1. A: What University are you attending?
B: I am attending Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU).
2. A: Where is your university located?
B: Our University is divided between two campuses. The original campus is on the banks of the beautiful Jialing River in the eastern part of Sichuan Province, just north of Nanchong City. The newer campus is located in the Xindu District, just north east of Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province. The two campuses are favorable for study and research.
3. A: When was your university founded?
B: Sure. Southwest Petroleum University (SWPU), founded in 1958, is now one of the major national petroleum universities in China. It is now one of Sichuan Province key universities.
4. A: Is SWPU a diverse university?
B: Yes, it’s a diverse university with fifteen schools and three departments.
5. A: How many students are studying here?
B:More than 24,000 students are enrolled full-time. The student body of SWPU is composed of more than nineteen thousand undergraduate and thirty hundred graduate students. There are forty-four bachelor programs for undergraduate students, forty-nine master programs and more than ten different doctorate programs. In addition, SWPU operates three post-doctoral research stations.
6. A: Is there any laboratory?
B: Yes. SWPU has one key laboratory at the national level and other 26 key laboratories at the provincial level.(National Key Laboratory of Oil and
Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation)
7. A: Can you show me around your campus?
B: It’s my pleasure. Our campus is really beautiful with a clear rippling lake (Long-jing Lake 龙井湖，Nanchong Campus)，fountain(Nanchong Campus) and river（Qin -shui亲水河, Chengdu Campus), surrounded by trees and flowers. Many buildings stand around the lake and, including the teaching building, Laboratory Building, the library and the gym.
8. A: There are some main buildings oncampus. Can you make a brief introduction?
B: Yes.There are some mainbuildings both on Nanchong Campus and Chengdu Campus. They are two laboratory buildings, four teaching buildings and library on Nanchong Campus, laboratory building, administrative building, two teaching buildings, library and gymnasium on Chengdu Campus.
Unit Two Campus and Campus Life
9. A: Do you live in the dormitory?
B: Yes. I live in Room 1234, Dorm 1. I share a room with some other girls/boys.
10. A: What time is the light out in your dorm?
B: At 11 pm. on weekdays, and 12 pm. on weekends.
11. A: Where do you prefer to have dinner, in the canteen or the restaurant?
B: We usually dine in the university canteen on weekdays. Sometimes we shall eat our and go Dutch.
12. A: How many canteens there are in your university?
B: There are two canteens on campus.
13. A: Which one do you like most?
B: The 1st canteen is the best one. You will find it near our dorms.
14. A: Do you like the food served in the canteens?
B: It’s delicious / not bad / just so-so / too spicy.
15. A: Is the service good in the canteen?
B: Generally speaking, it’s not bad. / I should say it is very good. / Frankly speaking, I hate to queue for a long time everyday. You see? Too many people are there. Maybe they should do something for it.
16. A: Are there any sporting facilities?
B: Yes, there is a gymnasium and some large playgrounds in our university. We can play basketball, table tennis and badminton indoors. Besides, the swimming pool is now open for summer.
Unit Three Courses
17. A: What are you majoring in? /What's your major? / What's your specialty?
B: I’m majoring in Petroleum Engineering. / My major is Petroleum Engineering.
西南石油大学各院系、专业、教学术语中英文对照 (for reference)
石油工程学院 School of Petroleum Engineering
油气储运工程专业 Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering
资源与环境学院 School of Resources and Environment Engineering
资源勘查工程专业 Resource Explorative Engineering
勘查技术与工程专业 Explorative Technique & Engineering
资源环境与城乡规划管理专业 Rresource & Environment and Town & Country Planning
机电工程学院 School of Mechanical Engineering
化学化工学院 School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
化学工程与工艺专业 Chemical Engineering andProcess Technology
环境工程专业 Environmental Engineering
生物工程专业 Biochemical Engineering
计算机科学学院 School of Computer Science
软件学院 Software School
软件工程专业 Software Engineering
电子信息工程学院 School of Electronics and Information Engineering
测控技术与仪器专业 Measuring & Control technology and Instrumentations
电子信息工程专业 Electronic and Information Engineering
通信工程专业 Telecommunications Engineering
建筑工程学院 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture
建筑环境与设备工程专业 Building Environment and Equipment Engineering
材料科学与工程学院 School of Material Science & Engineering
理学院 The School of Sciences
信息与计算科学专业 Information and Computational Science
电子信息科学与技术专业 Electronic Information Science and Technology
经济管理学院 School of Economics and Management
工商管理专业 Business Administration
信息管理与信息系统专业 Information Management and Information Systems
人文社会科学学院 School of Humanities and Social Sciences
法学院 Law School
外语系 Department of Foreign Languages
体育系 Department of Physical Education
（以上 “school”可用 “college”替代）
教学大纲 teaching program; syllabus
教学内容 content of courses
学分制 the credit system
五分制 the 5-grade marking system
百分制 100-mark system
学年academic year
学期term/ semester
学季term, trimester, quarter
学籍管理administration of students' enrollment status
课间，休息playtime, break
逃学，旷课cut a class, to play truant, to play hooky
缺课miss a class
休学 suspension of schooling
勒令退学 expulsion
开除expel sb. from school
辍学drop out
退学quit school
校纪school discipline
出勤率attendance/participation
转系 transfer; transfer program
转学 transfer
课程curriculum
专业课specialized course
基础课 basic course
必修课compulsory course, required course
选修课optional course
入学考试 entrance examination
考试通知convocation notice
考试团board of examiners
口试，笔试examination oral, written examination
开卷考open-book exam
抽考pop test
学校教学活动learning activities in schools
综合教学 synthetic instruction
社会实践social practice
校外实习 off-campus internship
野外实习 field practice
实习exercitation
课堂讨论 class discussion
课外活动extracurricular activities
课外辅导 instruction after class
课外阅读 outside reading
自习individual study
个别指导individual coaching=tutorial
体育活动physical activities
娱乐活动recreational activities
学术活动academic activities
重点学科 key disciplinary areas or priority fields of study
示范试点 demonstration pilot project
毕业实习 graduation field work
毕业设计 graduation ceremony
毕业典礼 graduation ceremony; commencement
毕业证书 diploma; graduation certificate
毕业鉴定 graduation appraisal
毕业应修学分数 credits requirement for graduation
毕业条件 graduation requirement
毕业评估graduation appraisal
论文导师supervisor
研究员research fellow
辅导员 assistant for political and ideological work
班主任/协调人Coordinator
实验员laboratory assistant, lab assistant
体育教师games master, gym teacher, gym instructor
专任教师full-time teacher
组织委员commissary in charge of organization
宣传委员commissary in charge of publicity
学习委员commissary in charge of studies
文娱委员commissary in charge of entertainment
体育委员commissary in charge of sports
劳动委员commissary in charge of physical labour
大学一年级学生freshman
大学二年级/高中一年级学生sophomore
大学三年级/高中二年级学生junior
大学四年级/高中三年级学生senior
校友（男/女）alumnus / alumna
应届毕业graduate of the current year
留级生repeater
18. A: What grade /class are you in?
B: I am in Grade One / Two.
I am afreshman / sophomore / junior / senior.
19. A: Which college/school are you in?
B: I am a student of School/College of Petroleum Engineering /Department of Foreign Languages
20. A: How many courses are you taking this semester?
B: I am taking 8 courses this semester.
21. A: How many credit/class hours are you taking every week?
B: 20 credit/class hours.
22. A: Do you like this course?
B: I find it rather confusing / difficult to understand / beyond me.
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