大学生活英语-You Will Be Absent(2)

A: Professor, I will not be here for our next class meeting.
B: Is this absolutely necessary?
A: I tried to work something out, but I really do have to miss one class.
B: Will you be able to make up the work you missed?
A: I'm going to be doing a lot of extra reading.
B: Remember that I will only let you miss one class meeting per semester¹.
A: Yes, I remember.
B: Could you e-mail me this week as a reminder²?
A: Sure, no problem.
B: Make good use of that day off; you'll only have one this semester!
 

1 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

2 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。