| A | 你打算考什么学校？ |
| nǐ dǎsuàn kǎo shénme xuéxiào?
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| What is your plan for university? |
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| B | 北大或者复旦吧。还没决定。我妈希望我去上海，我爸想让我上北大。 |
| Běidà huòzhě Fùdàn ba. hái méi juédìng. wǒ mā xīwàng wǒ qù Shànghǎi, wǒ bà xiǎng ràng wǒ shàng Běidà.
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| Either Beijing University or Fudan University. I haven't decided yet. My mom hopes I go to Shanghai, and my dad wants me to attend Beijing University. |
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| A | 名气还是北大响一些。不是说北大是中国的哈佛，复旦是中国的耶鲁吗？ |
| míngqì hái shì Běidà xiǎng yīxiē. bùshì shuō Běidà shì Zhōngguó de Hāfó, Fùdàn shì Zhōngguó de Yēlǔ ma?
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| Beijing University has a better reputation. Don't they say that Beijing University is the Harvard of China, while Fudan is the Yale? |
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| B | 北大多神圣啊，历史悠久，都是高手，我崇拜死他们了。 |
| Běidà duō shénshèng a, lìshǐ yōujiǔ, dōu shì gāoshǒu, wǒ chóngbài sǐ tāmen le.
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| Beijing University is so revered, and has such a long history. Everyone there is so top notch--I'm in awe of them. |
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| A | 复旦也是老牌名校啊，哎，据说复旦很早以前的两位老校长都是耶鲁毕业的。 |
| Fùdàn yě shì lǎopái míngxiào a, ái, jùshuō Fùdàn hěn zǎo yǐqián de liǎng wèi lǎo xiàozhǎng dōu shì Yēlǔ bìyè de.
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| Fudan is also a renowned school. Hey, they say a long time ago two of Fudan's school presidents were Yale graduates. |
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| B | 是吗？对我们文科生来说，要考就考北大复旦。 |
| shì ma? duì wǒmen wénkē shēng láishuō, yào kǎo jiù kǎo Běidà Fùdàn.
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| Really? According to our Liberal Arts department, I should try to get into Beijing University or Fudan. |
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| A | 哇！尖子生就是不一样！ |
| wa! jiānzi shēng jiùshì bù yīyàng!
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| Wow! We are not in the same league! |
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| B | 两个大学校风都很好，都特别鼓励学生独立思考。但北大好像是政治的感觉比较浓，而复旦比较自由和小资。 |
| liǎng ge dàxué xiàofēng dōu hěn hǎo, dōu tèbié gǔlì xuésheng dúlì sīkǎo. dàn Běidà hǎoxiàng shì zhèngzhì de gǎnjué bǐjiào nóng, ér Fùdàn bǐjiào zìyóu hé xiǎozī.
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| The school atmosphere at both universities is very good, with both encouraging independent thought from their students. Beijing University, however, seems to have a bit more of a political atmosphere; while Fudan is a little more liberal and yuppie. |
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| A | 大环境的原因吧。北大就在皇城脚下，复旦嘛，在上海...... |
| dà huánjìng de yuányīn ba. Běidà jiù zài huángchéng jiǎo xià, Fùdàn ma, zài Shànghǎi......
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| The reason for that is their locations. Beijing University is at the foot the central government, and Fudan... it's in Shanghai. |
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| B | 天高皇帝远，经济最重要。 |
| tiāngāo huángdì yuǎn, jīngjì zuì zhòngyào.
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| Way beyond the reaches of the authorities, where economics take priority. |
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| A | 行了，我们别光说感觉了，你想考什么专业呢？ |
| xíng le, wǒ men bié guāng shuō gǎnjué le, nǐ xiǎng kǎo shénme zhuānyè ne?
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| All right, let's not just talk about what we think, what major are you considering? |
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| B | 金融、管理方面的，这些专业热门。我爸妈都说和平年代搞经济的赚钱多。 |
| jīnróng, guǎnlǐ fāngmiàn de, zhèxiē zhuānyè rèmén. wǒ bà mā dōu shuō hépíng niándài gǎo jīngjì de zhuànqián duō.
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| The finance, management side of things. These fields are in great demand. My parents say that in the times of peace, you can make a lot of money in economics. |
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| A | 现在热门的指不定我们毕业的时候就变冷门了呢！ |
| xiànzài rèmén de zhǐbudìng wǒ men bìyè de shíhou jiù biàn lěngmén le ne!
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| There's no guarantees what's hot now will be in demand when we graduate! |
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| B | 新闻、传播我也挺感兴趣的。 |
| xīnwén, chuánbō wǒ yě tǐng gǎn xìngqù de.
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| I'm also quite interested in journalism and broadcasting. |
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| A | 金融的话北大和复旦不相上下。新闻还是复旦牛一些。不过分数线一般都是北大高。 |
| jīnróng dehuà Běidà hé Fùdàn bùxiāngshàngxià. xīnwén háishì Fùdàn niú yīxiē. bùguò fēnshù xiàn yībān dōu shì Běidà gāo.
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| In regards to finance, Beijing University and Fudan are about the same. Journalism is a bit better at Fudan. But the GPA requirements are higher for Beijing University. |
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| B | 嗯。我们还是先好好复习吧。考不好什么都白搭。 |
| ng4. wǒmen háishì xiān hǎohāo fùxí ba. kǎo bu hǎo shénme dōu báidā.
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| Hmm. We had better get reviewing. If we don't do well on the exams, all of this will be useless. |
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| A | 你肯定没问题。 |
| nǐ kěndìng méi wèntí.
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| You should have no problem. |
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