7 sentences

1. 我的背景是经济学。

   wǒ​de bèi​jǐng shì jīng​jì​xué.

   My background is in economics.

   Source: CCMatrix

2. 他懂很多经济学。

   tā dǒng hěn​duō jīng​jì​xué.

   He knows a lot about economics.

   Source: CCMatrix

3. 我并没有金融学或者经济学的学位。

   wǒ bìng méi​yǒu jīn​róng xué huò​zhě jīng​jì​xué de xué​wèi.

   I don’t have a degree in finance or economics.

   Source: CCMatrix

4. 我不是经济学家，对经济学一窍不通。

   wǒ bù​shì jīng​jì​xué​jiā, duì jīng​jì​xué yī​qiào​bù​tōng.

   I'm not an economist, and I don't know anything about economics.

   Source: CCMatrix

5. 我继续在晚上偷偷学习，一年后获得经济学硕士学位。

   wǒ jì​xù zài wǎn​shang tōu​tōu xué​xí, yī nián hòu huò​dé jīng​jì​xué shuò​shì​xué​wèi.

   I secretly continued my studies at night, earning a master’s degree in economics a year later.

   Source: CCMatrix

6. 他对哲学很热衷，但是在父亲的坚持下，他参加了经济学的课程。

   tā duì zhé​xué hěn rè​zhōng, dàn​shì zài fù​qīn de jiān​chí xià, tā cān​jiā le jīng​jì​xué de kè​chéng.

   He was passionate about philosophy but, at the insistence of his father, took classes in economics.

   Source: CCMatrix

7. 因此，我想成为经济学者的决定是相当令人吃惊的。

   yīn​cǐ, wǒ xiǎng chéng​wéi jīng​jì​xué​zhě de jué​dìng shì xiāng​dāng lìng​rén chī jīng de.

   Therefore, my decision to become an economist was rather surprising.

   Source: CCMatrix