地道美語怎麼說 第61課:開夜車
Jessica在北京學中文，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是怡茹要問的：開夜車。
Jessica:怡茹, why do you look so tired?
YR:這幾天又複習又考試，累得我眼睛都快睜不開啦! 昨天晚上，我複習了一個通宵啊! I drove a night car!
Jessica:You drove a night car?
YR:對啊! 我開了一宿夜車! 難道不是這麼說的？
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，整宿學習工作不睡覺，就是 pull an all-nighter. 唉! 都怪我平時沒好好複習，期末考試前只能臨時抱佛腳!
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, 是倉促備考的意思，所以 a cram session 就是考前的突擊複習。正說呢，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，你是說開卷考試吧？沒錯，這門是開卷，可老師對開卷考試的答案要求更高。我可不想考砸了!
Jessica:You won't bomb it. You're a smart girl!
YR:你說“bomb"--那不是轟炸的意思麼？我猜這就是說沒考好，對麼？
Jessica:Exactly.
YR:那要是不及格，掛科了，怎麼說呢？
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，開夜車，通宵學習工作，叫 pull an all-nighter; 考試前的突擊複習叫 cram session;
第二，開卷考試是 open-book test;
第三，考試考砸了用動詞 bomb, 不及格則用 flunk!
