焦头烂额的学生 The busy Student
(William holding a racket and birdie)birdie=bird羽毛球William: Let’s go play badminton!
Miss Bookworm: I can’t, I’ve been studying my tail off.
William: What a drag! Drag: boring 没意思
不论在东方还是在西方，做学生都是最辛苦的。每学期要应付两次大考不说，平时的小考还不断。在校园里，你可能经常会遇到一些满脸愁容，气色苍白的学生抱怨说：I’ve been studying my tail off. 把尾巴都学掉了。什么？成精了吗当然不是了！这句话的意思是说我们最近学习太辛苦了。该句众用了我们常说的exaggeration,也就是夸张的手法。同样，如果你觉得自己工作很辛苦，老板给你太多的工作压力，你也可以这样说：I’ve been working my tail off! 我的工作太辛苦了！把我的尾巴都忙掉了！老板，给我加薪吧！

(William is singing karaoke)
Hogan: William, why aren’t you studying for your calculus test?
William: I’ve still got a whole week.
Hogan: If you wait until the last minute, you might fail!
中国有句俗语：临时抱佛脚。专门指那些做事情拖拖拉拉，直到最后一分钟才着急的人。在美国这种人往往会说：I do things at the last minute我总是拖到最后一分钟才做事儿。这句话还可以这么说：I’m a last minute man.也是指办事拖拉的意思。比如说，马上就要开学了，你还没有买文具，或者马上就要出国了，你还没有出去准备东西。那么你就该说：I do things at the last minute.或者：I’ve got some last-minute things to do.

Hogan: What’s up William?
William: Oh, I’ve got to cram for the test tomorrow.
Hogan: Yeah? I told you so! Ha, Ha, Ha…
William: Shut up!!
Cram是填塞的意思。比如说：The room was crammed with many people standing.房间里挤满了站着的人，而cram在这个句子：I’ve to to cram for a test tomorrow.中的意思是指把许多东西填塞挤压到你空空的脑子里面去。明天就要考试了，那些平时不用功的人，总是在最后一刻，像填鸭子似的，试图把很多很多的知识信息一下子全部压到脑子里去。对了，英语中还有一种专门的说法来表示那种填鸭式的教学法，就是spoonfeeding, 老师一勺一勺地喂，而学生则被动的学。这种教学方法也同样是不可取的哦！

Some note.
Hey, did you know that in the United States and Canada, students have certain required courses that they must complete for their major. But in addition to those, they have other courses called electives that can be anything they want to be, even something completely different from their major. Students who live on campus usually have access to places like study lounges and other study rooms that are open twenty four hours a day. So they can study as much as they want, as long as they want, as late as they want. And very often there are at least a few people in there pulling all-nights, meaning they’re up all night studying.
Different people like different study environments. Some people like silence, they can go to the library where it’s usually very quiet, or they can stay in their room and keep it quiet too. Some people like music. They can turn up the music and study and dance. You can also go to a coffee shop or a café that has music and study there. Another good thing about coffee shops and cafes is there are many people there doing many things. Eating, talking and studying and it’s very friendly and after all when you study yo

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