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 A:     Excuse me? Is this where I register? I’d like to
       sign up for my courses for next semester.

 B:    Yes, of course. I need your student ID please.

 A:     Here you are.

 B:    Okay, Susan. It says here that you are a business
        major  and  you  are  in  your  second  year. Is  this
        information correct?

 A:    Yes. I do want to take some additional credits this
       year to get a minor¹ in psychology².

 B:    Sure. That’s not a problem. Do you have the list
       of courses you want to take this semester?
 A:    Yeah. Here’s my list. I’m not sure if the class
       schedule will allow me to take all of them though.

 B:    Yeah, that’s perfect. What about the subjects for
       your minor?

 A:    Oh yeah! Almost  forgot! I need to take  funda-
        mental linguistics³, consumer psychology and neu-
        roanatomy.

 B:    Wow, you are going to be busy this semester!
       Okay, here you go.  You are registered now; you’ll
        have to make your first tuition payment before
       classes start.

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

3 linguistics   

n.语言学

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。