Day 77: Taking a Year Off University
At the dean's office of a university in Samara, a third-year student asks the methodologist about taking a year of academic leave to work on an oil field.
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Dialogue
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A
Олег Викторович, здравствуйте. Хочу взять академ на год: мне предложили вахту на месторождении.
Hello, Oleg Viktorovich. I want to take a year's academic leave: I've been offered shift work on an oil field.
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B
Академический отпуск предоставляется только по уважительной причине, например по состоянию здоровья или по семейным обстоятельствам.
Academic leave is granted only for a valid reason, such as health or family circumstances.
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A
А работа не причина? Предложение уж больно заманчивое: за год вахты можно на ипотеку накопить.
Isn't work a reason? The offer's just too tempting: one year of shifts and you can save up for a mortgage deposit.
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B
Для деканата, увы, нет. Можно отчислиться по собственному желанию, а потом восстановиться, если будут места.
Not for the dean's office, I'm afraid. You can withdraw at your own request and then be reinstated, if there are places.
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A
Это не страшно. Через год вернусь, восстановлюсь, и всё будет как было.
That's no problem. I'll come back in a year, get reinstated, and everything will be as it was.
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B
Хорошо. А вы задумывались, что будете делать, если через год вам предложат остаться, да ещё с повышением?
All right. But have you thought about what you'll do if, in a year, they ask you to stay on, and with a promotion too?
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Честно говоря, нет... Я всё думал, как уехать, а не как вернуться.
To be honest, no... I kept thinking about how to leave, not how to come back.
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B
Вот и подумайте до понедельника: за парту вахтовики возвращаются редко, а бросать за год до диплома жалко.
Then think it over until Monday: shift workers rarely come back to their desks, and it's a shame to quit a year before your degree.
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