N: Norma 諾瑪 C: Cindy 辛蒂

N: It has been a long time since I saw you last time. Where have you been

C: I went to Australia as an exchange student for a year and just came back.

N: I see. So how did you get the opportunity

C: Our school opens the chances for students studying at this university to go to countries like Japan, America, Australia, Germany and Spain. And the credits we earn in the uni-versity abroad will be counted as graduation credits.

N: It sounds great. I hope I could also do that once I go to university.

C: Of course you can. But the most important thing is improve your foreign language if you want to be an exchange student.

N: Yes, Madam. I will start working on it al-though I am only a ninth grader.

C: You're right. The application process is quite competitive and the earlier you start working on it, the higher the chance you will have to get the opportunity.

諾瑪：好久不見了，你到哪裡去了？

辛蒂：我在澳洲當了一年的交換學生，剛剛才回來。

諾瑪：原來是這樣。你是怎麼爭取到這樣的機會？

辛蒂：我們學校開放機會給本校的學生到其他國家如日本，美國，澳洲，德國和西班牙就讀。且我們在國外學校得到的學分也算在我們的畢業學分裡。

諾瑪：聽起來好像很不錯。希望以後我上大學的時候也能當交換學生。

辛蒂：當然可以啊。但如果你想要當交換學生的話，最重要的是要加強你的外語能力。

諾瑪：遵命。雖然我現在只是九年級生，但我會開始為這件事情努力。

辛蒂：這就對了。交換學生的申請過程是很競爭的，你越早開始準備，就有越高的機會爭取到。