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day 50scholarships and fees

unit 8 · study & ideas

    scholarships and fees

    Talk about fees, scholarships and applications, soften your words with 不是很…… (not very), and tell what happened next with 於是 (and so).

    today’s words

    • 博士 bóshì · PhD, doctor (degree)
    • 獎學金 jiǎngxuéjīn · scholarship
    • 學費 xuéfèi · tuition fees
    • 翻譯 fānyì · translate; translator
    • 文字 wénzì · writing, written words
    • 專心 zhuānxīn · focused, concentrating
    • 教材 jiàocái · teaching materials
    • 錄取 lùqǔ · admit (to a school), accept
    • 證書 zhèngshū · certificate
    • 於是 yúshì · so, and so (then)
    • 改進 gǎijìn · improve (methods, work)
    • 建立 jiànlì · establish, build up
    • 明顯 míngxiǎn · obvious, clear
    • 如 rú · such as; if (written)
    • 深入 shēnrù · in-depth, thorough
    • 同 tóng · same; with (written)
    • 一時 yīshí · for a moment, temporarily
    • 珍貴 zhēnguì · precious, valuable

    sentences

    • 這裡的學費不是很貴。 · The fees here aren’t that high.
    • 我的中文不是很好,可是我很努力。 · My Chinese isn’t great, but I work hard.
    • 學費太貴了,於是他決定先工作兩年。 · The fees were too high, so he decided to work for two years first.
    • 他把位子讓給了一位老太太。 · He gave his seat to an elderly lady.
    • 她被博士班錄取了,還拿到了獎學金。 · She got into a PhD programme and won a scholarship too.