Assignment 家庭作業

一、Talk show 【脫口而出】

1、What homework are we having today?

今天又什么家庭作業？

What is the homework for today?

What is today’s assignment?

家庭作業 homework 也可以說assignment

2、I am not going to set you any homework?

這次我不打算給你們布置家庭作業。

布置家庭作業set homework

I don’t want to give you any homework this time

3、When is our homework due ?

我們的家庭作業什么時候交。

due 到期的 這里是交作業的意思

4、No written work for today. The periods tomorrow will be devoted to oral drill .

今天沒有筆頭作業。明天專門做口頭練習。

drill :這里是“練習”

還有：鉆孔、演習的意思

eg:They could be extras from Blade Runner forced into a fire drill.

他們可能是《銀翼殺手》跑龍套的，在電影里參加一場消防演習。

5、I stayed up all night, but I still couldn’t finish it.

我熬了一夜但仍然沒做完。

stay up 熬夜

6、I am preparing for tomorrow’s presentation.

我在為明天的課堂陳述做準備

presentation：陳述 介紹

二、 Reply fluently【對答如流】

A: When is our homework due?

B: The day after tomorrow. But she said we could hand it in on Monday at the latest.

A: But then she will mark it “late” as she always does.

B: Her class is so boring that I can’t help dozing off.

A: You don’t have to sleep in her class next week then.

B: Why not?

A: She is attending some conference in Nanjing, so she won’t be coming to class.

B: She will probably have a substitute, though.

A: Probably so.

實用短語

hand in 交作業 也可以說turn in assignments

at the latest：最遲

mark標記……

can’t help doing sth 忍不住做……

substitute 代替 這里指代課老師

中文翻譯

A：我們的家庭作業什么時候交？

B：后天，但她說我們最遲到星期一交。

A：但她又要標上“遲交“了，她總是這樣。

B：她的課好無聊，我忍不住打瞌睡了。

A：你下星期就不用再在課上睡覺了。

B：為什么不了？

A：她要去南京開會，所以她不會來上課了。

B：雖然如此，她可能會找個代課老師來。

A：可能會這樣。