英语口语大赢家Topic249:上夜校 Evening Classes

雪莉和玛丽亚在上夜校，玛丽亚今天上课又迟到了，原来是家务缠身。此种现象经常发生，她们是怎样处理好家庭、工作和学习的关系的呢？

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Shirley: You are late again, Maria. The teacher is about to come.

Maria: I know. I have to prepare the supper for the whole family before I leave.

Shirley: Oh, Ben has been cooking for us since I started attending this evening class. The good thing is, he has made great progress in cooking.

Maria: The housework is really a big problem for me. My husband is on a business trip to the U.S. now and I have to take care of everything myself.

Shirley: How about your one-year-old baby?

Maria: I've asked my parents to live with us for a while, so they can look after her for me while I am at work or in the class.

Shirley: How sweet of them! I have to work in the day time, study at night, and do housework during my spare time. I really hope I have eight arms and legs, like an octopus¹.

Maria: Me too. Sometimes I do want to give it up. I can't deal with so many things at a time.

Shirley: When is your Adult College Entrance Exam?

Maria: It's close coming up at the end of this month. That will be no more than 15 days from now on.

Shirley: Oh, my Adult College Entrance Exam is also around then. I don't know if I can pass it.

Maria: Why don't you take the CPA exam? You are already a good accountant, having so many years of experience.

Shirley: I just want to study in a college, majoring in economics. I've had this dream for a long time.

Maria: I understand.

Shirley: Oh, this class ends very late. Do you have anyone to pick you up?

Maria: Don't worry, I can drive home and there won't be any problem.

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雪莉：你又迟到了，玛丽亚。老师就快要来了。

玛丽亚: 我知道，但是我在走之前必须要做好全家的晚饭。

雪莉: 哦，自从我报名参加了夜校，本杰明就一直在为我们做饭。好在他现在厨艺大有长进。

玛丽亚：家务活对我来说确实是个问题。我丈夫现在在美国出差，我必须自己照料一切事情。

雪莉：你一岁的孩子怎么办？

玛丽亚：我让我的父母跟我一起住一段时间，这样，我工作或上课的时候他们就可以照顾她了。

雪莉：他们可真好！我白天工作，晚上学习，还要在空闲时间做家务。我真希望自己有八只胳膊和腿，像章鱼一样。

玛丽亚：我也是。有时候我真想放弃，我不能同时处理好所有的事情。

雪莉：你的成人高考是什么时候？

玛丽亚：就在这个月底，离现在只有不到15天了。

雪莉：哦，我的成人高考也快了。我不知道自己能不能通过呢。

玛丽亚：你为什么不考注册会计师呀？你已经是个好会计了，有多年的经验。

雪莉：我只想在大学里学经济，那是我长久以来的梦想。

玛丽亚：我知道。

雪莉：噢，这里很晚才放学，会有人来接你吗？

玛丽亚：别担心，我能开车回家，没有什么问题的。
经典背诵 Recitation
Maria: Recently I've had really busy days. Work, study and housework really drive me crazy. My husband is on a business trip. The good thing is, my parents help me take care of my daughter. My Adult College Entrance Exam is coming up shortly and I must study hard to prepare for it.

生词小结
business trip 出差

octopus n. 章鱼

accountant n. 会计

postgraduate² n. 研究生

recruitment n. 招聘

词汇扩展 Vocabulary Builder
关于大学专业的词汇

基础词汇

economics 经济学

education 教育学

environmental science 环境科学

finance 金融

philosophy 哲学

psychology³ 心理学

sociology 社会学

提高词汇

anthropology⁴ 人类学

ecology 生态学

information technology 信息技术

linguistics⁵ 语言学

mass communications 大众传媒

statistics 统计学

家庭总动员 Do it together
两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读出来并将句子翻译成中文。

I just want to study in a college, majoring in( ).

[例] 家长读education 教育学

孩子读 I just want to study in a college, majoring in education.

我只想在大学里学教育学。

1 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

2 postgraduate   

adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生

参考例句：

• I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
• After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。

3 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

4 anthropology   

n.人类学

参考例句：

• I believe he has started reading up anthropology.我相信他已开始深入研究人类学。
• Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.社会人类学主要关于文化多样性。

5 linguistics   

n.语言学

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。