Lesson 103
The French test
法语考试
Listen to the tape then answer this question. How long did the exam last?
听录音，然后回答问题。 考试持续了多长时间？
GARY: How was the exam, Richard?
RICHARD: Not too bad.
I think I passed in
English and Mathematics.
The questions were very easy.
How about you, Gary?
GARY: The English and Maths papers
weren't easy enough for me.
I hope I haven't failed.
RICHARD: I think I failed the French
paper.
I could answer sixteen of
the question.
They were very easy.
But I couldn't answer the rest.
They were too difficult for me.
GARY: French test are awful, aren't
they?
RICHARD: I hate them.
I'm sure I've got a low mark.
GARY: Oh, cheer up!
perhaps we didn't to do badly.
The guy next to me
Wrote his name
at the top of the paper.
RICHARD: Yes?
GARY: Then he sat there
and looked at it for three
hours! He didn't write a word!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
exam
n. 考试
pass
v. 及格，通过
mathematics (maths是缩写)
n. 数学
question
n. 问题
easy
adj. 容易的
enough
adv. 足够地
paper
n. 考卷
fail
v. 未极格，失败
answer
v. 回答
mark
n. 分数
rest
n. 其他的东西
difficult
adj. 困难的
hate
v. 讨厌
low
adj. 低的
cheer
v. 振作，振奋
guy
n. 家伙，人
top
n. 上方，顶部

加 里：考试考得怎样，理查德？

理查德：不算太坏，我想我的英语和数学 及格了。题目很容易。加里， 你怎么样？

加 里：英语和数学试题对我来说不很容易。 我希望别不及格。

理查德：我想我的法语及不了格，我能回答 其中的16道题。这些题很容易。 但我回答不出其作的题。那些题对 我来说太难了。

加 里：法语太可怕了，你说呢？

理查德：我讨厌法语。我的法语成绩肯定 很低。

加 里：啊，别灰心！或许我们考得还不太 糟。坐在我旁边的那个人只在试卷 顶端写自己的名字。

理查德：是吗？

加 里：然后他就坐在那里，对着考卷看了3 个小时，一个字也没写！

[词汇]
exam n. 考试
pass v. 及格，通过
mathematics [7mAWi5mAtiks] n. （maths是缩写）数学 [mAWs]
question [5kwestFEn] n. （具体的某一个）问题
easy adj. 容易的
enough adv. 足够的
paper n. 考卷
fail v. 未及格，失败
answer v. 问答
mark n. 分数
rest n. 其他的东西
difficult adj. 困难的
hate v. 讨厌
low adj. 低的
cheer v. 振作，振奋
guy n. 家伙，人
top n. 上方，顶部

fail to do sth.
hate to do sth.
hate doing sth.
cheer up
exam/examination （综合性的）考试
test （单项技能的）考试
quiz （临时性的）小测验
midterm exam 期中考试
final exam 期末考试
sham exam 模拟考试
entrance examination 入学考试
driving test 驾照考试

… pass：……关口
pass the exam
pass in + 具体的某一科
passed
I think I passed the exam.
She thinks she passed in English.

problem：（抽象）
issue 国际争端，分歧
question v. 审讯，质问
thief

The policeman is questioning the thief
We questioned him yesterday.
have a problem
What's your problem?
We have this problem every year.
We are going to have a holiday. But we have a problem every year. Who is going to look after the dog/the house/the garden.
We have this problem every year. At last we stay at Home. We look after everything.

enough：(adj.)(adv.)

I have enough time/time enough.

副词：时间、地点、方式、程度、频率
so good/very good
good enough
difficult enough
easy enough
It（形式主语）is …（真正的主语是动词不定式）
It is easy enough for me to answer this question.
This question is easy enough for me to answer.
It is low enough for me climb the wall.
The wall is low enough for me to climb.
get married
It is old enough for the girl to get married.
She is old enough to get married.

too … to
The wall is too high for me to climb.
It is too high for me to climb the wall.

feel：感觉[fi:l]/felt/felt
fail：失败[feil]/failed/failed
fell：伐木[fel]/felled/felled
fall：衰落[fC:l]/fell/fallen

failure：失败
Failure is the mother of success.
fail to do sth. 不能够做……
I failed to help him/her yesterday.
fail + 科目：……考试失败了
I failed the French test last week.

answer v. （一般性的）回答
reply：（正式的书面用语）回答

have a (good) rest
the rest：其余的东西
There are fifty students in the class. There are twenty girls. The rest are all boys.

can（could：过去式，更委婉的语气）
I could answer sixteen questions.
The rest were too difficult for me to answer.
The rest were easy enough for me to answer.

I hate you/French test.
hate to do sth. （一次性的）
hate doing sth. （经常性的）
I hate to dance with you today.
I hate dancing with you.
speak out：大声讲
cheer up：振作起来

介词短语做后置定语：
the bottle on the table
the train to London
the guy next to me

at the top of … ：在……顶部
at the top of the paper
write -> wrote
sit -> sat
look -> looked (~at)
the guy next to me
I think I failed the French test.
Perhaps, I did/didn't it badly.
We didn't do it too badly.
The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper. Then he sat there and looked at the paper for three hours. He didn't write a word.

Questions:
Richard, Gary
I think I passed in English and Mathematics.
Richard thinks he passed in English and Mathematics.
The question was very easy.
The questions was very easy.
What/How about you, Gary?
The English paper wasn't easy enough for me.
The English and Mathematics papers weren't easy enough for me.
I hope I have passed./I hope I haven't failed.
I think I failed the French paper/test.
some of them/some of the children/some of the questions.
I could answer sixteen of the questions.
They were very easy.
I/Gary couldn't answer the rest.
They were too difficult for me.
The questions is too difficult for Gary to answer.
It is too difficult for Gary to answer this question.
The French tests are awful, aren't they?
I hate them.
I'm sure I've got a low mark.
Cheer up!
Perhaps we didn't do too badly.
The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.
Then he sat there and looked at the paper for three hours!
He didn't write a word.

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