《英語輕鬆學》學好中級口語 #Lesson 59：Cheaters Never Prosper 作弊的人永遠不會飛黃騰達

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 中級口語 

搭配筆記聆聽短文 Listen to the text with the help of the notes given

 

再次聆聽並回答問題 Listen again and answer the questions below

Questions for discussion:

1. What had Alex planned to study in college?

2. Why did Alex fail the exam?

3. What did Alex learn from his experience?

 

短文聽讀 Text 

                  Alex was so close to getting a scholarship to the college of his dreams. He had been preparing for years to study architecture in a prestigious college in the UK, and all he had to do was pass one final exam. However, Alex became nervous and started doubting his ability, so he decided to cheat by smuggling his smartphone into the exam hall. When one of the teachers saw him using his phone, he was immediately disqualified from the exam and given an automatic fail.

                  Alex was devastated. If he had believed in himself more, he might not have made such a serious error of judgment. If he hadn’t cheated, he would have gotten the scholarship and would now be studying to be an architect. But he did learn one important lesson: Cheaters never prosper!

             艾力克斯差點可以獲得夢想大學的獎學金。他已經準備許多年要在享有盛譽的英國某大學研讀建築學，而他唯一要做的是通過一個期末考。然而，艾力克斯變得很緊張，並開始懷疑自己的能力，所以他決定要偷帶他的智慧型手機進考試大廳。當其中一位老師看到他在用手機，他立即就被取消考試資格並自動給予不及格的成績。

             艾力克斯悲傷欲絕。如果當時他更相信自己，或許就不會犯下如此嚴重的錯誤判斷了。如果他當時沒有作弊，或許就可以獲得獎學金且現在就在研讀怎麼當建築師。但他確實有學到重要的一課：作弊的人永遠不會飛黃騰達！

 

單字片語 Vocabulary and Phrases

 1  prosper　    vi. 成功；興隆，繁榮
     Business prospered under the new leadership.
     在新的領導下生意變得興隆。

 2  scholarship 　  n. 獎學金

 3  architecture      n. 建築學；建築風格（不可數）

 4  prestigious　 　a. 有名望的
     prestige n. 名望 （不可數）

 5  doubt　 　vt. & n. 懷疑
     I don’t doubt his abilities at all.
     我一點也不懷疑他的能力。

 6  smuggle　 　vt. 偷帶；走私
     smuggle A into B     把 A 走私到 B
     The desperate man was arrested for smuggling drugs into Thailand.
     那位走投無路的男子因走私毒品到泰國而被逮捕。

 7  hall　 　n. 大廳；走廊

 8  disqualify　 　vt. 取消資格
     （三態為：disqualify, disqualified, disqualified）
     be disqualified from...      取消……的資格
     The athlete was disqualified from the competition.
     那位運動員被取消比賽資格。

 9  automatic　 　a. 自動的

 10  fail　 　n. & vt.（考試）不及格

 11  devastated　 　a. 悲傷欲絕的；極為震驚的

 12  error　 　n. 錯誤，過失

 13  judgment　 　n. 判斷（美式拼法）
   =  judgement（英式拼法）

 14  architect　 　n. 建築師

 

 

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