哈佛大學(xué)校園英語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話14：哈佛模擬聯(lián)合國(guó)

Han Meimei is invited to Johohn’s home.

H: Look at your room, it’s made of prizes.

H:看看你的房間，到處都是獎(jiǎng)狀。

J: Stop picking on me. Jealous?

J：別再挑我的刺兒了。你羨慕了?

H： Not a little bit.. You’re born with talents. That’s not fair.

H:相當(dāng)羨慕。你是個(gè)天才，太不公平了。

J: I remember there’s a Chinese saying “one minute on the stage needs ten years of practice off the stage”. I’ve paid a lot.

J：我記得中國(guó)有句俗語(yǔ)"臺(tái)上_分鐘，臺(tái)下十車(chē)功”。我付出了很多。

H: Don’t be so serious. I was just babbling.What’s this prize for? “Best Delegate”，

H:別那么認(rèn)真，我只是胡說(shuō)的。這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)狀是什么? “最佳代表”。

J： For my outstanding performance in the Harvard Model United Nations Conference.

J:是我因在哈佛模擬聯(lián)含國(guó)(HMUN )大會(huì)上的杰出表現(xiàn)而得的獎(jiǎng)。

H: You’ve participated m that conference? Terrific!

H:你參加過(guò)?太棒了 !

J: It，s no big deaL

J:沒(méi)什么了不起的。

H: Was it interesting?

H:會(huì)議有意思嗎?

J： Yes, of course. But instead of using the word “interesting", I would rather say it's meaningful.

J:是的，很有意思。但是我更想說(shuō)它是有意義的，而不是用’‘有意思”這個(gè)詞。

H: Did you learn a lot? Tell me what you learned,

H:你都學(xué)到了什么?

J: First of all, I learned that it’s organized by undergrads from Harvard. I was surprised because it’s so influential. It turned out to be a college students’ organization.

J：首先，我了解到會(huì)議是由哈佛大學(xué)的本科生組 織的。為此我感到很吃驚，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)會(huì)議的影 響力很大，結(jié)果卻是一個(gè)大學(xué)的學(xué)生組織。

H： That’s really incredible.

H:確實(shí)難以置信。

J: So I make determination to be an organizer if I should go to Harvard.

J：所以我如果能去哈佛上學(xué)，我也要成為它的一 個(gè)組織者。

H: You will. It must be interesting, exciting, and challenging to organize a HMUN Conference. I’d like to give it try if I have the chance. What else did you learn?

H:你會(huì)去的。組織HMUN大會(huì)一定很有趣，令人激動(dòng)并具有挑戰(zhàn)性。如果有機(jī)會(huì)我也想試試。還學(xué)到其他的了嗎?

J; I learn how to think in other people’s shoes. You know, students had to play different roles that they might have never thought about.

J：我懂得了怎樣設(shè)身處地為別人著想。你也知道，學(xué)生要扮演不同的角色，可能是 他們絕對(duì)想不到的角色。

H: It’s important to think in a different way.

H:以不同的角度思考是很重要的。

J: This is very beneficial for me, I would say.

J：我想說(shuō)這一點(diǎn)讓我受益匪淺。

H; No wonder you're so considerate.

H:難怪你總是想得那么周到。

J： Thank you. Besides, because students had to debate, and sometime compromise, they needed tocooperate with others in order to solve international issues.

J:謝謝。此外，由于學(xué)生們必須要爭(zhēng)論，有時(shí)候要妥協(xié)，因此他們需要和其他人合作來(lái)解決國(guó)際問(wèn)題。

H: Cooperation is a word easy to say. What lacks in international negotiations is just cooperation.

H:"含作” 一詞說(shuō)起來(lái)容易做起來(lái)難。國(guó)際談判中缺的就是含作。

J： As far as the HMUN Conference is concerned, by cooperating with people of my age, I gained a precious opportunity to listen to and share my viewpoints with students of different backgrounds the world over,

J:就HMUN大會(huì)而言，與和我同齡的人合作，讓我有機(jī)會(huì)傾聽(tīng)并且與世界各地不同背 景的學(xué)生分享我的觀點(diǎn)。

H: That’s quite meaningful. Most of the time, we don’t know what people from other countries think, and misunderstandings will lead to mistrusts.

H:很有意義。大多數(shù)時(shí)間，我們不知道其他國(guó)家的人的想法,由于誤解而導(dǎo)致不信任。

J: Absolutely! Another important thing that HMUN taught me is that every single effort can make a difference for the entire human race. Anyway, the experience of participating in HMUN at least demonstrates students" ability.

J:對(duì)極了! HMUN讓我彳董得的另一個(gè)重要的事就是，每一個(gè)單一的努力都會(huì)影響全 人類(lèi)。不管怎么說(shuō)，參加HMUN至少證明了學(xué)生的能力。

H: There’s no doubt about that. The experience in Model United Nations has been recognized by many top universities, and is one of the evaluation criteria while enrolling students.

H:這點(diǎn)毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)。參加模擬聯(lián)含國(guó)已經(jīng)得到了許多一流大學(xué)的認(rèn)可，并且是招收學(xué) 生的評(píng)估標(biāo)準(zhǔn)之一。

J: That’s why every year more than a thousand students from all over the world come to Boston to participate in the conference.

J:這就是為什么每年都有來(lái)自世界各地的1000多個(gè)學(xué)生來(lái)到波士頓參加這個(gè)大會(huì)。

H: It began to attract Chinese students in 2005. Now a Lot of Chinese students attend the conference every year.

H:從2005年開(kāi)始，中國(guó)學(xué)生也受到了 HMUN的吸引?，F(xiàn)在，每年都有許多中國(guó)學(xué)生 參加這個(gè)大會(huì)。

J: It might not occur to you that this year, it was held outside Boston, or rather outside America.

J:你可能想不到，今年的大會(huì)不在波士頓舉行，更確切地說(shuō)不在美國(guó)。

H： It’s held in Beijing, China.

H:今年在中國(guó)北京舉辦。

J： I was a little surprised, to be honest. It had never been held outside Boston.

J:說(shuō)實(shí)話，有點(diǎn)讓人吃驚。大會(huì)從來(lái)設(shè)有在波士頓以外的地方舉行過(guò)。

H: I think HMUN-China indicates that HMUN will expand its influence overseas. What a pity! I am not in China.

H:我認(rèn)為HMUN-中國(guó)會(huì)議表明HMUN希望擴(kuò)大其在海外的影響力。很遺憾,我不在中國(guó)。

J: Never mind, you can participate in the 2011 Conference. It’ll be the 58th session, and will be held in Sheraton Boston again, from January 27 to 30.

J:沒(méi)關(guān)系，你可以參加2011年的大會(huì)。那將是第58屆會(huì)議，1月27號(hào)~ 30號(hào)在 波士頓喜來(lái)登酒店舉辦。

H: Ok, I'll prepare for it from now on.

H:太好了，我從現(xiàn)在起就開(kāi)始準(zhǔn)備。

J: Good luck.

J:祝你好運(yùn)!