le!
Don't bring him up!

Key Vocabulary

学期 xuéqī semester
学分 xuéfēn credit
累积 lěijī accumulate
mén measure word for class
以上 yǐshàng more than
学位证书 xuéwèi zhèngshū diploma
毕业证书 bìyèzhèngshū graduation certificate
补考 bǔkǎo make-up examination
通过 tōngguò to pass
结业证书 jiéyèzhèngshū course-completion certificate
成绩 chéngjì grades
bào to register for
专业 zhuānyè major
压力山大 yālìshāndà be super stressed out
摩托车 mótuōchē motorcycle
逮到 dǎidào caught
mention

Supplementary Vocabulary

暑假 shǔjià summer holidays
寒假 hánjià winter break
jié holiday
研究生 yánjiūshēng graduate student
教育部 jiàoyùbù Ministry of Education
不及格 bùjígé to fail
业绩 yèjì (company) performance
报名 bàomíng to register
压力大如山 yālìdàrúshān extremely stressful

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