背诵为王 第 三 册 第 08 课

Lesson8 School Life at College
Three months have passed since I entered university. I belong to the tennisclub, which is great for my health. In the club I have made a lot of friendsbut, sad to say, I don't have a girlfriend yet.
I am very busy with lessons this first semester¹. English is a requiredsubject, so I have to get at least a pass. I had a good shot² at thequestions on the English exam yesterday. I probably scored at least 80points. However busy I may be with my part-time job and other pastimes³, Iattend my language classes as often as possible, because if I am absent frommore than one-third of the classes, I cannot get the credits⁴ whatever thereason may be. I spent much time preparing for Chinese, but the lesson wascancelled today!
Tomorrow is the deadline for my physics paper which took me three days towrite. I hope to major in science education in the future.

shot 尝试；努力

大学校园生活
升入大学已经三个月了。我加入了网球俱乐部，这对健康大有好处。在俱乐部里，我交了很多朋友，遗憾的是，还没有交到女朋友。
第一个学期，我要忙于上课。英语是必修课，所以最起码我要通过这门课的考试，在昨天的英语考试中，发挥得还不错，最少也能得八十分。不管我多么忙于兼职工作和其他消遣，我还是尽可能多上语言课，因为如果缺课三分之一以上，不管有什么理由都不能拿到学分。我花了很长时间学习中文，不过今天这门课被取消了！
明天是提交物理课论文的最后期限，我花了三天的时间来写这篇论文。希望在将来我能够主修科学教育。

1 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

2 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

3 pastimes   

n.消遣，娱乐( pastime的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First, pastimes (or \"amusements\") must be distinguished from true games. 首先，必须将消遣活动与真正的游戏加以区别。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• She shared their expatriation, their convictions, their pastimes, their ennui. 她与他们有共同的流亡国外的命运，共同的信念，共同的乐趣，共同的苦闷。 来自辞典例句

4 credits   

n.节目前后字幕；信任，信用，声望，荣誉， [财务]贷方，银行存款；信任( credit的名词复数 )；存款；学分；（借钱偿还的）信誉link-v.相信，信任，把…归给

参考例句：

• He credits me with having better sense than that. 他认为我的见识要比那强得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Does this item go among the credits or the debits? 这笔账应记入贷方还是借方？ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》