生活英语情景口语:Headache Exams 令人头疼的考试
日期:2009-11-13 10:43

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对话文本
Brooke: how was school today, Dominic?
Dominic: I hate school!
B: why? What happened?
D: I messed up my mid-term exam so badly today!
B: it's just one exam. Can you re-take the exam?
D: yes, but it's so humiliating! I don't want my friends to know I failed!
B: why didn't you do a good job?
D: I don't know. I sat down in my seat, looked at my paper, and then my mind just went totally blank.
B: do you think you studied enough for the exam?
D: no...
B: what did you do last night?
D: I watched TV.
B: did you study at all last night for your exam?
D: no, not really.
B: I am sure if you had studied, you would have done well. When can you re-take your exam?
D: tomorrow.
B: alright. Get out your books and I'll help you prepare.

参考翻译

多米尼克,今天上学怎么样?
我讨厌上学.
为什么?出什么事了?
今天我期中考试考砸了!
那不过是一次考试.你能补考吗?
可以,可是实在是太丢脸了!我不想让我的同学们知道我考试不及格.
你为什么没考好?
我不清楚.我坐在座位上,盯着卷子看,大脑一片空白.
你觉得你考试准备得充分吗?
不怎么好…
你昨晚干什么了?
我看电视来着.
那你为了复习功课熬通宵了吗?
没有,没怎么熬.
我敢肯定你学习了,你本来会考得很好的.什么时候补考.
明天.
好的,拿出你的书,我帮你复习.

核心词汇词组
Mess up: to spoil sth or do it badly 把…弄糟;胡乱地做
I've really messed up this time.
这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。
If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.
如果你现在取消,就会破坏我所有的安排。

Humiliating:耻辱的
a humiliating defeat
耻辱的失败
It was the most humiliating night of his life.
那是他一生中最感羞辱的一夜。

Blank: showing no feeling, understanding or interest 没表情的;不理解的;不感兴趣的
She stared at me with a blank expression on her face.
她木然地盯着我。
Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about.
史蒂夫显得很迷惑,说他不知道我在说什么。
Suddenly my mind went blank (= I could not remember anything).
我脑子里突然一片空白。

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重点单词
  • defeatn. 败北,挫败 vt. 战胜,击败
  • spoiln. 战利品,奖品 v. 宠坏,溺爱,破坏,腐坏