走遍美國 (09-3): Family Album, USA(3)---It\'s Up to You (Act3)

 
Family Album, USA(3)---It's Up to You (Act3)

ACT III

I had an interview today, too. 我今天也參加了一創 麵談。
I had a great interview 我參加了一次很精膊實拿嫣
with Admissions at Columbia University. 與Columbia大學的照 生人員。
Really? 真的
What did they say? 他們說什麽
Will you get into the school? 你會被錄取嗎
Well, they didn't say anything for sure. 嗯 他們沒有任何熱非 的答覆。
But I figure that with my grades and with my personality, 但我想 憑我的成技 和我的品行
I'll have no problem. 我不會有問題。
Columbia's a terrific school. Columbia是一所很鞍艫難?！
What are you going to do? 你打算讀什麽
Do? I don't know. 讀什麽 我不知道
I also applied to NYU. 我還申請了紐約大蜒А
You sound excited about Columbia. 聽起來你對Columbiia大學躍躍欲試
What's your problem, Mike? 你現在問題在哪
Indecision. Indecision. 下不了決心 下不亮司 心。
It's not easy, 實在不容易
and this is an important decision we have to make. 這又是我們必須做檔 一個重大決定。
What about you? 你呢
How was your interview with Michigan? 你跟Michigan大學檔 人麵談得如何
The interview was fine. 麵談得很好。
It's a great college. 那是一所好大學。
It is. 是的。
My father would like me to go there. 我爸爸希望我去那抖?
He and my Grandpa both went there. 他和我爺爺都曾在哪 讀書。
Great medical school, too. 而且有很好的醫學栽骸
I know. 我知道。
You can follow in your father's footsteps. 你可以跟隨你父親檔淖 。
Ah! I'd like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike. 噢 我想走自己的侶 Mike。
What do you want to study? 你想學什麽
I've been thinking. 我一直在考慮。
I think I want to study journalism 我想學新聞學
to be a reporter--a newspaperman. 將來當一名記者 乙 個新聞從業 員。
You do a pretty good job on the Riverdale High School paper. 你在Riverdale高中中校刊做得有聲有色
And I've been thinking about it a lot lately. 最近我一直就此事舷 了很多。
Have you discussed it with your parents? 你和父母商量過了
No. But I have to. 沒有 但有此必要
OK. Let's talk. 好 我們談談吧。
Hi, Son. Is everything all right? 嗨 孩子 一切都慫 利嗎
Hi, Dad. Everything's fine. 嗨 爸爸。一切都漢謾
I was just waiting for you to get home 我正等你回來
so we could talk. 好跟你談談。
Anything special you want to talk about? 有什麽特殊的事要燙嘎
There is, Dad. 有 爸爸。
There is, Dad. 有 爸爸。
I'm listening. 那就說吧。
Well, I know you and Mom have given up a lot 嗯 我知道你和媽侶 省吃儉用
to save money for my college tuition. 存錢準備我的大學蜒Х選
We want you to go to college, Robbie. 我們希望你上大學 Robbie。
I know. I do. 我知道。我會的。
But? 那還有什麽事
Well, I've thought a lot about which college, 嗯 我為了上哪一慫 大學想了很多
and one of them is Columbia. 其中一所是Columbiia大學。
Columbia? Why Columbia? Columbia 為什麽乙??olumbia
First, they have an excellent School of Journalism. 首?那 有個很佑 秀的新聞研究所。
They do. 是的。
And your friends are planning to go to Columbia? 而且你的朋友們也鬃急幹螩olumbia大學 對嗎
That's only part of it. 這隻是一部分原因
It's complicated. 原因很 雜。
I'll try to explain. 我會盡量給你解釋
Mike and I had a hamburger this afternoon, and we talked. 今天下午 Mike和撾乙黃鴣 漢堡 一起討論。
Yes? 是嗎
Well, we talked about a lot of things. 嗯 我們談了很多
He applied to Columbia, 他申請了Columbia創笱
and his interview was very successful. 他的麵談很成功。
He thinks he'll be accepted, 他覺得他會被錄取
and he really wants to go there. 他確實很想去那
and he really wants to go there. 他確實很想去那
Dean Rafer called me today. Rafer主任今天打電電話給我
He told me he was very impressed with you. 他告訴我他對你印 象很好。
He's a nice man. 他是個好人
He was very kind. 對人和藹。
He told me 他告訴我
you had some doubts about wanting to go to Michigan. 你對上Michigan大蜒в 些疑慮。
Yes. I do. 是的 我有疑慮。
I'm just not sure about what I want to do. 我不知道該讀什麽
That's OK. 不去不要緊。
You understand? 你能諒解
Let me tell you something, Robbie. 讓我告訴你一件事 Robbie。
Something that might be surprising to you. 一件也許會讓你吃揪 的事。
What? Tell me. 什麽事 說給我聽燙?
Well, Grandpa wanted me to study engineering, like him. 嗯 爺爺希望我像慫 一樣學工程
Well, I wasn't clear about my future, 我對自己的未來當適 也不清楚
but I knew engineering was not for me. 但我知道工程對我膊緩鮮省
What did you tell Grandpa? 那你是如何對爺爺慫檔哪
The truth. 實話實說。
Then you're not upset 那麽 你沒有感到膊豢
about my not wanting to go into medicine? 對我不學醫。
I'm not upset at all. 一點也不。
I'm just happy that we're able to talk about it. 我很高興我們能夠乙黃 商討這件事。
I'm just happy that we're able to talk about it. 我很高興我們能夠乙黃 商討這件事。
I am too, Dad. 我也一樣 爸爸。
I suppose you want to apply to Columbia. 我猜想你會申請Collumbia大學。
Yes, but I also want to apply to several other colleges. 是的 但我還想申 請幾所其他的大學。
I thought you wanted to go to Columbia. 我還以為你隻想上CColumbia大學。
Well, I might want to go to Columbia. 嗯 我也許去Colummbia大學。
But I might not. 但也許不去。
I just want to be able to make my own decision. 我隻想能夠自己決抖ā
You're a real Stewart! 你真是我們Stewartt家的人
And if I think about it long enough, you never know ... 如果我一直考慮下熱 的話 說不定……
Never know what? 說不定什麽
If I make my own decision, 如果我自己作決定檔幕
I might choose Michigan. 我說不定選擇Michiigan大學。
Robbie, you're something! Robbie 你真是有構瞧
You know, when I was your age, 要知道 當我像你照 麽大的時候
I said exactly the same thing to Grandpa. 我跟你爺爺說了同蜒 的話。

Do I want to go to the University of Michigan?
Dad and Grandpa went there.
Or to an lvy League school,
like Columbia University?
Or maybe NYU, the New York University.
Mike applied there.
I've also been thinking about going to a state school.
SUNY, the State University of New York at New Paltz.
How can I compare them?
I think I'd like to go to a small school.
But Michigan in Ann Arbor,
Michigan is not small.
Columbia is smaller than Michigan.
SUNY in New Paltz is smaller than either Michigan or NYU.
And Columbia is smaller than SUNY.
It's a smaller school for undergraduates.
I want to go to a school that is close to Riverdale.
But Michigan is far away.
SUNY is closer to Riverdale.
NYU is closer than SUNY.
And Columbia is the closest.
Wow, that's a lot to think about.
Which one is the smallest?
Columbia.
Which school is the closest to Riverdale?
Columbia.
Which school is the cheapest?
SUNY at New Paltz.
Which school would you choose?