世博实用听力05:谈谈你的大学生活吧

 　　【Transcript】

　　Eric和Patty是好朋友，也是大学同学。他们中午一起吃饭，聊起了校园生活。

　　Professor: In this first part, we will learn how to ask what classes someone is taking.

　　Patty: Hi Eric! Are you having fun at college?

　　Eric: Yes, it's great. How many classes are you taking?

　　Patty: I'm taking four classes. Are you taking a lot of classes?

　　Eric: I'm taking three classes.

　　Professor Bowman, Eric怎么只选三门课？美国大学生的日子也太轻松了吧！

　　Professor: Well Winnie, maybe they are taking hard classes and have to study a lot.

　　这么说也有道理。可能正是因为课程难度大，所以他们才只选几门课。

　　Professor: Let's listen and find out what their classes are.

　　Patty: What classes are you taking?

　　Eric: Well, I'm taking English classes.

　　Patty: I see. Well I'm taking a lot of science classes, like chemistry.

　　Eric: Chemistry? Wow, that sounds hard. You must have a lot of work.

　　Patty选修化学课，这门课可不好学。可是Professor Bowman， Eric为什么要选英文课呢？英语不是他的母语么？这算不算投机取巧？

　　Professor: Well Winnie, some English classes are hard, even for Americans. Students have to read very hard books.

　　原来如此。那么，在美国大学里，学生们是不是每天都要上课呢？

　　Professor: Well, let's listen to Eric and Patty talking about when they have classes.

　　Patty: What's your schedule like?

　　Eric: It's great! I only have classes from Monday to Thursday!

　　Patty: You don't have any classes on Friday?

　　Eric: No, so I can have fun with my friends on Thursday night.

　　Eric不光选修英文课，而且一个礼拜只上四天课，这怎么可能？

　　Professor: Yes, some students have easy schedules. Now let's listen to them talking about their professors.

　　Eric: Who is your chemistry professor?

　　Patty: I got Professor Franklin for chemistry. He's really great!

　　Eric: Who did you get for math?

　　Patty: I got Professor Martinez for math. He's good, but the TA is so boring. TA? TA是什么？

　　Professor: A TA is a "teaching¹ assistant." They are older students who help professors teach the younger students.

　　哦，TA就是Teaching Assistant的缩写，也就是助教的意思。Patty说她很喜欢自己的数学教授，不过教授的那位助教却非常沉闷无聊。

　　Professor: Right. You know, if my students don't study hard enough, sometimes I'll get a mean TA to help me teach.

　　我们不认真，你就要找个厉害的TA，那我们如果特别认真，你就会找个特别帅的TA喽？

　　Professor: No. If I get a cute TA, everyone will have a crush² on him and study less. Now Eric and Patty are going to talk about what clubs they are in.

　　Eric: What do you do outside of class?

　　Patty: I'm in some fun clubs.

　　Eric: What kind of clubs are you in?

　　Patty: I do all kinds of things. I do some academic clubs, but other clubs are just for fun.

　　哇, Patty 可真行，加入了这么多课外社团。Professor, 美国大学中都有那些社团呢？

　　Professor: Some clubs are academic. Students study together for tests or discuss current³ events. Some clubs are just for fun. They do things like yoga and hip⁴ hop⁵ dancing.

　　瑜珈社和街舞社，听起来真不错！不知道Eric加入了什么社团没有！

　　Eric: I'm only in a hip hop dancing club. It's really fun.

　　Patty: A dancing club? I love hip hop music, and I love dancing.

　　Eric: You should join. It's not full, and there are plenty of spaces left.

　　Patty: I think I will. It would be fun to do a club together.

　　Eric只参加了街舞社？他这个人，课只选了三门，每周只上四天课，连跟学习有关的课外社团也不参加。唉，他过得也太轻松了吧！

　　Professor: Well, Eric may be busy for other reasons. Tune⁶ in next time and we'll learn more about student life.

　　【Listening skills】

　　1.How many classes are you taking?

　　你一共有多少课？

　　take classes 上课

　　take classes in...上……课

　　如：She has to take four classes every afternoon and get off school at 5 oclock.

　　她每天下午有4节课，5点钟放学。

　　Patty: You don't have any classes on Friday?

　　你周五没课吗？

　　have classes 也是“上课”的意思

　　例如：have summer classes 上暑期班

　　2.Eric: Who did you get for math?

　　你的数学老师是谁？

　　这是一句较为口语化的句子，正常情况下我们会用“Who is your math teacher”来表达，但是没有“Who didi you get for math”来的生动。

　　3.Eric: What do you do outside of class?

　　你课外时间都做什么呢？

　　outside of class 意思就是“课余时间”，我们经常看到的表达是“ after class”,文章中的表达更加生活huarache，口语化。

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

2 crush   

v.压垮，压倒，压服，镇压；压碎，碾碎

参考例句：

• This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
• You can't crush so many people into the classroom.不能让这么多人挤进教室。

3 current   

n.涌流，趋势，电流，水流，气流；adj.当前的，通用的，流通的，现在的，草写的，最近的

参考例句：

• Electric current is often powerful enough to kill a man.电流常强得足以致命。
• There is a story about her in the current number.最近一期上有关于她的故事。

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

6 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。