经典表述
rack one’s brains绞尽脑汁
for the sake of sth为了……；看在……的份上
play up to给……当配角，投……所好
Good students prefer to sit in the first.
好学生更喜欢坐在第一排。
情景对话
Dialogue One
A:You are late again.What’s up？
你又迟到了。怎么了？
B:Nothing special.I forgot to turn on the alarm clock last night.
没什么特别的。我昨晚忘了上闹钟了。
A:It’s only because you don’t like calculous.
是不是因为你不喜欢微积分哪。
formulae是formula的复数形式，意为“公式，规则”
B:Who would like it？Speding several hours memorizing the formulae is the least thing I would do in the world.
有谁喜欢？花上几个小时记方程式是我最不愿意干的事。
A:I don’t like racking my brains to solve those complicated questions either.But for the sake of the grant,I must study hard.
我也不喜欢费脑筋做那些复杂的题目。但看在助学金的份上，我必须得努力学习。
B:Don’t you think that Professor Li is not good at teaching this subject？
难道你不认为李教授不善于教这门课吗？
A:He is a serious teacher but not talented.
他是一个很认真的老师，但不是很有才能。
B:Let’s talk about it during the break.Professor Li doesn’t allow students to chat in his class.
课间休息时再谈吧，王教授不允许学生在他课上闲聊。
A:The fact is that everybody is absent-minded.
事实上每个人都心不在焉。
B:We’d better play up to him for a good store.
为了一个好分数，我们最好还是顺着他的意吧。
Dialogue Two
A:Mary always sits in the first row.
玛丽总是坐在第一排。
B:Yes.Good students prefer to sit in the first row.
是的。好学生都比较喜欢坐第一排。
A:Thanks to their diligence,I can sit in the last row to do whatever I want to do.
多亏他们如此勤奋，我可以坐在最后一排做我想做的事。
B:Since you don’t want to concentrate on studying,why do you come to attend class every day？
既然你不想专心学习，为什么还每天都来上课呢？
A:It’s because that attendance will be calculated into the general mark.
因为出勤率也会被计算到总评分中。
B:I will be the first to come here tomorrow morning for a seat in the first row.
明早我会第一个到，占一个第一排的位子。
A:Don’t bother with it.You are a good student wherever you sit.
别操心，不管你坐在哪都是个好学生。
B:Jim,just try listening to the content.Maybe it’s not that dreary.
吉姆，试着听一下内容。也许没有那么闷。
A:OK.Which page should I turn to？
好吧，我该翻到哪一页？
B:Page 26.It’s chapter two,Tenancy Agreement.It’s quite useful,isn’t it？You are looking for a new house.
第26页。第二章，租赁协议。这非常有用，不是吗？你正在找一处新房子。
A:It’s just what I need to learn.
它才是我要学的呢。
1.calculous微积分学，结石
2.memorize记住
3.least最小的，最少的
4.complicated复杂的，难解的
5.talented有才能的
6.diligence勤奋
7.attendance出席，出席的人数
8.calculated计算出的，有计划的，适当的
9.dreary沉闷的
10.tenancy租赁