Advanced Listening Lesson 02

A: "Hey Jack¹. You look tired. What's going on?"

B: "It's finals week and I have been up all night studying."

A: "How many exams do you have left?"

B: "Three more to go?"

A: "Have you been keeping up, or are you cramming² everything?"

B: "If I was keeping up, I wouldn't need to stay up all night."

A: "Ha ha ha. Looks like you are in for a tough week."

B: "Tell me about it. How about you? What have you been up to?"

A: "I finished my last final this morning."

B: "So you're completely done?"

A: "No. I have one more report that is due this Friday. I haven't started it yet, but it shouldn't be too tough."

B: "How many pages do you have to write?"

A: "It's a 10 page paper on habitual³ behavior for psychology⁴ 211."

B: "You wanna take one of my exams for me?"

A: "I would if I could, but you know that's not possible."

B: "Yeah, I know."

A: "If you need help with your chemistry class, I can help you over the weekend."

B: "That would be great."

A: "Let's get together Saturday around lunch time."

B: "You don't know how much this means to me. Thanks."

A: "Don't mention it. I'll see you on Saturday."

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 cramming   

n.塞满，填鸭式的用功v.塞入( cram的现在分词 )；填塞；塞满；（为考试而）死记硬背功课

参考例句：

• Being hungry for the whole morning, I couldn't help cramming myself. 我饿了一上午，禁不住狼吞虎咽了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's cramming for her history exam. 她考历史之前临时抱佛脚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 habitual   

adj.习惯性的；通常的，惯常的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。

4 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。