经典表述
It’s important to do sth.做……很重要。
What is eating you？什么事令你不安呢？
bend sb’s head over sth努力做某事
under normal circumstances在正常情况下
情景对话
Dialogue One
A:Morning,Jack!
早上好，杰克！
B:Hello!John.Going back to the dorm？
你好，约翰！回宿舍吗？
A:Yeah.
是的。
B:By the way,How are you doing？
顺便问一下，你在忙什么？
A:Well,you know my tutor assigned me a lot of homework.She asked me to memorize all the phrases and expressions in the text.
哦，我的导师给我布置了很多家庭作业。她要求我记住课文里所有的短语和表达。
over and over again反复
B:It’s important to do so in learning a language.Your teacher just wants you to practice them over and over again.
这样做对学习语言很重要。她只是想让你反复的练习。
practice makes perfect熟能生巧。
A:Right.Practice makes perfect.But sometimes drills are really boring.
是的。熟能生巧。但是练习有时候真的很烦人。
B:Don’t worry.You will make progress if you keep on practicing.
别着急。你坚持练习总会取得进步的。
A:Thank you.I’ve enjoyed talking to you,but I have to take off.
谢谢。很高兴和你谈话。但是我要走了。
B:OK.See you later.
好的。再见。
A:See you later.
再见。
Dialogue Two
A:Do you want to swim tonight？
今晚想去游泳吗？
B:I would go swimming if someone could do the assignment of philosophy for me.
如果有人能为我做哲学作业的话，我就去游泳。
paper作名词时，主要有两大意思：一指纸张，为不可数名词。例：a piece of paper意为一张纸。二指论文，为可数名词。
A:What’s it？A paper？
是什么作业？论文吗？
B:Much tougher.I have to make a speech in front of thirty classmates.We take turns to give a speech on a certain topic in class.
难多了。我得在30个同学面前演讲。我们轮流在课上就某一话题进行演讲。
A:How long does it usually take？
通常要多少时间？
B:About ten minutes.
大约十分钟。
A:Oh,it won’t be very difficult.Write a draft,count time and then read it by heart.
哦，那不会很难呀。写一篇稿子，计算时间然后熟记它。
B:Easier said than done.I can write and memorize a draft.
说起来容易做起来难。我能写稿子并背出来。
A:Then what is eating you？
那是什么令你不安呢？
B:The only problem is that I always forget words when speaking in public.
唯一的问题是在当众讲话时我总会忘词。
A:You don’t have to remember every sentence.Make small cards and write down those contents you are going to say.They can give you some hints.
你不必记住每句话。做小卡片，写下你要说的内容。它们能给你一些暗示。
B:I tried it before.Totally useless.
我以前试过，完全没有用。
A:Have you talked about it with the teacher.
你和老师谈过这个问题吗？
B:Yes,his advice is to look over the people in front me and keep my eyeshot on the wall.Eye contact with people makes me nervous.
是的，他的建议是从我面前的人们上面看过去，把视野定在墙上。和人们的眼神接触让我感到紧张。
A:So try it.Come on,pull your socks up.You can do it.
那么试一下吧。好了，打起精神来。你能行。
B:I need encouragement now.Thanks.
我现在需要鼓励。谢谢。
Dialogue Three
A:Lily got all As on her assignments.
莉莉的作业得了全优。
B:She works very hard.Every time I go to library,she’s also there bending her head over books.
她学习一直很努力。每次我去图书馆，她都在那埋头苦读。
A:What amuses me is that her brother,Tom,never does his assignments.
让我感到好笑的是她的弟弟，汤姆从来不做作业。
B:That’s true.Miss Chen phones their mother all the time.She keeps praising Lily,but on the other hand,Tom gets criticisms frequently.
的确如此。陈老师一直打电话给他们的妈妈。她一直表扬莉莉，但另一方面经常批评汤姆。
A:Their mother must be upset.Do you have any idea what makes the sister and brother so different？
他们的妈妈一定很烦。你知道什么使姐弟如此不同吗？
in the dark除了表示“在黑暗中”“秘密地”之外，还可以泛指对某事一无所知的意思。例：Scientists were also in the dark at that time.科学家当时也一无所知。
B:I am as much in the dark as you are.Do you turn in assignments on time？
我和你一样完全不知道。你按时交作业吗？
A:Under normal circumstances I would finish my work on time.Miss Chen rarely gives students bad scores unless they turn in assignments very late.
通常情况下我会按时完成作业。陈老师很少给学生评差，除非他们很晚才交作业。
1.drill操练，（反复）练习
2.philosophy哲学，哲学体系，达观
3.draft草稿，草案
4.hint暗示，提示，线索
5.useless无用的，无效的，无益的
6.eyeshot视界，视野