－题目难定（太大）too broad a topic
－资料难查（太多）too much material to cover
－多找教授（时间）
－打字困难（机房）机少人多，想买机

2、笔记

－考笔记be based on the lecture/notes
－字难认make out/recognize handwriting

3、考试

－永远难was supposed to be easy
－不推迟put it off, hold off, delay, postpone
－分数低:及格passing grade，不及格failing grade，好分数perfect grade
－心里不好受down
＊take-home exam开卷考试，workshop研讨会, seminar研究会

4、评价教授

－小对话中（不好），段子题中（好）
－不迟到punctual/prompt，不早退，常拖堂run over time/late,
－要求严，出题难，给分低
*听不懂：be lost/be all at sea/in the dark
*听懂：figure out/make sense/catch/follow words
*打瞌睡：drop off/doze off, keep watching the clock, keep counting the time.

5、作业

－作业多：I've had enough of it.(I'll never have enough of it.高兴语气)
*have one's hands full, be tied up, be booked, be up to one's eyes/ears/neck with work. Have a million things to do. Study 48 hours in a day.
－想迟交，不迟交:交作业hand in/ turn in, 迟交extension, 多给时间extra/more time

6、熬夜

－常熬夜：sit up, stay doing sth
－不熬夜 get out of it, wise

7、书店

－有货没货in stock/ out of stock
－印，不印in /out of print
－过时out-dated, 最新的updated/current
－平装paper back，精装hard back

8、图书馆

－还书：recall a book, library loan, 续借renew, 传记作者biographer, 微缩胶片 microfiche

－罚钱verdue, late return, fine , moratorium(暂停，推迟)

9、电话

－定主题，听语气，背套话
＊ 电话号码本：yellow pages, telephone directory，干扰static，接通put through
＊ 占着电话tie up, be off下线断线,过会打给你get back to sb.

10、选课

－先学入门课intro/basic/prerequisite，再学高级课，教授得同意approval/permission/signiture
－三大顾虑:too much, too difficult, intro course
－课程难，心情不好
－少选明智，多选犯傻，时刻准备退课drop

来源：托福上游