Good moring, sir!
Vo也不看我,一会儿看材料,一会儿看电脑,随口回了一句:
Good moring. How are you?
我笑着说:
I'm good, thank you!
这时他抬起头看我了,笑了,这是今天第一次看见他笑,所以微笑是可以传染的。
You'll go to Texas?
我这时很开心,过程进行的跟我想象的一模一样,vo的开场白跟我设想的完全类似。于是笑着大声说:
Yes, I choose UT Austin for my Ph. D. education. You know, UT Austin ranks 3 in Civil Engineering, and its transportation program is the second best after UC Berkeley.
vo笑着用中文说:
好学校!
这时我就知道自己肯定能过了!回答了句:
Thank you!
后来想想,说thank you好象有点文不对题啊,呵呵。
Vo低下头在我的156上写什么,我就问他:
Would you like to see my offer letter?
他看着我:
Sure!
我于是把offer letter和email都拿出来递给他,以前我都在想,会不会很紧张,递材料的时候手会不会发抖,结果证明,我那时完全不紧张,边递材料还边给他说;
This is the offer letter, and this is the email offer.
他拿去看了,我又拿出ad letter递给他:
This is the admission letter.
他看了看,然后问:
If I give you visa, what's your plan after graduation?
哎,这可是经典问题啊,早就背熟了:
I will return to Sichuan. Because there is an old Chinese saying "walking on the roads in Sichuan is much harder than finding a way to sky" (又用中文说了一遍) 蜀道难难于上青天, by the most famous poet in Chinese history named 李白.
I am a Sichuan native, to change this situation is my dream from childhood. Nowadays, with the development of West China, Chinese government invests more than 500 billion RMB every year to highway construction. You know, Sichuan is in the heart of West China, and I will use the expertise that I have gained at UT Austin to fulfill my childhood dream. In fact, I think my career opportunity is much greater in China……
才说一半呢,被vo打断了,他本来不停的在156上写东西,这时抬起头来笑着说:
Were you practicing speech before? (大概意思如此)
我一楞,随即明白鬼子在取笑我,因为我说话很大声,慷慨激昂的,也不象是在背书,还满有感情的,他就笑话我以前是不是练过演讲。我也笑了,说:
Yes, I did good preparation for visa application.
本来大厅里的人一直在聊天,我这么上去大声陈词一番,我感觉后面都没人说话了,好象被震住了。所以后面嘈杂不可怕,只要自己大声、底气足,不会受影响的。Vo又问我:
You will get a master degree?
我答:
Yes, I will get a master degree in this coming July.
然后他又问我要成绩单:
Do you have transcripts?
我把成绩单递进去:
Yes, here you are.
我的成绩单是封了口的,vo自己拆开了,看了后好象是用中文嘀咕了一句:
很优秀。
然后又不停的在156上写东西,再问:
Have you been out of China?
我不知道他什么意思,答:
No.
他一直不停地写,然后又问:
What do you want to do when come back in China?
我说:
I want to be a professor. My research focuses on ……
他打断了,又问以前出过国没有:
Have you traveled outside of China?
死鬼子,我不是告诉你了么,我土啊,没出去过!再答:
No.
他拿着我的I-20表跟电脑核对,看学校有没有把我的信息输入sevis,然后说:
I will give you this opportunity to travel out. I mean I will issue you visa.
I believe your plan, and the school will give you funding, so you may pick up your visa at 3:30 this afternoon.
vo把I-20封起来,接着就撕条了,递给我,还给了一张宣传单,很耐心的给我说,你要注意,只能在开学前30天才可以入境,不然你就算去了也会送你回来。
我说:
I knew that. Thank you!
我真傻,人家都给条了,我还傻站着干吗。他自己做事,不理我了,接着就拿下一份材料,我才意识到自己该走了,最后说:
Thank you, have a nice day!