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Gucci: I’ve almost finished today’s task. I gotta go home and have a good sleep. Oh, I haven’t got enough sleep since the beginning of this semester.
May: Me too. The college entrance exam is coming. We gotta work harder than ever before, if we want to pass.
Gucci: I don’t care about the exam. Are you leaving?
May：No, I gotta stay for a few minutes.
Gucci: But it’s getting late. The last bus leaves at 9.m. You will miss it if you don’t go now.
May: It’s alright. My father is coming to pick me up. I have to memorize these math formulas.
Gucci: Your father has been picking you up everyday since the beginning of this semester, right?
May: Yeah, and my mother takes good care of my daily life, making sure that I eat well and sleep well. My parents have really done a lot for my success in the college entrance exam.
Gucci: What university do you want to go to anyway?
May: I want to go to Tsinghua, It’s one of the best universities in China. But it’s very hard to get in.
Gucci: I believe you can get in! You are so excellent! And your whole families are working together to support you.
May: Gucci, you don’t understand. It’s just their hope and support that gives me the pressure. Sometimes I do feel tired and hope they could leave me alone. What if I fail?
Gucci: Don’t be silly. You put too much pressure on yourself. Look, you have big dark pouches.
May: Oh, my gosh! Does it look serious? I didn’t sleep until one o’clock last night.
Gucci: What were you doing up so late at night? Sleep-walking?
May: No, I was studying. I always go to bed after one o’clock recently.
Gucci: May, you are burning yourself out. You really need to relax. Don’t give yourself too much pressure. I gotta run or I will miss the bus. Bye!
May: Thank you, Gucci. I will. Bye.
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古奇: 今天的任務差不多完成了。我得回家好好睡一覺。自從這個學期開始，我就沒有好好睡過覺。
阿美: 我也是。高考馬上就要到了，如果我們想通過的話，我們就必須比平時更加努力。
古奇: 我不在乎這個考試。你現在走嗎?
阿美: 不，我還得等幾分鐘。
古奇: 可是很晚了，末班車晚上9點發車。你現在不走的話，就會錯過末班車。
阿美: 沒關系，爸爸會來接我的。我得把這些數學公式背下來。
古奇: 你爸爸是不是從這學期一開始就每天晚上來接你?
阿美: 是的，我媽媽就負責照顧好我的日常生活，確保我吃得好，睡得好。他們為我能夠在高考中取得成功付出了很多。
古奇: 你想去哪所大學?
阿美: 我想去全國最好的大學清華大學，但是很難考上。
古奇: 我相信你能考上。你這么優秀。還有你們全家都在跟你一起并肩作戰。
阿美: 古奇，你不明白。正是他們的希望和支持給了我壓力。有時候，我感到非常疲倦，只想自己一個人好好靜靜。如果我考砸了怎么辦啊?
古奇: 別說傻話了。你給自己太多的壓力了。看你的黑眼圈。
阿美: 噢，天吶!看起來很明顯嗎?昨天晚上我到1點鐘才睡。
古奇: 那么晚才睡，你都干嘛了?夢游?
阿美: 沒有，我在學習。最近我總是1點鐘以后才睡覺。
古奇: 阿美，你太累了。你需要好好放松。不要給自己太多的壓力。我得走了，不然我就趕不上末班車了。再見。
阿美: 謝謝你，古奇，我會的。再見。
經典背誦 Recitation
Gucci: It’s getting very late and I have to catch the bus. But May still wants to stay late. She really works hard because she wants to get into the best university, Tsinghua. That’s a tough one. But I believe she can do it, because her whole family is working together to support her.
生詞小結
care about 關心
pick sb. up 接人
pressure n. 壓力
leave sb. alone 不打擾某人
dark pouch 黑眼圈
sleep-walking n. 夢游
burn oneself out 耗盡精力
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Cambridge University 劍橋大學
Harvard University 哈佛大學
Oxford University 牛津大學
Princeton University 普林斯頓大學
Stanford University 斯坦福大學
Yale University 耶魯大學
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Duke University 威靈頓大學
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