-要求严,出题难,给分低
*听不懂:be lost/be all at sea/in the dark
*听懂:figure out/make sense/catch/follow words
*打瞌睡:drop off/doze off, keep watching the clock, keep counting the time.
5作业
-作业多:I've had enough of it.(I'll never have enough of it.高兴语气)
*have one's hands full, be tied up, be booked, be up to one's eyes/ears/neck with work. Have a million things to do. Study 48 hours in a day.
-想迟交,不迟交:交作业hand in/ turn in, 迟交extension, 多给时间extra/more time
6熬夜
-常熬夜:sit up, stay doing sth
-不熬夜 get out of it, wise
7书店
-有货没货in stock/ out of stock
-印,不印in /out of print
-过时out-dated, 最新的updated/current
-平装paper back,精装hard back
8图书馆
-还书:recall a book, library loan, 续借renew, 传记作者biographer, 微缩胶片microfiche
-罚钱verdue, late return, fine , moratorium(暂停,推迟),
9电话
-定主题,听语气,背套话
*电话号码本:yellow pages, telephone directory,干扰static,接通put through
*占着电话tie up, be off下线断线,过会打给你get back to sb.
10选课
-先学入门课intro/basic/prerequisite,再学高级课,教授得同意approval/permission/signiture
-三大顾虑:too much, too difficult, intro course
-课程难,心情不好
-少选明智,多选犯傻,时刻准备退课drop
(三) 生活场景
1找房
-抱怨:dormitory①太小太脏②太吵③管的太严;apartment①东西老坏②室友难处neat, considerate.
-找房难,不愿搬,抱怨多,怕涨价,减装修
-房东landlord,租户tenant
2噪音
-室内:调音turn down,隔音sound proof,没意识到
-室外:airport, highway, traffic
3空气污染
-室内:开窗,空气窒息stuffy,卡住了window is stuck