新托福听写训练 第31期

Listen to a conversation between two students at registration¹

W:Here we are at registration again; I can't believe how much tuition has gone up.

M:I know. It's ridiculous. You know my cousin Anne pays nothing to go her school in Kentucky.

W:Nothing! Maybe I should transfer there.

M:You can't, only students from certain part of Kentucky can go. It's only for students from the

Appalachian Mountains area.

W:So with no tuition how do they run the school?

M:Well, they get a lot of donations.

W:And that pays for everything?

M:Well, they also get some money from the government and besides that all the students are

required to work at the college. That's why the college doesn't need to hire a lot of

outside-workers.

W:Oh yeah, that will help cut the school expenses, so what kind of job do they do?

M:My cousin helps to clean the dorms. I think her roommate washes dishes in the cafeteria.

Things like that.

W:That sounds great! Come to think of it. I heard of something in Georgia called hope

scholarship.

M:Hope scholarship? What's that?

W:I think they used state lottery² money to give free tuition. But not everyone from Georgia

qualifies. You need at least B average in high school.

M:I should apply for that. I had really good grades in high school.

W:No, you had to be from Georgia.

M:Just my luck.

1 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

2 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。