托福常考词汇总结:校园词汇(2)(在线收听

  assignment n. work that must be done as part of the requirements for a class 作业

  Example: The assignment was to road two chapters in the textbook.
  Suggestion: You had better read the assignment before class.
  Assumption: So you did read the assignment after all.
  Problem: I can't finish the assignment before class.
  assistant professor n. a college or university teacher who ranks above a lecturer and below an associate professor 助理教授
  Example: Dr. Green is an assistant professor.
  Suggestion: Why don't you find out whether he is a lecturer or an assistant professor?
  Assumption: You mean Dr. Green isn't an assistant professor?
  Problem: I need to find out whether Dr. Green is an assistant professor,
  assistantship n. an opportunity for a graduate student to teach or do research in exchange for a stipend 研究生助教奖学金
  Example: Terry got an assistantship from State University.
  Suggestion: If I were you, I would apply for an assistantship.
  Assumption: So you did get an assistantship from State University.
  Problem: The assistantship doesn't pay as much as I thought it would.
  associate professor n. a college or university teacher who ranks above an assistant professor and below a professor 副教授
  Example: Dr. Peterson Js an associate professor now, but she will be promoted to a full professor at the end of the year.
  Suggestion: You could ask the secretary if Dr. Peterson is an associate professor.
  Assumption: Dr. Peterson isn't an associate professor, is she?
  Problem: If Dr. Peterson is an associate professor, I used the wrong title in my letter to her.
  audit v. to attend a course without credit 旁听
  Example: It usually costs as much to audit a course as to take it for credit.
  Suggestion: You could audit the course if you don't need the credit.
  Assumption: You mean you are auditing the course?
  Problem: If I audit the course, I won't get credit for it.
  bear n. a difficult class 难以对付的课程
  Example: That computer science course was a bear.
  Suggestion: I heard that Dr. Young's class is a real bear, so I would advise against it this semester.
  Assumption: Your roommate thought this class was a bear?
  Problem: Two of the classes I am in are real bears.
  be behind v. to be late; to have a lot of work to do 迟到;课业负担重
  Example: I am behind in my physics class.
  Suggestion: You are behind in your psychology class so you should study.
  Assumption: Bill is behind?
  Problem: I can't go to the party because I am behind in my classes.
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