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4. Have a back-up plan in case your extension isntgranted. You may think your request is completely warranted;your professor or TA, however, may not. You may have tojust suck it up and finish your assignment as soon as possible,even if its not as good as you had hoped. Its better to finisha not-so-great assignment than it is to not turn something in.

If, however, you feel like your situation really warrants someunderstanding (because of a medical or family situation, forexample), you can always talk to your dean of students foradditional support.

大学里怎样请求延缓上交作业?

作业上交期限很快就到了,也许感觉太快了。你还没完成作业,需要缓交,但是你不知道如何请求缓交,怎么办?以下四个步骤也许你最好尝试一下:

1. 单独请求缓交作业。你半夜两点钟突然意识到明早要交作业或你突然生病了没完成作业,这些情况都是可能的。单独向教授或导师助理申请缓交作业,是最明智的选择。这样你可以跟他们很好地说明情况,而不是只发过去一个邮件或一份语音邮件。

2. 如果没有机会与他们见面,尽快发送一个邮件或一份语音邮件。期限过后才申请缓交,是不可取的,应尽快与教授或导师助理联系。

3. 向教授或导师助理说明情况,包括这几个方面:

为什么需要缓交?

做了哪些部分了?

你希望缓交的期限是什么时候?

还要尊重教授或导师助理的时间安排等。

4.申请缓交不成功的后备计划。你也许认为申请肯定能成功,但是教授或导师助理不同意。怎么办?那你只能尽可能做完这份作业,尽管做得并不理想。上交了作业总比没交的好。如果你的情况(如医疗或家庭方面因素)本应该获得教授的理解的,你可以向班主任寻求帮助。

Section 13 获得奖学金

Winning the Scholarship

国外大学设立有许多项奖学金,包括助学金、奖学金、学费全免、助教金、助研金等,通过努力,至少可以获取其中一项奖学金。

口头应急句

1. I heard Jessy got the scholarship again.

我听说杰西又获得奖学金了。

2. Have you applied for the scholarship?

你申请奖学金了吗?

3. What does scholarship of Yale University cover?

耶鲁大学的奖学金都包含什么?

4. Universities offer a variety of scholarships for incoming freshmenand transfer-students.

大学为即将入学的新生和交换生提供各种奖学金。

5. All admitted students are automatically considered forscholarships.

所有被录取的学生都自然会考虑奖学金。

6. This scholarship is very important to me.

这次的奖学金对我来说很重要。

7. You may be eligible to receive a merit scholarship from theuniversity.

你也许有资格获得大学高额奖学金。

8. Have you got any scholarship during the period of school?

你在校期间获得过奖学金吗?

9. I need a scholarship to cover my three years tuition and livingexpenses.

我需要一份能供给我三年学费和生活费用的奖学金。

10.Scholarships will be open to applicants who have gainedentrance into the universities.

对于被录取的学生,都可以成为奖学金申请人。

11. How many scholarships, fellowships and awards doesMassachusetts Institute of Technology offer annually.

麻省理工学院每年提供多少项奖学金,助学奖和奖金?

12.I just miss the opportunity to get the scholarship.

我与奖学金失之交臂了。

13.Is full scholarship very hard to win?

全额奖学金很难拿到吗?

14. Congratulations to you for winning the scholarship again.

恭喜你再次获得奖学金。

15.Can you tell me something about your schools scholarshipsystem?

你能说说你们学校的奖学金制度吗?

超经典情景对话链接

经典一

Tutor: How can I help you today, Helen?

Helen: Well, I came to talk to you because I want to apply for a scholarship.

Tutor: Oh, good. You're an excellent student. I’d be very willing to helpyou with that.

Helen: Thanks. I really appreciate it. In fact, I do need a letter of recommendationfor this scholarship.

Tutor: What kind of scholarship is it?

Helen: It's an undergraduate scholarship offered by the American MinorityStudents Scholarship Association. I'm eligible for it because I'm AsianAmerican.

Tutor: Fine. I know about that scholarship. You have to be a student inyour junior year, and you have to have a grade point average of 3.7 orhigher.

Helen: I'm a junior now, and my GPA is 3.92.

