托福口语练习 艰辛的经历

I once had a tough experience last semester¹ when I was invited to show my dance with my friends in a large-scale celebration evening.

发生在我身上的一次艰难经历是上学期自己受邀在一场大型庆祝晚会上和朋友们进行舞蹈表演。

It was challenging because we had only less than two weeks for preparation.

之所以具有挑战性,是因为我们只有不到两周的时间准备。

Even worse, it was the end of the term and we were all busy with our final exams.

更糟糕的是,那时候正值学期末,我们都要忙于期末考试。

In such a short time, as a leader, I investigated new dancing actions after my work during the daytime and taught other members every night.

在这么短的时间内,作为一个领导者,我在白天学习过后研究新的舞蹈动作而每天晚上教给其他成员。

We taught and learned² together and encouraged each other when we were frustrated³.

我们各自取长补短,一起学习,当我们感到沮丧的时候相互鼓励。

Finally, we had achieved a fantastic performance.

最后,我们取得了优异的表现。

1 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》