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
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