－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