Tutor: Excellent. So you’ll have a good chance of getting it.

Helen: Well, I hope so. The competition is probably pretty heavy. But first,I need a letter of recommendation.

Tutor: I'd be happy to write one for you.

Helen: That would really help me a lot. I'm very grateful.

Tutor: Don't mention it. I'm always willing to help good students.

导师:我今天能帮你些什么,海伦?

海伦:嗯,我来是因为我想申请奖学金。

导师:喔,好的。你是一个很好的学生。我非常愿意帮你。

海伦:谢谢你。我真的很感激。事实上,我是需要一封申请奖学金的推荐信。

导师:是什么样的奖学金?

海伦:是一个大学生奖学金由美国少数民族学生奖学金协会所提供。

我之所以符合申请是因为我是亚裔美人。

导师:好。我知道有关奖学金的事。你必须是三年级学生,而且你的平均成绩要在 3.7 或是更高。

海伦:我现在是三年级,而且我的平均成绩是3.92。

导师:太好了。所以你有很好的机会拿到它。

海伦:我也希望,可是竞争也很大。但是,首先我需要一封推荐信。

导师:我很乐意帮你写。

海伦:这真的给我很大的帮助,我真的很感谢你。

导师:别客气。我很乐意帮助好学生。

要点提示:

apply for 申请 help with 帮助,帮忙

be eligible for sth. 有资格获得…… junior year 大学三年级

grade point average 年级平均分;平均积分

have a chance of 获得……的机会 letter of recommendation 推荐信

be willing to 愿意,乐意 pop up 突然出现,不意冒出

on one’s own 依靠自己的力量;独自地

经典二

Applying for a ScholarshipStudent: Good morning, sir. Have you received my scholarship applicationform.

Professor: Yes. It reached us this morning.

Student: Marvelous! How does it look Do you think that I will receive ascholarship?

Professor: Looking at your application, I'd say you have a better than excellentchance at getting one of our academic scholarships. But I do wantto tell you that our scholarships only cover tuition and living expenses.

Travel and entertainment are both things you'll have to cover on yourown.

Student: That shouldn’t be a problem for me. I think I can manage travelexpenses and any other thing that pops up by myself.

Professor: If you need to. You can always get a student loan from the bank.

Lots of students go this route.

Student: If things get desperate. I'll certainly call the bank, but not until Ineed to. Thank you for the suggestion though.

Professor: See you in the fall.

申请奖学金

学生:早上好,先生。您收到我的奖学金申请表了吗?

教授:收到了。今天早晨刚收到的。

学生:太好了!看起来怎么样?您认为我能申请到奖学金吗?

教授:从你的申请来看,我可以说你很有可能申请到我们学院的奖学金。但我要告诉你的是,我们的奖学金只负担学费和生活费。旅行和娱乐的费用得你自己承担。

学生:那对我来说应该不是问题了。我想我自己可以担负旅行费用和其他突发事件的费用。

教授:如果需要的话你还可以到银行去贷款。很多学生都是这么做的。

学生:如果情况变得很糟糕的话,我肯定会从银行贷款的,但目前还不需要。还是非常感谢您的建议。

教授:秋季学期见。

excellent [?eks?l?nt] adj. 卓越的,杰出的

scholarship ['sk?l???p] n. 奖学金

appreciate [?'pri:??e?t] v. 感激,感谢

recommendation [?rek?men?de??n] n. 推荐信;推荐

association [??s????'e??n] n. 学会,社团

eligible [?el?d??bl] adj. 合格的;有资格的

average ['?v?r?d?] adj. 平常的;平均的

competition[?k?mp??t??n] n. 比赛;竞争

grateful [?gre?tfl] adj. 感激的,感谢的

mention ['men?n] v. 提到,说起

receive [r?'si:v] v. 收到,接到

applicationt [??pl??ke??n] n. 申请;应用

academic [??k?'dem?k] adj. 学院的;学术的

tuition [tju???n] n. 学费

entertainment [?ent??te?nm?nt] n. 娱乐

desperate [?desp?r?t] adj. 绝望的,孤掷一注的