第一,情景对话
A: I didn't finish today's test paper.
我今天没答完卷。
B: Neither did I. I simply left out some questions.
我也没有,硬是把几道题给漏了。
A: I had no time to do the last two questions.
我没时间做最后两道题了。
B: I'm pretty sure I'll fail.
肯定不及格了。
A: Let's forget about it and prepare for other tests.
算了,还是准备其他考试吧。
B: All right.
好吧。
第二, 词海拾贝
leave out
exp. To omit something. (遗漏,省略)
e.g. Your paper is nicely written, but you left your references out.
你的论文写得很好,但是你漏掉了参考文献。
e.g. I did talk to Mom, I just left out the part about getting detention.
我的确和妈妈谈过话了,只是漏掉了关禁闭的部分。
e.g. We weren't sure if the facts were correct, so we left that section out of the report.
我们不确定事实是否正确,所以我们在报告中把那部分删去了。
e.g. You've left out the decimal point on this price tag.
你把价签上的小数点漏掉了。
第三, 语汇积累
1. forget about:忘却,忘记
e.g. Let bygones be bygones and let' s forget about our disputes and be friends again.
过去的事不必再提了,让我们忘掉过去的争论,和好如初吧。
e.g. I shall forget about dieting today. I'm just going to indulge, ie eat and drink what I like.
今天我要把节食计画置之脑后, 想吃什么就吃什么。
2. prepare for:为……做准备
e.g. The front desk must prepare for a surge of arrving guests.
总服务台应为大批顾客的蜂拥而至作好准备。
e.g. Then what should a secretary do to prepare for a meeting?
那么秘书应做些什么样的准备工作呢?
其它:test paper:试卷
finish one’s test paper:做完试卷
the last two questions:最后两道题目
have no time:没有时间