随心所欲说英语 学习与考试29-4（mp3）

unit 116

dialogue 
英语情景对话
 
Boy: I have two finals this week and one oral presentation and I'm not ready for any of them!
我这个礼拜有两堂期末考试和一个口头报告，我现在一个都还没准备好！

Girl: Sounds like you will be doing some serious cramming till Friday!
听起来到星期五为止你要很努力死记硬背了！

Boy: I hate this part of school.
我讨厌考试。

Girl: Why did you put it off until the last minute?
你为什么要到最后一刻才准备？

Boy: I didn't mean to. Things just kept taking up all of my time.
我没打算这样，事情接踵而来，占去了我的时间。

Girl: Maybe you got your plate too full this semester? You can change that next semester.
也许你这学期修太多课了？下学期你可以改一下。

Boy: I think I'd better. I have twenty four credits this time around. That might be a bit much.
我想最好如此，我这学期要修24学分，可能太多了。

Girl: I'll say. The regular eighteen is just about all I can handle myself.
如果是我的话，我自己只能应付18个学分左右。

oral presentation 口头报告
crammmg n. 将东西硬塞入
take up 耗费
plate n. 课程
handle v. 掌握