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Dormitory Drama - Part 7

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ID: 2567 Intermediate
It always seems to be the people at the top of the class who are the most worried about failing, despite the remoteness of this possibility, while those you already know are going to fail always seem really confident. Something similar happens in this dialogue.
Tue Nov 04 2014 | Jenny, Ryan
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学期 xuéqī semester
学分 xuéfēn credit
累积 lěijī accumulate
门 mén measure word for class
刘北北，这个学期快结束了，你学分满了吗？
Liú Běiběi ，zhège xuéqī kuài jiéshù le ，nǐ xuéfēn mǎn le ma ？
Liu Beibei, the semester is almost over, have you got enough credits yet?
没有，下学期再累积吧。学分好难拿啊，每门课都要C以上。
méiyǒu ，xiàxuéqī zài lěijī ba 。xuéfēn hǎo nán ná a ，měi mén kè dōu yào C yǐshàng 。
No, I'll get more next semester. Credits are so hard to come by, you have to get at least a C in each class.
学分不满不能拿学位证书，是这样的吗？
xuéfēn bù mǎn bùnéng ná xuéwèi zhèngshū ，shì zhèyàng de ma ？
If you don't have enough credits you can't get your diploma, is that right?
是的，只能拿毕业证书。如果有几门课，最后补考也不通过的话，只能拿结业证书。
shìde ，zhǐnéng ná bìyèzhèngshū 。rúguǒ yǒu jǐ mén kè ，zuìhòu bǔkǎo yě bù tōngguò dehuà ，zhǐnéng ná zhèngshū 。
Yes, you only get a graduation certificate. If you have several classes and you don't pass the make-up exams, you can only get a certificate of completion.
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