托福独立口语：如何解决乡愁问题

 　　Talk about the things students can do to deal with homesickness¹. 学生应该做些什么来应对思乡的愁绪？

　　SampleThere are many things we can do to overcome² homesickness. First, we should keep in touch with our families and friends. This is easy to do thanks to the internet. Long distance calls used³ to be pretty expensive. Today it’s different. We can call, video chat or email⁴ our friends and families for free, right from our phone. Second, keeping ourselves busy also helps. There’re clubs students can join on campus⁵. Such as film clubs, book clubs, even study groups. Students can learn from a new social group, as well as making a few friends.

1 homesickness   

n.思家病；乡思；思家成疾；怀乡病

参考例句：

• He returned to his native land of homesickness. 他因怀念故土而返回（乡里）。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The girl appeared to be overcome with homesickness. 这女孩看来想家想得受不了啦。 来自辞典例句

2 overcome   

vt.战胜，克服，胜过；vi.得胜

参考例句：

• We need a confident leader to overcome these difficulties.我们需要一个有信心的领导者来克服这些困难。
• However great the difficulties may be,we can overcome them.哪怕是再大的困难我们也能克服。

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 email   

n.电子邮件（Electronic mail），透过电脑网路传送邮件的方式

参考例句：

• You can send me an email.你可以给我发一份电子邮件。
• It's Interesting to read your email.读你的电子邮件很有趣。

5 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。