1、论文
-题目难定(太大)too broad a topic
-资料难查(太多)too much material to cover
-多找教授(时间)
-打字困难(机房)机少人多,想买机
2、笔记
-考笔记be based on the lecture/notes
-字难认make out/recognize handwriting
3、考试
-永远难was supposed to be easy
-不推迟put it off, hold off, delay, postpone
-分数低:及格passing grade,不及格failing grade,好分数perfect grade
-心里不好受down
*take-home exam开卷考试,workshop研讨会, seminar研究会
4、评价教授
-小对话中(不好),段子题中(好)
-不迟到punctual/prompt,不早退,常拖堂run over time/late,
-要求严,出题难,给分低
*听不懂:be lost/be all at sea/in the dark
*听懂:figure out/make sense/catch/follow words
*打瞌睡:drop off/doze off, keep watching the clock, keep counting the time.
5、作业
-作业多:I''ve had enough of it.(I''ll never have enough of it.高兴语气)
*have one''s hands full, be tied up, be booked, be up to one''s eyes/ears/neck with work. Have a million things to do. Study 48 hours in a day.
-想迟交,不迟交:交作业hand in/ turn in, 迟交extension, 多给时间extra/more time
6、熬夜
-常熬夜:sit up, stay doing sth
-不熬夜 get out of it, wise
7、书店
-有货没货in stock/ out of stock
-印,不印in /out of print
-过时out-dated, 最新的updated/current
-平装paper back,精装hard back
8、图书馆
-还书:recall a book, library loan, 续借renew, 传记作者biographer, 微缩胶片 microfiche
-罚钱verdue, late return, fine , moratorium(暂停,推迟)
9、电话
-定主题,听语气,背套话
* 电话号码本:yellow pages, telephone directory,干扰static,接通put through
* 占着电话tie up, be off下线断线,过会打给你get back to sb.
10、选课
-先学入门课intro/basic/prerequisite,再学高级课,教授得同意approval/permission/signiture
-三大顾虑:too much, too difficult, intro course
-课程难,心情不好
-少选明智,多选犯傻,时刻准备退课drop