2011年实用口语练习：Assignment 家庭作业

Assignment 家庭作业

一、Talk show 【脱口而出】

1、What homework are we having today?

今天又什么家庭作业？

What is the homework for today?

What is today’s assignment?

家庭作业 homework 也可以说assignment

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

这次我不打算给你们布置家庭作业。

布置家庭作业 set homework

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

3、When is our homework due ?

我们的家庭作业什么时候交。

due 到期的 这里是交作业的意思

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

今天没有笔头作业。明天专门做口头练习。

drill :这里是“练习

还有：钻孔、演习的意思

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

他们可能是《银翼杀手》跑龙套的，在电影里参加一场消防演习。

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

我熬了一夜但仍然没做完。

stay up 熬夜

6、I am preparing for tomorrow’s presentation.

我在为明天的课堂陈述做准备

presentation：陈述 介绍

二、 Reply fluently【对答如流】

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.

实用短语

hand in 交作业 也可以说turn in assignments

at the latest：最迟

mark 标记……

can’t help doing sth 忍不住做……

substitute 代替 这里指代课老师

中文翻译

A：我们的家庭作业什么时候交？

B：后天，但她说我们最迟到星期一交。

A：但她又要标上“迟交“了，她总是这样。

B：她的课好无聊，我忍不住打瞌睡了。

A：你下星期就不用再在课上睡觉了。

B：为什么不了？

A：她要去南京开会，所以她不会来上课了。

B：虽然如此，她可能会找个代课老师来。

A：可能会这样。

（编辑：薛琳）