Stu:
Anyway, there's lots of good resources for revising and cramming online.
不管怎么说,网上还是有很多资源可以用来复习或者作为考前突击之用
Actually in Britain there's lots of websites devoted to revision.
实际上在英国,有大量网站是专门为大家提供复习帮助的
The BBC even has its own website to help you revise.
甚至连BBC都有个专门的网站来帮助大家复习功课
Ali:
Yes, everybody here in China knows that Britain has a really good education system and really admire that,
没错,英国拥有良好的教育体系,在中国也是人尽皆知的,让我们羡煞不已
so can you share some tips on those things?
都说外来的和尚会念经,你能给我们分享一些诀窍吗?
Stu:
Well I’ve got a really good method for remembering things whilst you're in the exam.
还别说,我还真有个好办法可以帮助大家记忆知识,轻松搞定考试
Ali:
Well that didn’t really work, did it?
你那套没啥用吧?
No, it didn’t, but I have got a list here Ali…
犀利的艾力...不过我这有个单子...
Ali:
Oh okay
说说看
Stu:
It’s from the Telegraph newspaper from Britain. It's of a top ten revision tips list.
这份列表出自英国的《每日电讯报》,它给出了十条最佳复习建议
Now I’m not going to read all top ten but I’ll choose the best ones.
不过因为时间关系,我选几条最好的分享给大家
So the first one I’m going to share them with the whole of China so you too can be as good as British students.
我要和全中国莘莘学子们来一起来分享这些建议,让大家变得同英国学生一样优秀
Number one, go to an Oxford college at Oxford University and sign up for a 3-5 day study course for around 800 pounds.
第一,找个牛津大学的学院,花上800英镑左右 报名参加三到五天的学习课程
Ali:
That’s not going to work
木有用啊
Stu:
Why?
为啥?
Ali:
We’re in China and we're poor. We're poor!
你得把牛津搬到中国来啊,何况我们也掏不起这么多钱!
Stu:
Oh Yeah… Yeah…well you're not all poor. There’re some very rich people…..
哦哦,你们又不是全部都是屌丝,还是有土豪的嘛...
It’s too far… Wouldn’t work, silly.
距离是个问题,确实不可行...我把这个忘了
Anyway, number two: revise with friends and then you can test each other.
那看第二条:找些朋友一起复习,然后互相测试
Ali:
Oh, I tried that once
这办法我试过一次
Stu:
Yeah? How did that go?
是么?效果如何?
Ali:
We just played XBOX all night long
我们玩了一整晚的XBOX
Stu:
Oh… What were you playing? Call of Duty
哦…啥游戏?《使命召唤》么?
Ali:
Uh no. Just chess.
不是,就下了一晚上象棋
Stu:
Chess?
象棋?
Ali:
We're chess fans you know, like Chest well not the chest. I mean chess
我们都是象棋迷,你知道的,不是那个chest(胸),我说的是chess (象棋)
Stu:
Chess on the Xbox? What a waste
用XBOX下象棋?真是浪费资源
Ali:
Yes.
是啊
Stu:
Number three, what are we doing? Study in bursts of 45 minutes with 10 minute breaks.
第三条,我们看到哪里了?就是一口气学习45分钟,然后休息10分钟
Ali:
Oh that sounds reasonable.
这条听起来有点道理
Stu:
That sounds pretty good right?
听上去不错哈?
Number four, boost your morale by preparing a reward for yourself after every 45 minutes such as your favorite food.
第四条,准备些你最喜欢的东西作为每45分钟学习的奖励,以此来增加斗志
比如你最喜欢吃的食物
Ali:
Oh no, no, no, no. That’s not good
不不不,这可不是什么好办法
Stu:
Why not?
有问题?
Ali:
Because my favorite food is 大盘鸡 in Chinese, or in English big plate chicken.
因为我最喜欢吃的是“大盘鸡(big plate chicken)”
It’s a really nice thing and every time if I have to eat for like 45 minutes
这道菜太好吃了,但如果我每学上45分钟就来这么一盘
I’ll put on so much weight.
以后我就要改名叫“艾力·大白”了
Finally I just lost my weight. Can’t you see it?
你是不知道,我现在的体型可来之不易
I can't go back to that place. Please don’t make me do that
千万别让我再回到以前那样了,算我求你了
Stu:
All right well, another tip...turn off all distractions.
好吧 这还有一条 远离所有让你分心的东西
So turn off your computers.
关掉电脑就好
Ali:
But I revise on my computer
但我得用电脑复习啊
Stu:
Oh yeah, probably, 21st century.
也是,都21世纪信息化时代了
Alright, final one.
好吧 来看最后一条
Try to gather as much revision data as possible and you can go online to help yourself do that.
搜集尽可能多的复习资料,而且还可以通过在线资料来自助学习
Ali:
But you just said turn off your computer.
你刚刚不是让我关了电脑嘛
Stu:
Alright forget it. Just fail. Fail Ali
那我不管了 爱干啥干啥去
Ali:
Hahaha oh no please.
哈哈哈,不要哇,求求你了
Stu:
Just fail. I don't care if you fail.
等着不及格吧你 不管你了
Ali:
OK,it doesn’t matter. Let’s go to the next term.
好吧,没关系,我们来看下个词组吧
