一位高校招生人员在面试一位申请人。 (State Dept./D.A. )

来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期，学习英语，了解美国文化，同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话” ( )系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。

今天，一个学生（Ajay） 请另一个学生（Lucía）指点如何参加大学入学面试。

Ajay: I can’t this, but now one of my is to in the U.S. , most of his is , and he’s to set up with a few .

Lucía: That’s ! By the time the is over, all of us will have here to study.

Ajay: That would be funny. Did you have a you were here? I didn’t, and I’d like to give my some tips.

Lucía: I did. I know some find them nerve-, but I didn’t. I a lot .

Ajay: So my role-play the with else?

Lucía: It helps. Also, the , your know a lot about the and be to ask a of about the .

Ajay: That’s good . He’s , so I’m sure he’ll have no up with some good .

Lucía: Oh, and don’t that you never get a to make a first . He dress .

Ajay: Right. I’ll let him know not to dress like a slob.

Lucía: Most , tell him to be the . He ’t just give that he the wants to hear.

Ajay: , Lucía. This is .

让我们来学习一些词语（也可阅读英文解释）：

tips：关于面试的忠告、指点

nerve- 是由名词“神经”和动名词“折磨”合成的形容词，意思是令人神经紧张的。

To role-play 的意思是进行角色扮演，这是在学习外语时经常使用的一种练习对话的方式。

A 在这里指将来可能出现的某种情形。

在这个对话里， 是副词，意思是“非常”，“相当地”。

To come up with：找出或拿出（问题或答案等）

To dress ：穿戴得体，在此指适合大学入学面试的场合。

To dress like a slob的意思是穿得衣冠不整，像个邋遢人。

To be ：做你自己，保持本色。它与 to being 的意思相似，即真实诚恳的。

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One (Ajay) asks (Lucía) about tips for on .

Ajay: I can’t this, but now one of my is to in the U.S. , most of his is , and he’s to set up with a few .

Lucía: That’s ! By the time the is over, all of us will have here to study.

Ajay: That would be funny. Did you have a you were here? I didn’t, and I’d like to give my some tips.

Lucía: I did. I know some find them nerve-, but I didn’t. I a lot .

Ajay: So my role-play the with else?

Lucía: It helps. Also, the , your know a lot about the and be to ask a of about the .

Ajay: That’s good . He’s , so I’m sure he’ll have no up with some good .

Lucía: Oh, and don’t that you never get a to make a first . He dress .

Ajay: Right. I’ll let him know not to dress like a slob.

Lucía: Most , tell him to be the . He ’t just give that he the wants to hear.

Ajay: , Lucía. This is .

Now let’s the .

tips are about given from one to .

The nerve- means a to feel very and .

To role-play is to to be in a (or to be a ), as part of a skill.

A is a of a event or .

In this , is used as an “very.”

To come up with means to find or .

To dress means to wear that are and for the — in this case, a .

To dress like a slob is to wear that look , messy and/or dirty.

To be is to being . To be means to be and .

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