哈佛大學校園英語情景對話06：歷史的大山：馬薩諸塞堂

Han Meimei and John have finished their visit to Harvard Museum of Natural History.

H: Han Meimei J: John

H ： Where，s our next stop?

H：我們下一站去哪兒?

J: What about the Dining Hall?

J：去食堂吧。

H： The Dining Hall? Oh, it’s already one o’clock. You must be hungry.

H:食堂?哦，已經(jīng)一點了，你肯定餓了吧。

J: Listen, my stomach is rumbling?.

J:聽，我的肚子在咕嚕咕嚕叫呢。

H: Sorry, I have been immersed? in the wonderful life at Harvard and lost track of time.

H:不好意思，我一直沉浸在哈佛的美好生活中，忘了時間。

J: How could you enjoy life without enjoying food? Let’s go and have lunch. But be prepared, you’ll be amazed by what you，re going to see.

J：不享受美食怎么能叫享受生活呢。去吃午飯吧，但要做好心理準備，你接下來看到的東西會讓 你大吃一驚。

H: I've prepared for it. Everything just makes me so excited.

H:我做好準備了，哈佛的一切都讓我興奮不已。

(They arrive at the Dining Hall.)

(到達食堂)

H: Oh, My God! I can’t believe my eyes. Is it a palace or something?

H:天哪!我不敢相信自己的眼睛，這是宮殿還是什么?

J: Just the Dining Hall. What do you say?

J：就是食堂。你覺得怎么樣?

H: Beyond expression?. I think I，m so excited that I have no stomach? for lunch.

H:無法用語言表達。我太激動了，我想我設(shè)有胃□吃飯了。

J： Really? Don’t be envious? when I enjoy my steak.

J：真的?我享用牛排的時候可別眼饞哦。

(After lunch)

(吃完飯后)

J: I’m full. Let’s go to visit the freshman? dormitories.

J：我飽了，咱們?nèi)⒂^一下新生宿舍吧。

H: Are they like palaces too?

H:宿舍也跟宮殿一樣嗎?

J: Nope, Han, don’t glorify? Harvard to such an extent.

J：不是啊，韓，別太美化哈佛了。

H: Then why must we go there today? I prefer something more interesting.

H:那為什么我們今天非要去看宿舍，我寧愿去更有意思的地方。

J： The dormitory building I’m going to show you is also a historical site. It tells the history of Harvard.

j：我?guī)闳サ乃奚針且彩且粋€歷史景點，它承載了哈佛的許多歷史。

H: Oh, I see.

H:這樣子啊。

(They arrive at the Massachusetts Hall.)

(到達馬薩諸塞堂)

H: I find that almost all the buildings are crimson?.

H:我發(fā)現(xiàn)幾乎所有的樓都是深紅色的。

J： Crimson is the color of Harvard, representing solemnity?.

J：深紅是哈佛的顏色，代表了莊嚴。

H: Indeed.

H:確實。

J: This building is called Massachusetts Hall.

J：這個樓叫馬薩諸塞堂。

H： It doesn’t look like a dormitory building. I don’t see many students. These rooms look like offices.

H:看起來不像宿舍樓，沒看見多少學生。這些房間看起來更像是辦公室。

J: That’s what makes it special. The top administrators work at the first three floors, and freshmen live in the fourth floor.

J：這就是這個樓的獨特之處。高層領(lǐng)導在頭三層辦公，新生住在第四層。

H: It could be either a good thing or a bad thing.

H:是好事也是壞事。

J： Why? I think it’s a good thing because the students can meet the top administrators.

J：為什么呀，我覺得是好事呀，學生可以見到校領(lǐng)導呢。

H: If I lived here, I would not feel free to do whatever I，d like to, for example, playing music loudly in the dorm room.

H:如果我住這兒，就覺得干什么都不自由，比如無法在宿舍大聲放音樂。

J： Like it or not, it is said that the building will be sold and freshmen won，t be allowed to reside there any longer.

J:不管喜不喜歡，據(jù)說這樓要被賣掉了，以后就不允許新生再住在這兒,了。

H: To whom?

H:賣給誰?

J： To the central administration of Harvard University.

J：賣紿哈佛大學的管理中心。

H: Wait a minute. Doesn’t the Hall belong to the University?

H:等會兒，馬薩諸塞堂不屬于哈佛大學嗎?

J: It does. It belongs to the College of Arts and Science now.

J：屬于呀，現(xiàn)在屬于文理學院。

H: I'm confused.

H:我有點搞不明白。

J: You know, the United States itself have fifty states, each of which is independent of the federal government in some respects?.

J:你知道美國本身有50個州，每個州在某些方面是獨立于聯(lián)邦政府的。

H: You mean the central administration of Harvard has a decentralized? power?

H:你的意思是哈佛大學管理中心的權(quán)力也是分散的?

J: Therefore, the Hall will be “sold” rather than be “given” to the central administration.

J：所以馬薩諸塞堂與其說是"送繪”還不如說是“賣結(jié)"管理中心。

H： The students up there must be glad at the news. They can move to new dorms.

H:住在上面的學生聽到這個消息肯定很高興，可以搬到新宿舍了。

J： Not necessarily. If it were me, I would feel it’s a pity?.

J：那HI不一定。如果是我，我就會感到很遺1感。

H: Why?

H:為什么?

J： This is the oldest building on campus, and has experienced many historical events. People can smell the smell of history in it.

J:這可是校園里最古老的樓，而且還經(jīng)歷了很多歷史事件，人們在里面可以感受到 歷史的氣息。

H: That makes sense?,

H:有道理。

J: Besides, from its birth to today, it has been used as a dormitory building. Many people just want to keep this tradition alive.

J：再說，從它建成之日起到現(xiàn)在都是用作學生宿舍樓，很多人就想保留這個傳統(tǒng)。

H: Memories are priceless.

H:記憶無價。