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Roommate: May, could you bring this note to Professor Li for me today?
May: Sure, no problem. Asking for leave again? You have been absent from class five times this semester.
Roommate: I know. But attending Miss Li’s class is just waste of time. No more than one third of her students will go to her class.
May: I agree that Miss Li doesn’t teach so well. Most students either sleep or do other things in her class.
Roommate: Yeah, my boyfriend plays the video game every time in class with me. Or I chat with my friends through text messages.
May: Fortunately her class is just an elective course, not as important as compulsory courses.
Roommate: Right, so we must spare some time to attend selective courses.
May: But isn’t it too impolite to be absent?
Roommate: What can I do? I have things to do in Students’ Government.
May: Oh, I thought you just gave an excuse on this note.
Roommate: Sometimes I will try various excuses. But this is my last time asking for leave. Or I will have a bad record.
May: Yeah, besides, your credit will be deducted. That is kind of serious.
Roommate: I have been absented from many classes this semester just because of my work in the Students’ Government.
May: You can’t write with one hand and draw with the other.
Roommate: I am thinking about quitting my job in the student government. But before that, I must do my job. Bye. Don’t forget about that note.
May: You can count on me.
聽看學
室友: 阿美，今天你能幫我把這張便條帶給李教授嗎?
阿美: 好的，沒有問題。又要請假?這個學期你已經請了五次假了。
室友: 我知道，但是上她的課只是浪費時間。上她課的學生總數不超過三分之一。
阿美: 我也認為李教授教得不是很好，大部分同學上她的課的時候要么就睡覺，要么就做別的事情。
室友: 是的，在她的課上，我男朋友常陪我玩電子游戲，要不然我就跟朋友發短信聊天。
阿美: 幸虧她的課只是門選修課，不像必修課那么重要。
室友: 沒錯，我們必須多留出一點時間來上選修課。
阿美: 但是逃課好像不太禮貌吧?
室友: 我能怎么辦?我在學生會有事情要做。
阿美: 我想你應該在這個條子上寫一個理由。
室友: 有時我會嘗試寫各種理由，但是這是我最后一次請假了。否則我會有不良記錄的。
阿美: 嗯，除此之外，學分也會被減。事情會比較嚴重。
室友: 這個學期由于學生會的工作，我已經缺了不少課了。
阿美: 人不能一心兩用嘛。
室友: 我想辭掉學生會的工作。但是在那之前，我必須完成我的工作。拜拜，別忘了請假條。
阿美: 相信我。
經典背誦 Recitation
Roommate: I’m May’s Roommate. I work in the Students’ Government. Because of that, I have already been absent from too many classes, so I’m thinking of quitting my job there. Otherwise, I’ll have a bad attendance record and my credits will be deducted. That’s kind of serious.
生詞小結
ask for leave 請假
be absent from 缺席
chat vi. 閑談
text message 短信息
compulsory adj. 必需的
impolite adj. 無禮的
credit n. 學分
deduct vt. 減少
注釋
You can’t write with one hand and draw with the other.
字面上的意思就是你不能夠一只手寫字另一只手畫畫。也就是說你不能夠一心兩用。
Students’ Government
學生會，屬于校園里學生自己的政府部門，負責組織校內的一些課外活動。
詞匯擴展 Vocabulary Builder
關于大學學位和職稱的詞匯
基礎詞匯
doctor 博士
graduate 研究生
instructor 講師
lecturer 講師
major 專業
professor 教授
undergraduate 本科生
提高詞匯
assistant professor 助教
bachelor 學士
dean 學院長
emeritus professor 名譽教授
honorary professor 名譽教授
master 碩士
家庭總動員 Do it together
兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀出來并將句子翻譯成中文。
Could you bring this note to ( ) Li for me today?
[例] 家長讀 Could you bring this note to lecture Li for me today?
今天你能幫我把這張便條帶個李講師嗎?
