NARRATOR:Listen to a conversation between a student and a professor.

旁白：请听一段学生和教授的对话。

MALE STUDENT:Hi, Professor Johnson?

学生：嗨，约翰逊教授？

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Hi, how can I help you?

教授：你好，请问有什么可以帮你的吗？

MALE STUDENT:Well, my name’s Matthew, Matthew Burns. I signed up to take Film 200 next year.

学生：嗯，我叫马修，马修伯恩斯。我报名参加明年的电影200课。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Film 200... Film 200... Now where did I put that enrollment sheet?

教授：电影200，电影200。我那张学员注册名单表哪去了？

I wasn’t expecting anyone to turn up quite this early, but they did send me the preliminary enrollment, and... found it! And your last name again is…

我没想到有人会这么早出现，但他们确实给我发了初步注册名单，然后……找到了。你叫啥来着？

MALE STUDENT:Burns, Matthew Burns.

学生：呃，伯恩斯，马修伯恩斯

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Yes, Matthew, OK, here you are. So, what’s...?

教授：是的，马修。好，你来了。啥事儿？.

MALE STUDENT:Well, um, I’m a bit nervous about taking a film class for the first time, and, uh, I thought maybe I could get a head start over the summer.

学生：嗯，我第一次上电影课有点紧张，呃，我觉得也许我可以在暑假里能准备准备。

I already have an idea for a script and I was wondering if you could give me a couple of tips.

呃，我已经有了一个剧本的想法。请您给我一些建议。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:A script?

教授：哈？剧本？

MALE STUDENT:Yeah, a script for a film.

学生：是的，电影剧本。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:But Film 200 is not a filmmaking class.

教授：但是电影200，不是电影制作课。

MALE STUDENT:It’s not?

学生：不是吗？

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Uh-uh. We, we watch films, discuss them, analyze them, write about them… we do a lot of writing, but we don’t write a film script.

教授：啊，我们会看电影，讨论，分析电影，写它们的论文，我们会有很多东西要写，但我们不写电影剧本。

I guess you were thinking it was a filmmaking class?

我猜你以为这是一堂电影制作课。

MALE STUDENT:Well, yeah...

学生：嗯，是的。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:No, 200 is Film Narrative.

教授：不，200 课程是电影叙事课。

It deals with how films tell stories, what narrative techniques are used in film—by analyzing a number of the classics.

它通过分析许多经典作品来学习电影如何讲述故事，电影中使用了哪些叙事技巧。

MALE STUDENT:Oh, I see.

学生：哦，我，我明白了。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Yeah. We’ll talk about how narratives in film differ from stories in books.

教授：是的。我们将讨论电影中的叙事与故事和书籍叙事的区别。

Did you read the class description?

你有读课程说明吗？

MALE STUDENT:I uh... I was so excited to enroll in a film class that I guess I didn’t pay enough attention to what kind of film class it was.

学生：我呃，我很激动能参加一个电影课，我想我没有关注它是什么类型的电影课。

I thought I was registering for a film making class. Sorry.

我以为我注册了一个电影制作课程。抱歉。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:No, no. No problem. I mean, I can see how this kind of misunderstanding could happen.

教授：哦，没问题。我的意思是，我能理解出现这种误解。

You know, there are a couple of filmmaking classes, if that’s what interests you.

如果你感兴趣的话，有几个电影制作课程你可以去。

But I don’t teach them;you’d have to talk with Professor Webb.

但我不教这些课，你得和韦伯教授谈谈。

Actually, though, there’s no reason why you couldn’t take my class as well as a filmmaking class...

事实上，没理由不能两个课一起上。

MALE STUDENT:I wonder if I could swing that; I can’t get out of my English, Biology and French classes, they’re required; and I wanted my fourth class to be filmmaking.

学生：我想知道我能不能搞定这个。我无法摆脱必修英语、生物和法语课程。我希望我的第四节课是电影制作。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Which English class are you registered for?

教授：你报名的是哪个英语课？

MALE STUDENT:Um, English Composition. It’s a required writing class—all students have to take it.

学生：嗯，英语作文。这是一门必修的写作课。所有学生都必须上。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Oh yes, English Comp. You’ll be writing a lot for that class.

教授：哦，是的，英语写作。你会为那门课写很多东西。

You know, this film class might fulfill your English requirement… you’d have to check with the English department.

这门电影课可能会满足你的英语课要求，你必须与英语系核实一下。

It’s totally up to you, but... Let me ask you: Do you watch a lot of movies?

呃，这完全取决于你，但......我问你哈，你看很多电影吗？

MALE STUDENT:Tons… mostly modern ones.

学生：看的可多了，大多是现代的。

FEMALE PROFESSOR:Well, if you want to be a filmmaker, you need to be acquainted with the classics.

教授：嗯，如果你想成为一个电影人，你需要熟悉经典电影。

Professor Webb could tell you more about what you should do.

韦伯教授可以告诉你更多关于你应该做什么。

I recommend you talk to her. Then you can think about it over the summer. You can always add or drop a class in the fall.

我建议你和她谈谈，然后你可以在夏天考虑一下。您可以随时在秋季添加或删除课程。

MALE STUDENT:Yeah, I think I’ll do that. Thank you, Professor Johnson. You’ve been very helpful.

学生：是的，我想我会的。谢谢你，约翰逊教授，您帮了我很多。