(合作不顺利时提倡相互妥协不提倡各持己见)
熬夜拼命: Study around the clock
Spend hours on end working on my
Day and night
I’ve been spending 36hours a day working on my thesis
Day in and day out
I’ve put a lot of hours /days/time into
Burn the midnight oil
I made a night of it
Have a sleepless night
Stay up late /be up all night
累: Exhausted / beat / burn out / out of steam / out of energy/ worn out
Ｉcan hardly stay awake I can hardly concentrate
iv) Supervisor审查,修订(一定不能通过)
v) 提交 submit
Meet the deadline=finish on time
做不完就拖 ask for an extension
3. 考试
考试的种类: Exam / test / mid-term / final / quiz
复习: Go over these questions/the lessons/my notes
Review Cram for the exam
分数: Grade(用ABCD的等级衡量的分) / mark(用数字衡量的分) / score
高分Full marks high mark/score perfect grade
He’s got an A/ straight As ( A plus ,A minus)
Pass the exams with flying colors
奖励scholarship award
在对话中听到 Congratulations 或者 deserve (You deserve it)意味着考好了
低分low grade failing grade passing grade
第一个人考砸了,第二个人有两种反映:
要么安慰,要么找原因(只能是客观原因,too noisy,一般会建议换个环境学习)
B 餐厅场景
a.餐厅的类型 restaurant(一般指高档餐厅)
cafeteria(在听力里指学校里的餐厅食堂,口碑相当差)
cafe(小心重读在最后一个音节) snack bar
b.吃前 餐厅很火爆所以要make a reservation
如果忘了,那就要wait in a line(生活中要排队的地方很多,但是听力里一排队一定是去餐厅吃饭)
Waiter(小对话里一般不用女服务员) menu
点餐order one’s food / take one’s order
c.吃的 appetizer->main dish->dessert(apple pie ,chocolate cake)
一般都夸好吃: delicious, incredible, out of the world
Black/white Coffee(有时喝coffee意味着休息:have a cup of coffee=have a break)
d.吃后(买单)
i) 我埋单
It’s on my treat = It’s my treat= It’s on me
Let me treat you.
Let me pay(take care of/foot) the bill.
ii) AA
go Dutch fifty-fifty Let’s split it.
C 租房场景
a.租房的两个原因: 寝室太吵
寝室太贵(将听到expensive, be beyond one’s reach , cannot afford
I’m already in the red. My money is tight. )
建议：英语作文