Episode 09: It's Up to You ACT III-英语听力

[00:00.01]Episode 09: It's Up to You ACT III [00:08.93]I had an interview today, too. [00:10.43]I had a great interview [00:11.78]with Admissions at Columbia University. [00:14.23]Really? [00:15.16]What did they say? [00:16.41]Will you get into the school? [00:17.85]Well, they didn't say anything for sure. [00:19.88]But I figure that with my grades and with my personality, [00:23.68]I'll have no problem. [00:25.48]Columbia's a terrific school. [00:27.79]What are you going to do? [00:29.12]Do? I don't know. [00:31.47]I also applied to NYU. [00:34.21]You sound excited about Columbia. [00:36.52]What's your problem, Mike? [00:38.43]Indecision. Indecision. [00:41.05]It's not easy, [00:41.86]and this is an important decision we have to make. [00:44.21]What about you? [00:45.46]How was your interview with Michigan? [00:47.36]The interview was fine. [00:48.97]It's a great college. [00:50.90]It is. [00:52.17]My father would like me to go there. [00:54.11]He and my Grandpa both went there. [00:56.57]Great medical school, too. [00:58.25]I know. [01:00.26]You can follow in your father's footsteps. [01:02.41]Ah! I'd like to follow in my own footsteps, Mike. [01:06.49]What do you want to study? [01:08.26]I've been thinking. [01:09.97]I think I want to study journalism [01:12.29]to be a reporter--a newspaperman. [01:14.58]You do a pretty good job on the Riverdale High School paper. [01:17.87]And I've been thinking about it a lot lately. [01:20.34]Have you discussed it with your parents? [01:22.40]No. But I have to. [01:25.42]OK. Let's talk. [01:37.24]Hi, Son. Is everything all right? [01:41.93]Hi, Dad. Everything's fine. [01:44.89]I was just waiting for you to get home [01:46.64]so we could talk. [01:47.71]Anything special you want to talk about? [01:50.52]There is, Dad. [01:53.19]I'm listening. [01:55.29]Well, I know you and Mom have given up a lot [01:59.49]to save money for my college tuition. [02:02.73]We want you to go to college, Robbie. [02:04.31]I know. I do. [02:06.80]But? [02:08.79]Well, I've thought a lot about which college, [02:13.38]and one of them is Columbia. [02:16.21]Columbia? Why Columbia? [02:20.51]First, they have an excellent School of Journalism. [02:25.69]They do. [02:27.91]And your friends are planning to go to Columbia? [02:32.18]That's only part of it. [02:34.44]It's complicated. [02:38.04]I'll try to explain. [02:40.14]Mike and I had a hamburger this afternoon, and we talked. [02:43.79]Yes? [02:45.53]Well, we talked about a lot of things. [02:48.44]He applied to Columbia, [02:49.78]and his interview was very successful. [02:51.86]He thinks he'll be accepted, [02:53.23]and he really wants to go there. [02:56.76]Dean Rafer called me today. [03:00.04]He told me he was very impressed with you. [03:04.06]He's a nice man. [03:05.39]He was very kind. [03:07.92]He told me [03:09.85]you had some doubts about wanting to go to Michigan. [03:13.62]Yes. I do. [03:15.95]I'm just not sure about what I want to do. [03:20.09]That's OK. [03:23.14]You understand? [03:25.38]Let me tell you something, Robbie. [03:28.11]Something that might be surprising to you. [03:34.88]What? Tell me. [03:39.48]Well, Grandpa wanted me to study engineering, like him. [03:46.60]Well, I wasn't clear about my future, [03:49.49]but I knew engineering was not for me. [03:55.91]What did you tell Grandpa? [03:59.25]The truth. [04:02.84]Then you're not upset [04:04.23]about my not wanting to go into medicine? [04:08.30]I'm not upset at all. [04:10.72]I'm just happy that we're able to talk about it. [04:14.97]I am too, Dad. [04:18.26]I suppose you want to apply to Columbia. [04:22.58]Yes, but I also want to apply to several other colleges. [04:28.82]I thought you wanted to go to Columbia. [04:30.57]Well, I might want to go to Columbia. [04:32.95]But I might not. [04:35.30]I just want to be able to make my own decision. [04:39.60]You're a real Stewart! [04:42.74]And if I think about it long enough, you never know ... [04:47.13]Never know what? [04:48.65]If I make my own decision, [04:51.85]I might choose Michigan. [04:57.05]Robbie, you're something! [04:59.18]You know, when I was your age, [05:02.73]I said exactly the same thing to Grandpa.