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W:Come on in,Paul,and have a seat.How can I help you?& z1 H& i# R/ j; |3 D$ {
M:Well,I need to choose my major,and I guess I'm not sure what I want to do for a career.! {9 J4 w; S+ f8 P- U; R
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M:My problem is that I love the philosophy,but my dad doesn't want me to get a degree of humanities.He said that I'll be better of(a) financial with (a) career in something like business.
& R) _) p5 P! l, k/ c4 G( `W:Yes,people in humanities often do make lower salaries.
2 V9 e* M5 s+ q! M# d0 V" I1 Q' z3 k1 d5 eM:Yeah,so I won't(don't want to) be poor.So I'm doomed(don't).& q7 b6 h* C2 a! h7 s2 M
W:I guess you know a lot of famous philosopher were working(work) in other areas(fields) too.In fact some of them did grand breaking(ground-breaking) work.
) q2 f* u4 r$ m- @M: Like AS<Aristotle>
6 Z. P" ]# j/ O+ R! \W:You just want example.There were doctors,lawyers,historians,mathmaticians<mathematicians 数学家>.Wolf for example, he was trained in(to) medicine.9 `* d" X* [3 d3 ]
M:Yeah,but you're talking about genuis<geniuses 天才>.I get to grades,but I'm not a genius.
, ?4 q1 l2 M1 g1 e% w3 TW:My point is you could work in a higher paid field and pursue philosophy onside(on the side 作为兼职,另外).It's not too late for you to take(declare 申报) the double major.& w5 j3 @$ h% k
M:But what other fields was I choose?. W( h; C6 H/ H
W:I can help you with that,there's a special text(test) you can take to determine your talents.You can take it now or only takes (in) an hour.Then you can nature(match 匹配) your talents to variety job descriptions and go on mail(for there).: l1 L6 T' V" e* j: H& v
M:OK.That sounds like a good plan!/ B6 H% ~, H1 I4 g% Y
: I- K4 Z4 N Q7 R! I疑问:ground-breaking? (刚刚Google了下,ground-breaking :开创性的,突破性的)
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