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ID: 2207 Upper Intermediate
Defending a thesis, looking for a job, helping out one's advisers... what's a graduate student to do? In this lesson, learn about graduate school issues as two graduate students talk about the pressures facing them.
Tue Jun 11 2013 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
招聘会 zhāopìnhuì job fair
面试 miànshì to interview (for a job)
导师 dǎoshī mentor, advisor
推荐 tuījiàn to recommend
今天热死了！咦，雯雯，你没去招聘会？
jīntiān rè sǐ le ！yí ，Wénwen ，nǐ méi qù zhāopìnhuì ？
It's so hot today! Hey, Wenwen, you didn't go to the employment fair?
嗯。我明天要去一个学校面试，今天准备准备。
ng4 。wǒ míngtiān yào qù yī gè xuéxiào miànshì ，jīntiān zhǔnbèi zhǔnbei 。
No. I'm going to interview for a school tomorrow. I'm preparing for it today.
你收到面试通知了？是你们导师推荐的吗？
nǐ shōudào miànshì tōngzhī le ？shì nǐmen dǎoshī tuījiàn de ma ？
Did you receive an interview notice? Were you recommended by your advisor?
是啊，没有导师推荐根本不行。我们文科生真是就业老大难！
shì a ，méiyǒu dǎoshī tuījiàn gēnběn bùxíng 。wǒmen wénkēshēng zhēn shì jiùyè lǎodànán ！
Yeah. If you don't have your advisor's recommendation, then it's no good. For us humanities students, finding a job is really a big problem.
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