租房： apartment-hunting，post an ad, rent and utilities (including heat)，dirt-cheap, tenant，landlord, sublet，housing-sitting，roommate-wanted，rent (affordable)，quietness， pet-allowed, lease (contract), waiting list

房屋条件/设施： one-bedroom apartment, studio, closet, storage space, roomy, direct sunlight, parking space， shower/toilet, shower pipe/head，spacious/cramped

入住/清洁：vacuum the rug, paint the room, have it painted, 2nd-hand furniture，polish

选课场景特色词汇

选课五种表达：Register for/ Sign up for/ take/enroll in/ Enlist in

选课级别：Introductory course (intro)/prerequisite course/intermediate /advanced course/upper level/lower level

类别：workshop/seminar/lecture/

必修/选修: required/compulsory course;optional/elective course

学分: credit course/non-credit course; transfer credits

免修/旁听：waive a course/audit a course

图书馆场景特色词汇

Librarian

publication

periodical

book catalogue

classified catalogue

bibliography

title index

alphabetic index

loan desk

circulation

reserved books

library card

overdue fine

periodical reading room

current/back issue

non-fiction

science-fiction

copier

check out

renew

call number

考试场景

分数：grade/mark /score, perfect grade /low grade high mark/passing grade/failing grade, full marks/straight A’s, be all A’s and B’s, B+, A- ,graduate with honors

考试范围

① What's going to be covered on the test?

"Are you ready for the biological test tomorrow?"

"Not yet, but do you know what's going to be on?"

② The final will be a comprehensive /cumulative test

考古题

old exam/previous exam, past exam

考试

Midterm/ final/ test/ quiz/pop quiz

chi-chi: cheat sheet.

试卷

tests/turn in the tests/return the tests/Answer sheet

考砸了: I bombed the test.

开闭卷: close book/open book/ open note

作业场景

论文：thesis/essay/dissertation/paper/term paper

作业：assignment/ coursework/schoolwork/ project/studies/presentation