Part A :

Excuse me, Dr.Johnson. May I speak to you for a minute?

对不起，约翰逊医生。我可以和你谈一分钟吗?

Sure. Come in.

当然。进来。

I'm Melanie Griffin.

我是梅兰妮格里芬。

I'm taking your course in Population Studies.

我正在上你的人口研究课程。

Right. Well, Melanie, how can I help you?

好的。哦，梅兰妮，我能帮你什么？

I'm...having a bit of trouble with the second assignment, and it's due in twelve days.

我在第二个任务上遇到了一些麻烦，十二天后到期。

What sort of trouble are you having?

你遇到了什么样的麻烦？

Is the assignment question a problem?

作业问题有问题吗？

Well, that's part of the problem.

好吧，这是问题的一部分。

I'm also having - been having - trouble getting hold of the books.

我再获取书籍上也遇到了麻烦。

I've been to the library several times,and all the books are out.

我去过图书馆好几次了，所有的书都借掉了。

Sounds like you should have started borrowing the books a bit earlier.

听起来你应该早一点开始借书。

Well,I had a really big assignment due in for another course,and I've been spending all my time on that,and I thought…

好吧，我有一个非常大的作业要交到另一门课程，我一直把所有的时间都花在这上面，我想……

...You might get an extension of time to finish your assignment for me?

..你可能会延迟提交我这门科目的作业？

If that's possible,but I don't know…

如果可能的话，但我不知道…

Well,yes,it's possible,but extensions are normally given only for medical or compassionate reasons.

嗯，是的，这是可能的，但延期通常只是出于医疗或同情的原因，

Otherwise, it's really a question of organizing your study,and we don't like giving an extension to students who simply didn't plan the work properly.

否则这实际上是一个组织学习的问题，我们不喜欢给那些根本没有计划他们的学生延期好好工作。

What did you get for your first assignment?

你的第一份作业多少分

I got 87 per cent.

我有八十七分。

Mmm,yes, you did very well indeed.

嗯，是的，你确实很好

So obviously you can produce good work.

所以显然你可以做出很好的工作。

I don't think I'll need too much extra time, as long as I can get hold of some of the important references.

我不认为我需要太多额外的时间，只要我能掌握一些重要的参考资料。

Well, since you did so well in your first assignment, I'm prepared to give you an extra two weeks for this one.

因为你在第一次任务中做得很好。我准备额外给你两个星期。

So, that'll mean you need to submit it about a month from now.

这将意味着你需在一个月内提交作业。

Oh thank you.

谢谢。

Now,what about the reading materials?

现在，阅读材料呢？

So you check out the journal articles in the list?

你是否查看了列表中的期刊文章？

Umm, no, not yet.

嗯，还没有

There were about twenty of them,and I wasn't sure which ones would be most useful or important.

大约有二十个，我不确定哪个最有用或最重要。

Well,they're all useful, but I don't expect anyone to read them all,because a number of them deal with the same issues.

好吧，它们都很有用，但我不希望有人阅读它们，因为它们中的一些人处理相同的问题。

Umm,let me give you some suggestions.

让我给你提些建议吧。

The article by Anderson and Hawker is really worth reading.

安德森和霍克的文章值得一读。

Right,I'll read that one.

好的，我会读那篇。

You should also read the article by Jackson, but just look at the part on the research methodology - how they did it.

你也应该阅读杰克逊的文章，但只要看看研究方法的部分——他们是如何做到的。

OK...Jackson, got that...

好的…杰克逊，知道了…

And if you have time, the one by Roberts says very relevant things, although it's not essential.

如果你有时间的话，罗伯茨的那篇说了非常相关的事情，尽管这不是必需的。

So, OK, if it's useful, I'll try and read that one...

那么，好吧，如果这是有用的。我试着读那一个…

Now, the one by Morris.

现在，莫里斯的那个。

I wouldn't bother with that at this stage, if I were you.

如果我是你，我不会在这个阶段打扰。

Ok, I won't bother with Morris.

好的，我就不打扰莫里斯了。

Oh, now, someone told me the article by Cooper is important.

哦，现在，有人告诉我库珀的文章是重要的。

Well,yes,in a way,but just look at the last part,where he discusses the research results.

嗯，是的，在某种程度上，但只看最后一部分，他讨论了研究结果。

And lastly,there's Forster.

最后，还有福斯特——

I can't think why I included that one.

我想不出为什幺我包括那个。

It's not bad and could be of some help,but not that much.

这还不错，可能会有所帮助，但不是那幺多。

Part B :

Now let's deal with the assignment question.

现在，让我们来处理作业的问题吧。

What's the problem there?

那里的问题是什么?

It's the graph from page 2.

这是第二页的图。

What seems to be the problem?

什么问题?

It's just the bar graph showing reasons why people change where they live.

这只是条形图，显示了人们改变他们生活地点的原因。

Well,I've got a photocopy but the reasons at the bottom are missing.

好。我有一份复印件，但底部的原因是缺少的。

Ah,Ok. Look at the first bar on the graph.

噢，好的。先看看图上的第一条

Now that indicates the number of people who move because they want more space.

现在这说明了移动的人的数量，因为他们想要更多的空间。

Oh, I see...bar one.

哦，我明白了…第一条线。

OK...Now what about the next bar?

好…那下一条线呢?

Bar two is to do with the people living nearby disturbing them,so they chose to move away to somewhere quieter.

第二条线是关于的附近居民的干扰他们，所以他们选择了搬到一个安静点。

Now let's look at bar No.3...Another reason people change their place of living is because they want to be closer to the city.

现在让我们看一下线三，人们改变生活的另一个原因是因为他们想靠近城市。

Ok.Proximity to the city is an issue.

好的。接近城市是一个问题…

Now...bar No.4 refers to problems when the owner of the property won't help fix things that go wrong.

现在…线四指产权人不会帮助修理东西的问题。

In other words, the owner is not helpful and so the tenants move out.

换句话说，业主是没有帮助的，所以租户迁出。

OK...Now what about Bar 5?

好的…现在线五怎么样?

Bar 5 is about those people who move because they need a bus or train to get them into the city or to go to work.

五是关于那些搬家的人，因为他们需要一辆公共汽车或火车，让他们进入城市，或者去上班。

Ok...And Bar 6?

好的…和线六?

Bar No.6 is interesting.

线六是有趣的。

That reason was given quite a lot.

这理由很多——

People move in because they wanted to be in a more attractive neighbourhood.

人们搬家时因为他们希望能在更有吸引力的邻里。

Oh,yes,thank you very much.

噢，是的，非常感谢。