第一，情景对话

A: Our teacher asked us to recite the text again.

我们老师又要我们背诵课文了。

B: Do you have to remember every text?

每篇课文你们都要求会背吗？

A: Yes. He says recitation is good for us to learn English.

是的。他说背诵对我们学习英语很重要。

B: I think so. But I know many people just think that's going round in circles.

我也这么看。但我知道很多人都认为那是瞎忙乎，没有什么用。

第二，词海拾贝

go round in circles

exp. To waste one's time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless. （花了很长一段时间做某事而毫无进展，在原地兜圈子）

e.g. I tried to get an outline drafted for my thesis, but my ideas were so jumbled in my head that I just kept going round in circles.

我尽力为我的论文起草一个大纲，但我的想法在我的头脑中如此混乱，我只是在原地打转而没有进展。

e.g. This discussion is going round and round in circles. Let’s make a decision.

这个讨论一直在兜圈子，让我们做个决定。

e.g. The politicians talked for hours but they couldn't come to an agreement; they were just going round in circles.

政客们谈了好几个小时，但没有达成一致意见，他们只是在兜圈子。

第三，语汇积累

recite the text：背诵课文

remember the text：记住课文