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Lesson 103  The French test  法语考试

 

New words and expressions生词和短语

1.exam / n.考试 = examination （综合性的）考试 / take an exam 参加考试

  examine / examiner / example

  test （单项技能的）考试 / quiz （临时性的）小测验 / midterm exam 期中考试

      final exam 期末考试 / sham exam 模拟考试 / entrance examination 入学考试

      driving test 驾照考试

2.pass / v.及格，通过 / pass away 死亡 / pass out 失去知觉，昏倒 / pass in ...

  passed / passable / passage / passenger / passion / passive / passport

3.mathematics / （maths  是缩写）n.数学

  physics 物理 / chemistry 化学 / history 历史 / geography 地理 / politics 政治

4.question / n.问题 v. 审讯，质问 / quest 寻求 / request 请求

  problem：问题（抽象）/ issue 问题（国际争端，分歧）

5.easy / adj.容易的 / simple 简单的/ difficult 困难的/ hard (问题,工作等)困难的

  go easy 慢慢地走, 别急 /take an easy 歇一下/easy labour【医】顺产

6.enough / adv.足够地 / plenty 大量 / easy enough for me 对我来说不难

7.paper / n.考卷（可数）纸张（不可数）/ bumf 纸, 卫生纸, 公文 / napkin 餐巾纸

  newspaper.报纸 / Wallpaper.壁纸 / Made of paper.用纸做的 / on paper 书面上，

  理论上 / a piece [sheet] of paper 一张纸 / a morning paper 晨报 / paper money
     纸币 / paper work 文书工作 / paper war 笔战, 论战/ get one's walking papers
     被解雇, 被辞退 / give sb. his walking papers [俚]解雇某人, 叫某人滚蛋

  send in one's papers 提出辞职 / set a paper 出考题

8.fail / v.未及格，失败，无视，忘记/ failed 已失败的/ failure 失败者

  fail of 缺乏...能力; 不能达到 / fail to 未能 / don't fail to 务必, 一定

  without fail 一定，必定 / never fail to(do) 必定,从未忘记... 

  fail / feel / fell /  fall  

9.answer / v.回答（一般性的）/ reply：（正式的书面用语）回答

  answerer n.回答者, 答复者 / answering 应答的，答复的

10.mark /  n.分数 标志 （男名）马克  / market 市场

11.rest / n.其他的东西，休息 / the rest 其余部分

12.difficult / adj.困难的 / difficultly adv 困难地/ difficultness n 困难

   be difficult of 难于, 不易 / too difficult for me 对我来说太难了

13.hate /  V.讨厌 / hateful / hateable / hateless / hater

   detest / like / hate to do sth. （一次性的）/ hate doing sth. （经常性的）

14.low / adj.低的 / bad / short / high / loud

15.cheer / v.振作，振奋 / cheer up：振作起来 / cheers 祝你健康! (用于祝酒)

16.guy / n.家伙，人 / fellow / gay

17.top / n.上方，顶部 / at the top of … 在……顶部

18.next to 临近，贴近

 

Lesson 103  The French test  法语考试

 

GARY：How was the exam, Richard?

RICHARD：Not too bad.I think I passed in English and Mathematics.

          The questions were very easy. How about you, Gary?

GARY：The English and Maths papers weren't easy enough for me.

       I hope I haven't failed.

RICHARD：I think I failed the French paper.I could answer sixteen of the questions.

          They were very easy.But I couldn't answer the rest.

          They were too difficult for me.

GARY：French tests are awful, aren't they?

RICHARD：I hate them.I'm sure I've got a low mark.

GARY：Oh, cheer up! Perhaps we didn't do too badly.

      The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.

RICHARD：Yes?

GARY：Then he sat there and looked at  it for three hours!

       He didn't write a word!

 

Notes on the text课文注释

1 I think I passed in English and Mathematics.我想我的英语和数学及格了。如果说通过某一个考试，直

接用动词pass；如果说通过某一科目，则用pass in。

2 the English and Maths papers，英文和数学卷子。

paper这个词当“试卷”讲时，是可数名词。

3 How about…？……怎么样？

用于征求他人意见或询问情况。

4 easy enough for me，是指对我来说不难，我可以完成和通过。而too difficult for me是指对我来说太难了，无法完成和通过。

5 cheer up，振作起来。

参考译文

加里：考试考得怎样，理查德？

理查德：不算太环，我想我的英语和数学及格了。题目很容易。加里，你怎么样？

加里：英语和数学试题对我来说不很容易。我希望别不及格。

理查德：我想我的法语及不了格，我能回答其中的16道题。这些题很容易。但我回答不出其余的题。那些题对我来说太难了。

加里：法语太可怕了，你说呢？

理查德：我讨厌法语。我的法语成绩肯定很低。

加里：啊，别灰心！或许我们考得还不太糟。坐在我旁边的那个人只在试卷顶端写了自己的名字。

理查德：是吗？

加里：然后他就坐在那里，对着考卷看了3个小时，一个字也没写！