jk笑着等这声音慢慢平静了些,说:“guys, i need to let you know that the students who are going to do a master degree are required to conduct a pre-assessment before your master courses start, which allows your new teachers to see where you are at. it’s a paper-based assessment and probably takes two to three hours, and the assessment time can be booked online.(和大家通知个事情。今年学校对研究生入学有了一个新的要求:要在开学之前去学校的网站上预约时间,做一个专业的预评估。这是个卷面考试,目的是为了了解大家的专业基础程度,让将来的研究生的老师更好地设计教学计划。)”
台下一片哀鸣。jk笑笑说:“i know some of you have already booked flight tickets. don’t worry. you can come back early to do it. please check your email as the students who need to do the pre-assessment should receive an email by the end of tomorrow.(我知道好些同学已经预定了机票。也可以提早点回来做。请大家注意查看邮件。需要做预测试的同学最迟在明天都会收到邮件。)”
jk看大家再没有了刚才的兴奋,又换了个话题:“don’t worry too much about tomorrow. let’s think about how we are going to celebrate today. would you like to go to city and have lunch together?(大家来了这么久,光学习了。要不要我们一起出去city逛逛,为我们的语言学习最后留个纪念?)”台下又兴奋了起来,高兴地问jk要怎么去。jk说:“it’s up to you. i will meet you at 12pm at flinders street station, and then we can have lunch together. we can go to hellenic museum after lunch.(随意。我们的计划就是12点在flinder 火车站集合,一起聚餐。然后一起去希腊博物馆逛一逛,怎么样?)”
中午的时候,jk准时带着jason来到了flinders street station和大家汇合,brad看jason还能跟着过来,走到他旁边悄悄问他:“哥们儿,问题解决了?”jason笑着点了点头:“差不多。刚交了申请上去。那位老师说应该可以,以前也有人申请过,只要有正当理由。jk说下周帮我问问,有消息就告诉我。”说着又点点头,感慨到:“还是咱中国老师给力!刚才我也是着急了!”brad拍了拍他的肩膀。
下午逛完了博物馆,大家又合了影。jk有些感动,笑着和大家说:“well, it’s time to say goodbye, but i hope we can still be friends. if you see me somewhere in the future, please come to say hello. otherwise, i would call your full name loud in public. you guys know i have a very good memory.(课程是结束了,但是我希望和大家还是朋友。希望大家以后见到我,主动和我打招呼啊!你们知道我的记忆力很好的,每个人的面孔和全名我都记得很清楚!不打招呼就走,我会生气的,并且从很远的地方就叫你的全名!)”
小婉走了一段路,一个人又回到了flinders street station。此时正是下班的高峰期,伴随着绿灯亮起,一阵嘟嘟声响起,马路的两头迎来了熙熙攘攘的人群。放眼望去,每个人的打扮都很独特:发色,肤色,服饰,走路的方式无一相同。这就是墨尔本!一个多元化文化的国家。小婉想:如果这是一幅画,自己也在尝试着为这幅画添上一笔。她走到马路当中等tram的地方,一个人踏上了往howard方向开的75路tram。