羅珊蒂． a woman from Indonesia

何雅婷． a woman from Taiwan

開學 (Vp) (school) to start

班 (N) class, i.e., the students (not the classroom or the course)

新生 (N) new student

嚴 (Vs) strict, stern

口試 (N) oral test

筆試 (N) written test

以外 (N) except, other than

口頭 (Vs-attr) verbal, oral

報告 (N) report

壓力 (N) pressure, stress

說明 (N) instructions, explanation

清楚 (Vs) clear(ly)

位子 (N) seat, place

旁聽 (V) to audit,to sit in (on a class)

分 (N) points

羨慕 (Vst) to envy

休學 (Vp-sep) to take a break from school

用功 (Vs) diligent, conscientious (as a student)

行 (Vs) to be all right

轉 (V) to transfer (to a different major)

原來 (Adv) originally

會計 (N) accounting, an accountant

熱門 (Vs) highly popular

熬夜 (V-sep) to stay up all night, to burn the midnight oil

當 (V) to fail a course

恐怕 (Adv) (I am) afraid that, probably

口才 (N) speaking skills

事 (N) issue, matter, event, thing

遲到 (Vp) to be late (in arrival)

差一點 (Adv) barely, nearly, almost

這樣下去 (Adv) if it goes on like this

沒辦法 (Adv) there's no way, there's nothing that can be done

獨生女 (N) only child (girl)

私立 (Vs-attr) private

理想 (Vs) ideal, aspired

合 (Vst) to tally with, to match

痛苦 (Vs) painful

科系 (N) (academic) department

放棄 (V) to give up

不管 (Conj) no matter, regardless of

反對 (Vst) to oppose, to be against

個性 (N) personality

活潑 (Vs) lively, bubbly, vivacious

外語 (N) foreign language

擔心 (Vst) to worry about, to fret over with

填 (V) to fill out (a form)

表 (N) a form

辦 (V) to deal with

手續 (N) procedures

申請 (V) to apply for

成績單 (N) report card, transcripts

考上 (V) to test into

推薦信 (N) a letter of recommendation