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今天我们为您播出“美语三级跳”节目“高中生活”单元的初级课程。
Heather 和 Jeremy 是高中同学，俩人一起上数学课。在上课前的几分钟，他们聊了起来。
Professor:That's right, Winnie. Say, what do students in my class talk about before I arrive?
Professor, 我们都在聊您有多好啊当然了，如果您不给我们留作业，就更好了!
Professor:Really? Well, it's better to be feared than loved!
Jeremy:Hi Heather. Did you have a nice weekend?
Heather:Hi Jeremy. Yes, I had a really great weekend. How was your weekend?
Jeremy:It was great! I got to have fun on Saturday and Sunday because we didn't have any homework.
Heather:Yes we did! We had to read our math textbook and do some math problems. Did you forget?
Jeremy:Oh no, I forgot to do the homework! I hope there isn't a pop quiz.
Jeremy 和 Heather 谈到刚过去的周末。Jeremey说他周末玩儿得很痛快，因为学校没留作业。可其实并不是这样，是他忘记作业了!
Professor:That's right Winnie. And what was the homework?
Heather 提醒说，作业是看math textbook——数学书，然后 do some problems——作一些练习题。对了Professor, Jeremy说，希望今天没有pop quiz，这是什么呢？
Professor:A pop quiz is a quiz that the teacher did not tell you about beforehand.
MC:哦，pop quiz 就是随堂测验，也就是事先没有通知学生，突然进行的小测验! Jeremy 没看书也没作题，要是有pop quiz， 他就惨啦!
Heather:You didn't do the homework? Yeah, you will definitely fail if there is a pop quiz.
Jeremy:I know! How much time do I have to cram?
Heather:Well, class starts in five minutes. I don't think that's enough time.
Jeremy:You're right. Can I just copy your answers?
Heather也说，如果老师给他们pop quiz, Jeremy 一定会fail——不及格。
Professor:That's right. So what does Jeremy ask Heather?
Jeremy问她还有多长时间才上课，这样他可以cram——突击准备一下。
Professor:Correct. "Cramming" is studying a lot of information in a short period of time. For example, "It's best to start studying for the test early so that you don"t have to cram the night before.
没错。可惜，还有5 分钟就上课了。cramming 也来不及了。所以Jeremy想出最后一招，copy Heather's answers——抄Heather的作业!
Heather:You want me to give you the answers? I think that's cheating.
Jeremy:Cheating? Of course not. Just pretend you are my tutor.
Heather:I don't know, Jeremy. I worked hard to do those problems. Why should I just give you the answers?
Jeremy:Because if you do, I will invite you to my party this weekend.
Heather不愿意让Jeremy抄自己的答案，她说这是cheating——作弊!
Professor:That's right, Winnie. What does Jeremy say?
Jeremy 说，Heather应该把自己当成他的tutor——家庭教师，这样，给他抄答案就理所当然了! 对了，Professor Bowman, tutor这个词可以当动词么？
Professor:Yes. For example, if you aren't good at math, you should find someone to tutor you in math.
我明白了，tutor 当动词就是“给别人辅导”的意思。Jeremy想贿赂Heather，说如果Heather让他抄作业，他就请Heather参加周末的派对。
Heather:Really? You will invite me to your party this weekend?
Jeremy:Yes. All the coolest people come to my parties.
Heather:I know! They sound like a lot of fun.
Jeremy:So, will you help me?
Heather:Well ... OK. But change one or two of the answers so we don't turn in the same homework.
Jeremy:Great! 啊？Heather 就这样投降啦？为了能参加这个酷酷的派对，她竟然牺牲原则。
Professor:That's right. But what does she tell Jeremy he has to do?
MC:她说，Jeremy得把一两道题的答案改一下，以免俩人交上去一模一样的作业，被老师发现是抄的。没看出来，Heather还这么狡猾! 唉，希望Jeremy的派对别让Heather失望，要不她的牺牲就白费了!
Professor:Let's listen next time to find out!
A:原来，Jeremy 忘了周末有作业，而且也没复习，所以他希望今天不要有pop quiz随堂测验。他问Heather说还剩多长时间让他来cram 突击复习，还说要抄Heather的作业， 让Heather just pretends to be his tutor. 假装是他家教。可真不怎么样!
B:Cheating is always bad. But I remember those pop quizzes and endless exams! They can make your life pretty stressful.
A:听起来你的高中生活就挺紧张的?
B:Yeah, my high school was pretty intense, so we had to find a way to let the stress out. Some people preferred to go for a hike, I liked to party with my friends, and some people even tried smoking.
A:高中就吸烟，对身体多不好啊! I bet it takes a lot of effort to quit smoking down the road.
B:对啊! 今天的business etiquette里就讲到了这个问题，咱们一起去听一听!
