我:Good morning, sir!
VO: Good morning. er... What do you study in USA?
天哪,这不是传说中的经典问题么?我都念叨过100多遍了呀哈哈
我:I will pursue a Ph.D. degree in GENETICS(重读) in XXX university
VO: What is this major about?
又是准备很长时间的专业问题,暗喜
我:Genetics is a science of how one generation of an organism affects its next one or next few generations.
VO: Okay. Is your major belongs to Biolgogy department?
我: No. It is a separate one. Its called interdepartmental genetics graduate program.
VO: What do you mean by interdepartmental? You mean the faculty...
我赶紧把话接过来
我:Yes! Faculty in this program are from different departments
VO: What departments?
我:Okay,I will show you.
我用不到一秒钟的时间就从文件袋中冲出了关于专业的相关介绍还有faculty的组成名单(按照department 分的),递进去
VO:Which area will you study?
因为我早就看好了一个教授的研究方向,所以很简单,于是我这样说道:
我:I will go to Dr. XXX's lab. The last name on this page. (说来也巧了,faculty 名单分两页,我喜欢的那个教授正好在第一页最后一个,要让我说他的department的名字我还真叫不上全程,只知道简写。于是灵机一动,告诉他教授的名字就OkAY了)
VO不说话了,在I-20上用圆珠笔很潇洒的写了几个字,然后把材料一股脑都推出来,最后飞出个白条~我都愣了,连忙说Thank you. Have a nice day!!! 然后包上东西就跑了。下台阶时清华姐姐跟我说了一句:Congradulations! 我好开心呐,说谢谢!然后赶紧走了。
到了过道的地方,正好有个小桌子。我把材料放下来整理好放进文件袋。旁边的一个爷爷说:小伙子通过啦呵呵。我说是啊呵呵,不容易。道别后我就走出了第一道门,这时身后传来一个熟悉的声音,一看是清华姐姐,满脸笑容的对我说,VO没有跟我说一句话,没有管我要一份资料就让我过啦!呵呵我当时那个高兴啊。我们俩就一块出来了。走到大厅里的时候,我爸正在向门口张望呢,我申手向他挥了挥白条,说我过啦!我爸也笑了。然后就是邮寄手续,很简单,到填表大厅外面的台子上拿邮寄单,填好,然后和白条一起给邮寄处的阿姨,再交30元钱就搞定啦。