新概念英语智慧版第一册Lesson 103 The French
Lesson 103 The French test法语考试
一.Listen then answer this question.How long did the exam last?
听录音,然后回答问题。考试持续了多长时间?
Gary:How was the exam,Richard?
Richard:Not too bad.
I think I passed in English and Mathematics.The questions were very easy.How about you,Gary?
Gary:The English and Maths papers weren’t easy enough for me.I hope I haven’t failed.
Richard:I think I failed the French paper.I could answer sixteen of the questions.They
were very easy.But I couldn’t answer the rest.They were too difficult for me.
Gary:French tests are awful,aren’t they?
Richard:I hate them.I’m sure I’ve got a low mark.
Gary:Oh,cheer up!Perhaps we didn’t do too
badly.The guy next to the wrote his name at the top of the paper.
Richard:Yes?
Gary:Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours! He didn’t write a word!
二.New words and expressions 生词和短语
1.exam考试
2.pass及格,通过
3.mathematics(maths)数学
4.question问题
5.easy容易的
6.enough足够地
7.paper考卷
8.fail未及格,失败
9.answer回答
10.mark分数
11.rest其他的东西
12.difficult困难的
13.hate讨厌
14.low低的
15.cheer振作,振奋
16.guy家伙,人
17.top上方,顶部
三.Notes on the text.课文注释
1.I think I passed in English and Mathematics.我想我的英语和数学及格了。如果说通过某一个考试,直接用动词pass;如果说通过某一科目,也用pass in。
2.the English and Maths papers,英文和数学卷子。paper这个词当“试卷”讲时,是可数名词。
3.How about ...?...怎么样?用于征求他人意见或询问情况。
4.easy enough for me,是指对我来说不难,我可以完成和通过。而too difficult for me是️指对我来说太难了,无法完成和通过。
5.cheer up,振作起来。
四.参考译文
加里:考试考得怎样,里查德?
里查德:不算太坏,我想我的英语和数学及格了。题目很容易。加里,你怎么样?
加里:英语和数学试题对我来说不那么容易。我希望别不及格。
里查德:我想我的法语及不了格,我能回答其中的16道题。这些题很容易。但我回答不出其余的题。那些题对我来说太难了。
加里:法语考试太可怕了,你说呢?
里查德:我讨厌法语考试。我的成绩肯定很低。
加里:啊,别灰心!或许我们考得还不太糟。坐在我旁边的那个人只在试卷顶端写了自己的名字。
里查德:是吗?
加里:然后他就坐在那儿,对着考卷看了3个小时,一个字也没写!