今天跟大家分享一些有趣的关于学校生活的习语，我们可以用它们来形容身边有特点的人，或者某些举动，让我们的口语表达更加地道生动!

　　1. bookworm = someone who reads a lot.

　　我们中文里有与之完全对应的翻译，叫做“书虫”，整天埋头看书的人(someone who always has his or her head in a book)。例如：

　　Chase spent all day in the library revising for the big exam. He’s turned into such a bookworm!

　　Chase整天呆在图书馆里复习考试，他真是变成了一只大书虫!

　　有的时候我们会用bookish形容“书呆子”(someone who’s interested in reading and studying, rather than in more active or practical things)，不过经常语气里含有贬义。

　　2. copycat= someone who copies the work of another.

　　这个表达通常就是孩子们用来称呼学校那些没有自己的想法，直接抄袭他人功课的学生的(This word is used especially by children about and to a person who copies what somebody else does because they have no ideas of their own)。例如：

　　Hazel was accused of being a copycat when the teacher saw her looking at Rob’s exam answers.

　　Hazel被指责打小抄，因为老师看到她偷瞄Rob的试卷答案。

　　3. teacher’s pet = the teacher’s favorite student

　　我们中文里称那些受宠的学生为“小红人”，这个感觉就跟它差不多，而且多含贬义。Pet除了有“宠物”的意思之外，还指那些受重视的人，而且往往这种重视看起来是对其他人不公平的(a pet is a person who is given special attention by somebody, especially in a way that seems unfair to other people)。例如：

　　Candida didn’t mind being the teacher’s pet because she always got good grades.

　　Candida不介意被叫成“小红人”因为她总是能得到很高的分数。

　　4. dropout = a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies

　　就是“中途辍学者”。例如：

　　Mike studied extra hard for his exams because he did not want to be a high school dropout.

　　Mike加倍努力的备考，因为他不想高中就辍学。

　　它的动词形式是drop out of，例如：

　　She started a degree but dropped out after only a year.

　　她开始攻读学位但是一年后就辍学了。

　　5. hit the books = to begin to study hard

　　这句话我们通常会听到老师跟同学们说，作为让大家开始学习的指令。Hit听起来就比read有动感和力量对不对!例如：

　　Jonas hit the books when he realized that he had a very important exam the next day.

　　Jonas意识到他第二天将有一个重要的考试后，就开始埋头苦读了。

　　6. pass with flying colors = to pass something with a high score

　　“with flying colors” means very well or with a very high mark/grade，用在取得好成绩的时候简直再地道不过了!例如：

　　Julian was uncertain about the important exam even though his teacher told him that he would pass with flying colors!

　　Julian对那场重要的考试心里很没底，虽然他的老师说他肯定会拿高分的。

　　7. skip class = to not go to school when you should

　　“翘课”的地道表达就是这个了!例如：

　　Martin was tempted to skip class because his next lesson involved a difficult math test.

　　Martin想要翘课，因为下节课要进行一场很难的数学考试。

　　Skip这里的意思就是to not do something that you usually do or should do，比如你想减肥，于是你可能skip dinner，或者中午太忙，就skip lunch等等。

　　以后大家在谈论有关学校话题的时候，不妨尝试使用以上几个地道表达，让你的小伙伴们对你刮目相看吧!

　　教师简介：

　　朱博，新东方口语讲师，毕业于985院校大连理工大学，硕士保送一等奖学金。在校期间曾游学美国，任出版社英语出版中心校对四年，工作严谨，活泼开朗，让大家快乐的学习英语。

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