校园英语学生对话精选（A-E）

 

姚鸿恩

 

英语单词永远是英语学习的最重要的组成部分。留学英美国家，首先最需要掌握的，当然是校园英语。下面的单词（包括俚语）和例句，是我从Wood Ward English里搜寻到的。我选取了大部分词句，加了注释和翻译。托福的听力考试中，包括大量的校园对话。相信准备托福的考生，若熟背这些例句，听力分数一定会有显著提高。

 

Ace (verb): A，相当于90到100分。作动词，就是得到90到100分。totally aced，得到100分。即满分A，或A+。

- I totally aced the test.

这次测验，我得到满分A。

 

All-nighter (noun): 开夜车（通宵）
- I think we’ll have to do an all-nighter if we want to be ready for the exam on Thursday.

如果我们要准备好周四的考试，我觉得我们得开夜车。

 

Assignment (noun): 老师给的课外作业，通常是课外完成的。

- Have you done the assignment yet? I haven’t even started it.

你做完回家作业了吗？ 我还没开始做呢。

 

Attendance (noun): 出席，上课
- It doesn’t matter if you miss class tomorrow since the professor doesn’t take attendance.

明天你缺课也没关系，因为那教授不做学生考勤纪录。

 

Be behind (verb): 未能按进度完成，拉下
- I can’t go to the party because I’m behind in my chemistry class and need to study.

我不能去参加聚会，因为我的化学课拉下了，我得学习。

 

Be kidding (verb): 开玩笑
- You must be kidding! How am I supposed to get those three assignments finished by tomorrow? I thought they weren’t due until next week.

你一定是开玩笑！我哪能明天就把这三个作业做完？我以为它们是下星期交呢。

 

Bring up (verb): 提高分数
- If you want to bring up your grades, you will have to study a lot more.

如果你要提高分数，你得更多地学习。

 

Cheat (verb):  欺骗，作弊
- He was caught cheating in the exam so got a zero for his score.

他考试作弊被抓住了，那门课他得零分。

 

Check out (verb): 图书馆借书
- I can’t check out the books because I forgot my library card.

我不能借书，因为我忘了带借书卡。

 

Cram (verb): 死记硬背，恶补
- I have to cram for tomorrow’s test. I had completely forgotten about it.

明天测验，我得到恶补。我忘了明天有测验了。

 

Cut class (verb): 跷课
- It was such a nice day that we cut class and went to the beach instead.

（那天）天气太好了，所以我们跷课去了海滩。

 

Dorm (noun): 学校宿舍
- I was too tired to go to football practice and went straight to my dorm to rest.

我太累了，不能去练足球，直接回宿舍休息了。

 

Drop (verb): 退课
- My workload was too much so I had to drop a course early in the term.

我（学习）负担太重了，所以我不得不学期刚开始就退掉一门课。

 

Drop out (verb): 退学
- He didn’t have enough money to pay tuition so he had to drop out of the university.

他没有足够的钱付学费，所以他不得不从大学退学。

 

Due (adjective): 到期的，截止的
- The assignment is due next Friday.

这作业下周五到期。

 

Enroll (verb): 注册（上课）
- I have decided to enroll in a photography course.

我已经决定注册上摄影课。

 

Essay (noun): 短篇作文，要求有个人的看法
- I handed in my essay to the professor but I think I have forgotten to put my name on it.

我把作文交给教授了，可我觉得忘了写上我的名字了。

 

Exam (noun): 考试
- We have an exam tomorrow though I don’t have any time to study for it.

明天我们有个考试，可我没有任何时间来准备它了。

 

Expel (verb): 开除
- He was expelled from the university for having stolen some of the laboratory equipment.

他偷了实验室的仪器，被大学开除了。

 

Extension (noun): 延期
- I’m glad the professor gave us an extension to complete the group project. We were nowhere near finished.

我很高兴教授给我们延期来完成我们的小组项目。我们离完成还差老远呢。

 

（待续）

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