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今天我們為您播出“美語三級跳”節目“高中生活”單元的初級課程。
Heather 和 Jeremy 是高中同學，倆人一起上數學課。在上課前的幾分鐘，他們聊了起來。
Professor:That's right, Winnie. Say, what do students in my class talk about before I arrive?
Professor, 我們都在聊您有多好啊當然了，如果您不給我們留作業，就更好了!
Professor:Really? Well, it's better to be feared than loved!
Jeremy:Hi Heather. Did you have a nice weekend?
Heather:Hi Jeremy. Yes, I had a really great weekend. How was your weekend?
Jeremy:It was great! I got to have fun on Saturday and Sunday because we didn't have any homework.
Heather:Yes we did! We had to read our math textbook and do some math problems. Did you forget?
Jeremy:Oh no, I forgot to do the homework! I hope there isn't a pop quiz.
Jeremy 和 Heather 談到剛過去的周末。Jeremey說他周末玩兒得很痛快，因為學校沒留作業。可其實并不是這樣，是他忘記作業了!
Professor:That's right Winnie. And what was the homework?
Heather 提醒說，作業是看math textbook——數學書，然后 do some problems——作一些練習題。對了Professor, Jeremy說，希望今天沒有pop quiz，這是什么呢？
Professor:A pop quiz is a quiz that the teacher did not tell you about beforehand.
MC:哦，pop quiz 就是隨堂測驗，也就是事先沒有通知學生，突然進行的小測驗! Jeremy 沒看書也沒作題，要是有pop quiz， 他就慘啦!
Heather:You didn't do the homework? Yeah, you will definitely fail if there is a pop quiz.
Jeremy:I know! How much time do I have to cram?
Heather:Well, class starts in five minutes. I don't think that's enough time.
Jeremy:You're right. Can I just copy your answers?
Heather也說，如果老師給他們pop quiz, Jeremy 一定會fail——不及格。
Professor:That's right. So what does Jeremy ask Heather?
Jeremy問她還有多長時間才上課，這樣他可以cram——突擊準備一下。
Professor:Correct. "Cramming" is studying a lot of information in a short period of time. For example, "It's best to start studying for the test early so that you don"t have to cram the night before.
沒錯。可惜，還有5 分鐘就上課了。cramming 也來不及了。所以Jeremy想出最后一招，copy Heather's answers——抄Heather的作業!
Heather:You want me to give you the answers? I think that's cheating.
Jeremy:Cheating? Of course not. Just pretend you are my tutor.
Heather:I don't know, Jeremy. I worked hard to do those problems. Why should I just give you the answers?
Jeremy:Because if you do, I will invite you to my party this weekend.
Heather不愿意讓Jeremy抄自己的答案，她說這是cheating——作弊!
Professor:That's right, Winnie. What does Jeremy say?
Jeremy 說，Heather應該把自己當成他的tutor——家庭教師，這樣，給他抄答案就理所當然了! 對了，Professor Bowman, tutor這個詞可以當動詞么？
Professor:Yes. For example, if you aren't good at math, you should find someone to tutor you in math.
我明白了，tutor 當動詞就是“給別人輔導”的意思。Jeremy想賄賂Heather，說如果Heather讓他抄作業，他就請Heather參加周末的派對。
Heather:Really? You will invite me to your party this weekend?
Jeremy:Yes. All the coolest people come to my parties.
Heather:I know! They sound like a lot of fun.
Jeremy:So, will you help me?
Heather:Well ... OK. But change one or two of the answers so we don't turn in the same homework.
Jeremy:Great! 啊？Heather 就這樣投降啦？為了能參加這個酷酷的派對，她竟然犧牲原則。
Professor:That's right. But what does she tell Jeremy he has to do?
MC:她說，Jeremy得把一兩道題的答案改一下，以免倆人交上去一模一樣的作業，被老師發現是抄的。沒看出來，Heather還這么狡猾! 唉，希望Jeremy的派對別讓Heather失望，要不她的犧牲就白費了!
Professor:Let's listen next time to find out!
A:原來，Jeremy 忘了周末有作業，而且也沒復習，所以他希望今天不要有pop quiz隨堂測驗。他問Heather說還剩多長時間讓他來cram 突擊復習，還說要抄Heather的作業， 讓Heather just pretends to be his tutor. 假裝是他家教。可真不怎么樣!
B:Cheating is always bad. But I remember those pop quizzes and endless exams! They can make your life pretty stressful.
A:聽起來你的高中生活就挺緊張的?
B:Yeah, my high school was pretty intense, so we had to find a way to let the stress out. Some people preferred to go for a hike, I liked to party with my friends, and some people even tried smoking.
A:高中就吸煙，對身體多不好啊! I bet it takes a lot of effort to quit smoking down the road.
B:對啊! 今天的business etiquette里就講到了這個問題，咱們一起去聽一聽!
