英語口語大贏家Topic253:高考 College Entrance Exam
阿美接到了北京大學的錄取通知書，但是古奇卻沒有任何消息。雖然考試沒有考好，但古奇卻十分高興，這到底是爲什麼呢？
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May: I have received the admission letter from Peking University!
Gucci: Congratulations!
May: How about you? Have you got any news from any university?
Gucci: No. I have been waiting for three months, there is just no letter coming.
May: The season of university enrollment hasn't ended. Maybe you will receive their admission letter soon.
Gucci: I must have done terribly in my College Entrance Exams in English and math. I think they have rejected my application.
May: Come on, don't loose heart. Ask for the telephone number of the school and give them a call.
Gucci: I have called them. But they said they didn't have my information about their computer.
May: What does that mean?
Gucci: It means my score is under their requirement and my application was automatically eliminated from the system.
May: I am so sorry, Gucci.
Gucci: Don't worry about me, May. I am just so proud of you. You've got admitted by Peking University!
May: What are you going to do next?
Gucci: I am going to apply for some vocational schools. I like fashion design and I want to study it.
May: Don't be sad, Gucci, you still the chance to go to a university in the future.
Gucci: Thank you, May, but I am not sad. On the contrary, I am quite happy. Finally, I can study something I really like!
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阿美: 我已經收到北大的錄取通知書了。
古奇: 恭喜呀！
阿美: 你怎麼樣？有大學來通知嗎？
古奇: 沒有，我已經等了有三個月了，沒有一封信來。
阿美: 大學錄取的時間還沒有結束呢。也許很快你就能收到通知。
古奇: 高考時，我的數學和英語沒有考好。我想他們已經拒絕我的申請了。
阿美: 別灰心呀。問問學校的電話號碼，給他們打個電話。
古奇: 我給他們打過電話，但是他們說電腦裏沒有我的信息。
阿美: 那是什麼意思？
古奇: 那就是說我的分數沒有達到他們的要求，我的志願表被系統自動刪除了。
阿美: 我真爲你感到難過，古奇。
古奇: 別爲我擔心，阿美。我爲你自豪。你被北京大學錄取了。
阿美: 那你接下來怎麼辦？
古奇: 我想申請一些職業學校。我喜歡服裝設計，我想學這個。
阿美: 別傷心，古奇。你將來還是有機會上大學的。
古奇: 謝謝你，阿美。但是我不傷心，相反，我很高興。我終於可以學自己喜歡的東西了。
經典背誦 Recitation
May：Today I'm very happy, because I received an admission letter from Peking University! That's the thing I've dreamed of for a long time. However, Gucci failed her exams, because she received no letter from the university. To everyone's surprise, she isn't sad at all. She is going to a vocational school that she likes.
生詞小結
enrollment n. 招生
reject vt. 拒絕
eliminate vt. 消除
on the contrary 相反
詞彙擴展 Vocabulary Builder
關於課程名詞的詞彙
基礎詞彙
biology 生物
chemistry 化學
foreign language 外語
history 歷史
mathematics 數學
music 音樂
physics 物理
politics 政治
提高詞彙
algebra 代數
calculus 微積分
French 法語
geography 地理
geometry 幾何
German 德語
physical education 體育
psychology 心理學
家庭總動員 Do it together
兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞彙的英文和中文，另一方用該詞彙填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀出來：
I must have done terribly in my college entrance exam in ( ).
[例] 家長讀 mathematics 數學
孩子讀 I must have done terribly in my college entrance exam in mathematics.
高考時，我的數學沒有考好。
