学习是学生的本职工作，学习成绩的好坏既是衡量学校教学质量高低的标准，也是检验学生在校学习效果好坏的标准。学校教育已步入 21 世纪。学生是如何在学校学习的呢，请随我来……

    象牙塔之声

    Dialogue 1 An episode before giving a lesson

    课前插曲

    T =Tom P = Peter

    T: Hi, Peter. You are late again.

    ( 嗨， Peter ，你又迟到了。 )

    P: Oh, my God! Has the professor taken attendance already?

    （哦，天哪！教授已点过名了？）

    T: Yes, Just now.

    （是的，刚刚点过。）

    P: I don't believe so. Where's the professor?

    （我不信，教授呢？）

    T: If not, you may not ask me. I don't know.

    （你不信我，就别问我，我不知道。）

    P: Don't be like this. Just a joke. Help me, my good friend!

    （别这样，开个玩笑，帮帮我，好朋友。）

    T: Go out just now, perhaps the dean of our department looked for him. Did you make a sweet appointment with your girlfriend yesterday evening?

    （刚出去，可能是我们系主任找他。昨天晚上同女朋友约会还好吧？）

    P: It's too common. Look! The class flower is coming up. How pretty!

    （多正常呀，看！我们的班花来了，好漂亮呀！）

    T: Be careful. The professor is also coming up!

    （当心，教授也来了。）

    Dialogue 2 Varied and colorful subjects

    丰富多彩的课程安排

    M = Mary J = John

M: Hi, John. Happy New Year!

（嗨， John ，新年快乐！）

J: Hi, Mary, the same to you! What new subjects do you have this semester?

（嗨， Mary ，新年快乐！这学期你们学什么新课程？）

M: Many. Politics, Chinese, English, maths, mechanical drawing, mechanics, chemistry and so on. What about you?

（很多。政治、中文、英语、数学、机械制图、力学、化学等，你呢？）

T: Quite colorful! We have seven subjects, such as politics, Chinese, maths, English, P·E, computer and history. Which subject do you like best?

（相当丰富，我们学 7 门课：政治、语文、数学、英语、体育、电脑和历史。你最喜欢哪门课？）

M: I like English best. And you?

（我喜欢英语。你呢？）

J: I like English too, but I like the computer class best. It is very useful.

（我也喜欢英语，但我最喜欢电脑，电脑很有用。）

M: Yes. But I'm weak in computers. Can you help me with it?

（是，但我电脑方面很差，你能在这方面帮帮我吗？）

J: Of course. But I want you to help me in Chinese, will you?

（当然可以。但我想让你帮帮我中文，行吗？）

M: OK. But your Chinese teacher is very excellent!

（可以。但你们的中文老师相当优秀呀！）

J: Right. The teacher's all right. Maybe I haven't been working hard enough. You're very good at Chinese. Can you tell me your experience in learning it?

（是，教师教得挺好，也许我没用功学。噢，你的中文学的不错。能否谈一下你学中文的经验？）

M: No problem. We help with each other!

（没问题。我们相互帮助！）

J: Thank you very much.

（谢谢你。）

    Dialogue 3 Heavy task

    繁重的学习任务

    R = Rita S = Susan

    R: Hi,Susan. What subject did you pick for your paper?

    （嗨， Susan ，你论文选的是什么题目？）

    S: I plan to write a paper about economy.

    （我计划写一篇关于经济的论文。）

    R ： Economy? Such a big topic! There's too much to talk about ,and it won't be easy to organize.

    （经济？这么大的题目！内容太多，不好组织。）

    S: Right. But I have collected lots of books and things back with me this summer, which would be great resource material.

    （对。但我已准备了许多书和材料，这些是非常丰富的原始材料，我今年暑假要带回去看。）

    R: Good. Has your professor approved your topic?

    （不错。你的教授同意你的题目了吗？）

    S: Yes. But I need an extension for my paper, and my professor said I had to get special permission from the dean's office.

    （同意了。但我的论文需要延期，教授说我的论文须得到系办的特许。）

    R: Oh, dear! I think it is OK for your topic to be approved by your professor.

    （哦，我以为只要你的教授同意就行了。）

    S: I think so. I have arranged the outline of the paper. By the way, have you finished your paper?

    （我也这么想，我已在组织这篇文章的提纲了。顺便问一下，你的论文完成了吗？）

    R: No. I want to defer it until next semester.

    （没有。我想把它推延到下一学期。）

    S: It is out of the question. The professor is going on vacation as soon as the term starts.

    （不行。因为下学期一开始教授就去度假。）

    Ｒ : It means that I must finish it by June 22 nd.

    （这就是说我必须在６月２２日完成它。）

    Ｓ : You are right.

    （是的。）

     关键句型

    1. I never make it to a morning class.

    （早上课程我总是来不及上。）

    2. If you change your tone a little, maybe you can say “Here” for me.

    （如果你稍微地改变腔调，也许可以替我喊到。）

    3. Heh-Heh-Heh, I got all the information from the schoolmates.

    （嘿－嘿－嘿，我从校友那儿得到了所有消息。）

    ４ . I'll definitely regret if I take a class without any of my friend in it.

    （如果选修的课程没有我的朋友一起上，我绝对会后悔的。）

    ５ . Recitation is rather tiresome, but it is very important.

    （背书是相当累人的，但对我们来说是十分重要的。）］

    ６ . We'd better make a plan for the review.

    （我们最好订个复习计划。）

    7: I think you'll improve your pronunciation if you keep on reading more often.

    （我想只要你坚持多读，你的发音就会有长进。）

    ８ : I heard you have got the top grades on all five exams this semester.

    （听说上学期你５门考试得了最高分。）

    ９ : That lecture was absolutely fascinating!

    （那个讲座太有意思了！）

    10. The teacher asked everybody to speak English in the classroom.

    （老师要求所有的人在教室里都讲英语。）

    11. How can you sleep through that? It was the most interesting seminars all the semester.

    （你怎么老睡？这个研讨会是这个学期最令人兴奋的。）

    相关链接

中国的教育

    中国人和美国人对待考试有着不同的态度。中国人注重成绩，美国人注重能力。虽然中国教育正在向“素质教育”迈近，但是放眼四周，为了挣奖学金而盲目学习的书呆子比比皆是。我们期待着这种情况的转变。

    “笑”园

Difference

    “I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class”, observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. “When I say, ‘Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, ‘Good afternoon.' But the graduate students just write it down.”

区别

    “研究生班与本科班很容易就能分辨开来”，在洛杉矶加利福尼亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课程的老师如此说。“我说‘下午好'，本科生们回答说‘下午好'。研究生们则把我的话记在笔记本上。”

摘自 蓝刺猬英语书系——校园菁菁