实用英语口语:“考前临时抱佛脚”英语怎么说？
Jessica: 怡茹，why do you look so tired?YR: 这几天又复习又考试，累得我眼睛都快睁不开啦!昨天晚上，我复习了一个通宵啊!I drove a night car!
Jessica: You drove a night car?
YR: 对啊!我开了一宿夜车!难道不是这么说的?
Jessica: 哈哈，you should use the phrase "pull an all-nighter." It means you
spent the whole night studying or working to meet a deadline.
YR: 哦，整宿学习工作不睡觉，就是pull an all-nighter. 唉!都怪我平时没好好复习，期末考试前只能临时抱佛脚!
Jessica: You're not alone, Yiru! A lot of college students pull
all-nighters for exams. You can also use the phrase "cram session." It means an
intense period of study before a critical exam.
YR: C-r-a-m, cram, 是仓促备考的意思，所以 a cram session 就是考前的突击复习。正说呢，My study group
will have a cram session this afternoon for tomorrow's exam. Hopefully we can
get everything done before midnight so that I don't have to pull an all-nighter
again!
Jessica: Take it easy, Yiru. Isn't your exam tomorrow an open-book
test?
YR: Open-book test? 哦，你是说开卷考试吧?没错，这门是开卷，可老师对开卷考试的答案要求更高。我可不想考砸了!
Jessica: You won't bomb it. You're a smart girl!
YR: 你说“bomb"--那不是轰炸的意思么?我猜这就是说没考好，对么?
Jessica: Exactly.
YR: 那要是不及格，挂科了，怎么说呢?
Jessica: Then you can use the verb "flunk", f-l-u-n-k, flunk. It means you
fail to pass an exam.
YR: I don't want to flunk my exam, so---I gotta go!
Jessica: Before you go, tell me what you've learned today!
YR: 第一，开夜车，通宵学习工作，叫 pull an all-nighter; 考试前的突击复习叫 cram session;
第二，开卷考试是 open-book test;
第三，考试考砸了用动词 bomb, 不及格则用 flunk!
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