美语三级跳 Go English：020A 高中生活: 初级课程

 

020A 高中生活: 初级课程

Heather和Jeremy是高中同学，俩人一起上数学课。在上课前的几分钟，他们聊了起来。

Professor: That's right, Winnie. Say, what do students in my class talk about before I arrive?

Professor, 我们都在聊您有多好啊......当然了，如果您不给我们留作业，就更好了!

Professor: Really? Well, it's better to be feared than loved!

Jeremy: Hi Heather. Did you have a nice weekend?

Heather: Hi Jeremy. Yes, I had a really great weekend. How was your weekend?

Jeremy: It was great! I got to have fun on Saturday and Sunday because we didn't have any homework.

Heather: Yes we did! We had to read our math textbook and do some math problems. Did you forget?

Jeremy: Oh no, I forgot to do the homework! I hope there isn't a pop quiz.

Jeremy和Heather谈到刚过去的周末。Jeremy说他周末玩儿得很痛快，因为学校没留作业。可其实并不是这样，是他忘记作业了！

Professor: That's right Winnie. And what was the homework?

Heather提醒说，作业是看math textbook - 数学书，然后do some problems - 作一些练习题。对了Professor, Jeremy说，希望今天没有pop quiz，这是什么呢？

Professor: A pop quiz is a quiz that the teacher did not tell you about beforehand¹.

哦，pop quiz就是随堂测验，也就是事先没有通知学生，突然进行的小测验！ Jeremy没看书也没作题，要是有pop quiz， 他就惨啦!

Heather: You didn't do the homework? Yeah, you will definitely² fail if there is a pop quiz.

Jeremy: I know! How much time do I have to cram³?

Heather: Well, class starts in five minutes. I don't think that's enough time.

Jeremy: You're right. Can I just copy your answers?

Heather也说，如果老师给他们pop quiz, Jeremy一定会fail - 不及格。

Professor: That's right. So what does Jeremy ask Heather?

Jeremy问她还有多长时间才上课，这样他可以cram - 突击准备一下。

Professor: Correct. "Cramming⁴" is studying a lot of information in a short period of time. For example, "It's best to start studying for the test early so that you don"t have to cram the night before.

没错。可惜，还有5 分钟就上课了。cramming也来不及了。所以Jeremy想出最后一招，copy Heather's answers - 抄Heather的作业!

Heather: You want me to give you the answers? I think that's cheating.

Jeremy: Cheating? Of course not. Just pretend you are my tutor⁵.

Heather: I don't know, Jeremy. I worked hard to do those problems. Why should I just give you the answers?

Jeremy: Because if you do, I will invite you to my party this weekend.

Heather不愿意让Jeremy抄自己的答案，她说这是cheating - 作弊!

Professor: That's right, Winnie. What does Jeremy say?

Jeremy说，Heather应该把自己当成他的tutor - 家庭教师，这样，给他抄答案就理所当然了！对了，Professor Bowman, tutor这个词可以当动词么？

Professor: Yes. For example, if you aren't good at math, you should find someone to tutor you in math.

我明白了，tutor当动词就是“给别人辅导”的意思。Jeremy想贿赂Heather，说如果Heather让他抄作业，他就请Heather参加周末的派对。

Heather: Really? You will invite me to your party this weekend?

Jeremy: Yes. All the coolest people come to my parties.

Heather: I know! They sound like a lot of fun.

Jeremy: So, will you help me?

Heather: Well ... OK. But change one or two of the answers so we don't turn in the same homework.

Jeremy: Great!

啊？ Heather就这样投降啦？为了能参加这个酷酷的派对，她竟然牺牲原则。

Professor: That's right. But what does she tell Jeremy he has to do?

她说，Jeremy得把一两道题的答案改一下，以免俩人交上去一模一样的作业，被老师发现是抄的。没看出来，Heather还这么狡猾! 唉，希望Jeremy的派对别让Heather失望，要不她的牺牲就白费了!

Professor: Let's listen next time to find out!

 

这次的美语三级跳就播送到这里。

1 beforehand   

adj.事先，预先，提前地，超前地

参考例句：

• If I'd known this beforehand,I would not have gone back.早知如此，我就不回去了。
• They proposed to make arrangement beforehand.他们提议事先做好安排。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

4 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tutor   

n.家庭教师，导师，助教，监护人；vt.当…的教师，教，指导，约束

参考例句：

• I think you should get her a tutor.我认为你应该替她请个家教。
• What do you think of your tutor?你觉得你的家庭教师怎么样？