Chat attackscholarship / 奖学金 / (jiǎnɡxuéjīn )
A: I heard that you were an excellent student in college and even got a scholarship, is that right?
听说你大学期间是一名品学兼优的学生,还得了奖学金,对吗？
(tīnɡshuō nǐ dàxué qījiān shì yīmínɡ pǐnxuéjiānyōude xuéshēnɡ, háidéle jiǎnɡxuéjīn,duìma?)
B: Yup. It was really motivating to get a scholarship while at college.
是的,能在大学期间获得奖学金对我来说是很大的鼓励。
(shìde,
nénɡzài dàxué qījiān huòdé jiǎnɡxuéjīn duìwǒ láishuō shì hěndàde ɡǔlì.)
A: I'm very curious, how did you spend your scholarship?
我很好奇,你是如何使用奖学金的呢？
(wǒhěnhǎoqí, nǐshì rúhé shǐyònɡ jiǎnɡxuéjīn de ne?)
B: I saved the scholarship money in bank. Why are you suddenly interested in this topic?
我把奖学金都存进了银行。你为何突然对这个话题感兴趣？
(wǒbǎ jiǎnɡxuéjīn dōu cúnjìnle yínxínɡ.nǐ wéihé tūrán duì zhèɡè huàtí ɡǎnxīnɡqù?
)
A: Because I saw a news report. It said that a student in Lanzhou, Gansu Province has used his scholarship money to make his family's dream come true by buying them a tricycle.
因为我看到一则新闻,一位甘肃兰州的学生用自己的奖学金为家庭圆梦,买了一辆小三轮车。
(yīnwéi wǒ kàndào yīzé xīnwén, yīwèi ɡānsù lánzhōu de xuéshēnɡ yònɡ zìjǐde jiǎnɡxuéjīn wéi jiātínɡ yuánmènɡ, mǎile yīliànɡ xiǎo sānlúnchē.)
B: That is a good story. I actually was thinking of using my scholarship money to buy my parents some health products as a way of saying thank you.
这听起来是个好故事。我其实也正想着用自己的奖学金给父母买些保健品,报答他们。
(zhè tīnɡqǐlái shìɡè hǎoɡùshì.wǒ qíshí yě zhènɡ xiǎnɡzhe yònɡ zìjǐde jiǎnɡxuéjīn ɡěi fùmǔ mǎixiē bǎojiànpǐn,bàodá tāmén.)
Illustrations:Liu Rui/GT
