365天英語口語之出國旅游口語 第18期:課外作業(yè)

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Have you turned in your homework?
= Have you handed in your homework?
你交作業(yè)了嗎？
Will we have to tum in our homework?
我們要交作業(yè)嗎？
tum in“交上，歸還”
hand in“上交”

I have a lot of studying to do.
我有許多功課要做。
I've got a lot of homework to do.
我有很多作業(yè)要做。
“The homework is too much.
作業(yè)太多了.

I haven't finished my homework.
我的作業(yè)還沒做完。
I forgot to take my homework to school.
我忘了帶作業(yè)了。

I'll ask Mr. Wang if it's all right to hand It In tomorrow.
我要問問王老師明天交可不可以。
Could I hand in my paper a few days late?
我的論文可不可以晚幾天交？
It seems that I can never write a good comp08ftion*
好像我總是寫不出一篇好的作文來。
composition n. 寫作，作文
句型It seems that...意思是“好像…”。

I got A+ plus.
我得了A+。
I got a B minus.
我得了B-。
plus a. 加的，略大一些的
minus a, 減的，略差一點的

He's never given me the A.
他從來沒給過我A。
He gave me F again.
他又給了我不及格。

Homework課外作業(yè)

Mary: You look kind of unhappy. Do you want to talk about anything?
瑪麗：你看起來有點兒不高興。你想說點什么嗎？
Tom: It seems like I can't write a good paper for this teacher. Just look at the corrections all over the pages. It feels like he hates me or something.
湯姆：看起來，我寫不出一篇讓這老師滿意的文章。你看看他給糾正的這滿篇的錯誤。我感覺他不喜歡我或我的某些方面。
Mary: I'm sure it isn't anything that serious. Is this your first year taking English writing classes? Maybe you just have a lot to leam from this teacher.
瑪麗：我敢肯定沒那么嚴(yán)重。你這是第一年上英語作文課吧？也許你要從老師那里學(xué)很多東西。
Tom: Yeah, that may be, but then why does he only show me my errors and never say anything about what I might have done right? It.seems kind of unfair, and a little unkind.
湯姆：也許吧，但他為什么只是指出我的錯誤，卻從來不說我文章的好的方面呢？這好像有點幾不太公平，而且也太不近人情了。
Mary: I could see why you think that. It must be difficult. Just keep working at it. You'll improve as you write more, and you'll certainly impress the teacher as well. Just don't give up.
瑪麗：我理解你為什么那么想，那肯定是很難受的。你只要好好寫，你的作文肯定會進(jìn)步的，你給老師留下的印象也會好起來的。不要放棄。
Tom: I suppose you might be right, but I thought he should be a little less critical.
湯姆：我想也許你是對的，不過我覺得他也應(yīng)該別這么挑剔。

1.“kind of”在這里的意思是“有點兒，有幾分”，在口語中應(yīng)用較多，通常置于動詞、形容詞或副詞前，與“sort of”同義。例如：The police kind of suspected that he was not telling the truth.（警察有點懷疑他沒有說實話。） He was kind of sad because his best friend moved away.（他最好的朋友搬走了，他有點兒傷心。）
2.“all over (sth.)”的意思是“遍及（某物），到處”。例如：They said they had cleaned up but there were bottles all over the
place. （他們說他們打掃干凈了，可是這個地方還到處都是瓶子。）Scientists from all over the world will gather here.（世界各地的
科學(xué)家都將聚集在這里。）
3.“give up”的意思是“放棄”，例如：She gave up her job and started writing poetry.（她放棄她的工作開始寫詩。）

美國學(xué)生的課外作業(yè)

一般人都認(rèn)為美國學(xué)生快樂，是因為作業(yè)少，有時間玩。但事實卻并非如此，美國學(xué)生的課外作業(yè)其實也很多，學(xué)生沒有被壓垮，是因為這些作業(yè)給他們帶來了快樂，他們樂此不疲。
課外作業(yè)的根本意義不在于簡單的重復(fù)和低水平的思考，而是要訓(xùn)練學(xué)生的思維能力和靈活程度。課外作業(yè)不是學(xué)生負(fù)擔(dān)過重的罪魁禍?zhǔn)?，沒質(zhì)量的課外作業(yè)才是元兇。
美國式作業(yè)總是不拘一格，最大秘訣在于貼近生活。譬如設(shè)計小鎮(zhèn)宣傳、評論總統(tǒng)的政府工作報告、評判兒童電視節(jié)目的優(yōu)劣、討論比薩斜塔會不會倒、探索中國飛速發(fā)展的原因和影響、比較各種防曬霜、分析薯片松脆的原因、解析9·11受害者的經(jīng)濟(jì)補償…實在富有創(chuàng)意，不得不讓人為美國老師的創(chuàng)造力和想象力喝彩。
美國式作業(yè)讓學(xué)生在生活中用上課堂所學(xué)知識，他們對知識的理解就會特別深刻，更積極學(xué)習(xí)，會綜合自己所有的知識，深入探索。而那些死記硬背的“知識”就像是一車車運進(jìn)城里的原材料，或許有用，但由于被孤零零地丟在城市角落，長期不用，慢慢就會被遺忘和廢棄。