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？