经典表述
You must figure out what is the main topics first.
首先，你必须找出主题。
For the time being,he’s busy with studing.
目前，他正忙于学习。
As long as you serve the class whole-heatedly,no one will blame you.
只要你全心全意为班级服务，没人会责怪你的。
情景对话
Dialogue One
A:Excuse me.Is Mrs.Chen in the office？
打扰了。陈老师在这办公室吗？
wanna即为want to,多用于口语中。
B:Oh,I am the right person you wanna meet.
噢，我正是。
A:Hi,I am Jessie and I made an appointment with you two days ago.
我是杰西。我在两天前和你预约过。
B:Yes,you did.What can I help you？
是的。能帮你些什么呢？
A:Well,as you know.I am not English-native speaker,so there are some problems for me in study.My roommate told me that you were an expert in solving this kind of problems.
如你所知，我不是以英语为母语的人，所以在学习方面有些问题。我的室友告诉我你是解决此类问题的专家。
B:Thanks for your roommate’s compliment.I suppose the most difficult thing for you is to take notes.
谢谢你室友的夸奖。我想对你而言最困难的要数记笔记了。
A:Yeah,I try to write down as many details as possible,but the result is not satisfactory.
是的，我努力记下尽可能多的细节，但是结果并不令人满意。
B:It’s probably because your writing speed is slower than lecturer’s speaking speed.For instance,you may still be thinking of how to spell a word while the lecturer is three sentences further along.
那可能是因为你的书写速度要比讲师说话的速度慢。比如说，在你可能还在想如何拼写一个单词时，讲师已经讲了三句话了。
A:I think so.You are very experienced in helping students.
是这样的。你在帮助学生方面非常有经验。
B:Thanks,it’s my job.I can introduce some techniques that might be useful.First,you must figure out what is the main topics.Second,you should abbreviate sentences.
多谢，这是我的工作。我可以介绍一些有用的技巧。首先，你必须弄明白什么是重要主题。其次，你应该简化句子。
A:Is there a special course in skills of taking notes？
有没有关于记笔记技巧的课程呢？
B:It’s not necessary to take it.Let me explain them to you:If the lecturer repeats or emphasizes certain contents,that means he or she wants students to fully understand the contents,i.e.the contents are important.
不是非得上。让我解释给你听：如果讲师重复或者强调某些内容，那意味着他想让学生充分理解该内容。也就是说那些内容很重要。
A:I got your point.If the teacher says something very slowly,it also means the contents are significant.
我明白你的观点。如果老师非常慢的说一些事的话，也说明那些内容很重要。
B:Right,you are smart.Therefore,you only need to write down the important thing.As for abbreviations ,you should pick up key words from a sentence.Just like squeezing orange juice:what you do is to keep the juice.
对，你很聪明。因此，你只需记下重要的。至于简化呢，你应该从一句句子中捡出关键词。就像榨橙汁一样，你做的是保留汁水。
A:What you mean is that it’s unnecessary to write down a sentence literally.I need to write down a few words which can help me remember the meaning of the whole sentence.
你是说没必要逐字记下一句话。我要记下一些能帮我记下整句句子意思的关键词。
B:Yes,keep these two points in your mind and practice a little,then taking notes is not a difficulty for you.
是的。记住这两点再练习一些，那么记笔记对你来说应该不再是困难。
A:Many thanks.I hope I obtain the BA honors finally.
万分感谢。我希望能最终获得荣誉文学学士学位。
B:You can make it.
你会成功的。
Dialogue Two
A:Wow,Danis,you almost bumped me out of the way.
哇，丹尼斯，你差点把我撞到路边去。
B:Sorry,Alice.I was thinking of the field trip in my class.
抱歉，爱丽丝，我在想我们班实地考察旅行的事。
A:It must be exciting to take a field trip with all the classmates.
和全班同学进行实地考察一定让人很兴奋。
real pain in the neck泛指非常棘手，难以解决的困难。It’s out of the question.这句话等同于It’s impossible.意指绝不可能。
B:Absolutely not,that’s a real pain in the neck.
才不是呢，真是件令人厌烦的事。
A:Why？Isn’t it good to breathe fresh air and enjoy the sunshine outside？
为什么呢？到外面呼吸新鲜空气，享受阳光不好吗？
B:It is relaxing to step out of the classroom,but the problem I am taced with is there are too many different opinions.Several of them wanna make an underwater exploration in Miami,and some of them prefer to visit those top labs in MIT,and...
走出教室是令人放松，但我面对的问题是有太多不同的意见。有几个想去迈阿密来一次水下探险，还有一些更喜欢去参观麻省理工学院的顶级实验室，还有……
A:Wait,wait.Does your tutor have any good advice？
等等。你们的辅导老师没有任何建议吗？
B:He does’t care.For the time being,he’s busy with those postgraduates.So as the class leader,I have to take the responsibility no matter I am willing or not.
他才不关心。目前，他忙着那些研究生的事。所以作为一班之长，不管愿不愿意，我都得承担这个责任。
A:If I were you,I would pick up two directions that attract most attentions.Then divide the class into two groups.
如果我是你的话，我会挑两个吸引注意力最多的方向。然后再把一个班分成两组。
toss这个动词意指“投”，“掷”。当大家对某事意见不一，想通过投币来解决，就可说Let’s toss for it.意思是让我们投币来决定。
B:I am inclined to vote on the final plan.It’s more democratic.
我更倾向于投票表决最终计划。它更民主些。
A:Just do it.Don’t be overcautious.As long as you serve the class whole-heatedly,no one will blame you.
那就去做吧。不要缩手缩脚。只要你全心全意为班级服务，没人会责怪你的。
B:I wish I were true.
但愿如此。
Dialogue Three
A:You don’t look happy.
你显得不开心。
B:No.I don’t feel happy.
是的，我不开心。
A:What’s the trouble？
你怎么了？
do well in意为“在某方面学得好/做得好”，可与“be good at”互用。
B:I’m not doing well in physics.
我物理学得不好。
A:Have you got a good teacher？
老师教得好吗？
B:Oh,the teacher’s all right.Maybe I haven’t been working hard enough.Oh ,you’re very good at physics.Can you tell me your experience in learning it？
老师教得很好，也许我没有用功学。噢，你的物理学得不错，能不能谈一谈你学物理的经验？
A:Of course.
当然可以。
1.native本国的，本地的
2.experienced富有经验的
3.technique技术，技巧，方法
4.abbreviate缩写，缩短，简化
5.significant有意义的，重大的，重要的
6.squeeze压榨，挤榨
7.literally照字面意义，逐字地
8.bump碰（伤），撞（破）
9.postgraduate研究生，毕业后的
10.democratic民主的，民主主义的
11.overcautious过于谨慎的
