新托福听写训练 第21期

M:Janet! Nice to see you again. Ready to plan you schedule for next semester?

W:Yeah, I've already looked at the list of classes. And I hope to take business law and intro to finance¹ this coming semester.

M:That sounds good. And it is always best to plan the courses in your major first and then fit other requirements on the elective then.

W:I'd like to take one other business course, but I am not sure which one?

M:How about an economics² course?

W:I took one this past semester and got a lot out of it.

M:Oh, that's right I remember you telling me about it. Well, let's see what else you need?

W:I need another English course and was thinking about taking a poetry class.

M:Let me see, the prerequisite³ for all the poetry classes is English composition.

W:I took that my first semester.

M:Well, modern American poetry fits in your schedule

W:With Doctor Turner?

M:Um-huh…

W:That'd be great! I've heard all about her from my roommate, the English major.

M:This is shaping up to be a pretty good semester for you, what else do you need to take?

W:I have to take one more math course but I have been putting it off. I've heard that calculus⁴ is really tough.

M:It is! But you may want to take it and just take these four courses this semester.

W:That's not a bad idea! I just hope it doesn't affect my grade point average!

1 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

2 economics   

n.经济学，经济情况

参考例句：

• He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学，该学科是很重要的。
• One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。

3 prerequisite   

n.先决条件；adj.作为前提的，必备的

参考例句：

• Stability and unity are a prerequisite to the four modernizations.安定团结是实现四个现代化的前提。
• It is a prerequisite of entry to the profession that you pass the exams.做这一行的先决条件是要通过了有关的考试。

4 calculus   

n.微积分；结石

参考例句：

• This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.对于这一题，微积分一点也用不上。
• After studying differential calculus you will be able to solve these mathematical problems.学了微积分之后，你们就能够解这些数学题了。