英语学习：申请专上教育经济援助

You want to take a full-time diploma course in Accounting, but you find the tuition fees very high. You are worried, because you do not have an income and your husband is still looking for work. You later learn that financial aid is offered at the institution you plan to attend. You go to the Financial Aid Office to ask whether you are eligible for their student assistance program.

A: I’d like some information on student assistance. I’m enrolled in your one-year Accounting program. Am I eligible for any form of financial aid?

B: Are you a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?

A: I’m a landed immigrant.

B: That’s fine. As a landed immigrant, you are eligible for the Canada Student Loan (CSL) and the provincial student assistance program.

A: How much can I apply for? Do I have to repay the entire amount right after graduation?

B: The amount varies according to individual needs. You apply for both the federal and provincial assistance programs in the same application. CSL is a federal loan, which must be repaid over a period of time after graduation. The provincial program, however, is a combination of grants and loans. Please take this application and guidebook with you; it explains everything in detail.

A: Thank you.

你想修读一项全日制会计文凭课程。但你觉得学费很贵，你很烦恼，因为你没有收入，而你丈夫仍在寻找工作。后来你知道在你入读的学院有经济援助。你便到经济援助处去，问问你是否够资格申请他们的学生援助计划。

甲：我想要些学生援助的资料。我已登记入读你们的一年制会计课程。我够不够资格申请任何一种经济援助呢？

乙：你是加拿大公民还是永久居民呢？

甲：我是刚登陆的移民。

乙：那很好。作为已登陆的移民，你有资格申请加拿大学生贷款（简称CSL）和省政府的学生援助计划。 

甲：我可以申请多少钱呢？我是不是需要毕业后立即缴还全部费用呢？

乙：申请的款项多少视乎个人需要。你可在同一申请内一起申请联邦政府和省政府的援助计划。CSL是联邦贷款，在毕业后一段时间内一定要缴还。而省政府的计划是有助学金和贷款之分的，请你取一份申请表和指南，里面有详细的说明。

甲：谢谢。

LANGUAGE NOTES 语文注解

1. Financial aid 经济援助

2. I’d like (= I would like) 意思和 I want 差不多，不过语气比较客气。

3. Enrolled for 登记入读

4. Eligible for 够资格

5. Citizen 公民

6. Permanent resident 永久居民

7. Landed immigrant 已登陆的移民

8. Entire amount 全部款项或数量

9. Graduation 毕业

10. Federal 联邦政府的

11. Provincial 省政府的

12. Loan 贷款

13. Grants 助学金

14. In detail （惯用语）详细的