This video is going to be particularly useful if you are going to university or plan to go to university

若你正準備上大學或計畫唸大學，這段影片對你特別有幫助

words come up a lot on the TOEFL and the IELTS, especially in the listening, so this video

托福跟雅思考試的字彙很多，特別是在聽力部分，所以這段影片

Okay, so to get started, I want you, on a piece of paper, to put something like this.

好的，在開始之前，請你在紙上寫上類似如此

Okay? I want you to write the word "university" in the center, "verbs", "people", "places",

在正中心寫上「大學」、「動作」、「人物」、「 地點」

"things", "slang". Okay? I want you to copy this, because I'm going to have you pause

「事物」、「口語」。請你把這些抄下來，然後暫停這段影片一分鐘

the video for one minute... Or maybe... You know what? Give yourself three minutes, and

或者，給你自己 3分鐘，接下來

I want you to think about all the words you can think of that have to do with university.

我要你思考一下與大學相關的所有字彙

Okay? So, for example, people, I might think the "prof"; verbs, I might think "enroll".

舉例來說 ，「人物」，我會聯想到「教授」；「動作」，我會聯想到「註冊」

But try to come up with as many as you can. Places, maybe "cafeteria"; things, "course";

試著做更多的聯想，愈多愈好。地點，也許是「咖啡廳 」；「 事物」，「 科目」

slang, "hit the books".

口語，「用功」

Okay? So I want you to try to come up with as many words as you

盡你最大的努力做更多的聯想

can, and then we will talk about these words.

然後我們一起來討論這些字彙

Okay, so I hope you've done some brainstorming, and you've come up with a list of words. What

好的，我希望你已確實做了腦力激盪，也列出一些字彙

I want you to do now is I want you to see: Did you come up with any of the same words

現在，我要你做的是，找找你所列的字彙跟我的有沒有相同的呢?

that I came up with? Okay? So, behind me, I have a bunch of words I thought of. Do you

接下來，在我背後已經列出一些我想到的字彙

have the same words, or totally different words? I put the word:

你的字彙有跟我一樣的嗎？還是完全不一樣？我有：

"advisor", "flunk", "fall behind", "marks", "grades",

「指導教授」，「不及格」，「落後」，「分數」，「評分」

"freshman", "sophomore", "junior", "senior", "prof",

「新生」，「二年級」，「三年級」，「高年級」，「教授」

"pull an all-nighter", "cram", "TA", "ace the test",

「整晚沒睡」，「臨時抱佛腳」，「助教」，「考試得高分」

"dean", "instructor", "registrar", "drop a course", "hit the books",

「系主任」，「講師」，「行政」，「放棄課程」，「用功」

"undergrad", "grad student", and "hand in".

「大學」，「研究生」，「交作業」

So these are all very common words we use when we talk about university. If there are any words here that

這些是提到大學很常用的字彙 ，如果裡面有你

you don't know the meaning of, I highly recommend watching some previous videos I've done on

不懂的字彙，我強烈建議你看看我之前的影片

these words that explain them fully. Okay? So there will be a link for that, so feel

裡面有完整的解釋，這裡有連結

free, if you don't know these words, to click on the link.

如果你不懂這些字彙，請自行點入查看連結

So now what I'm going to have you do is we are going to do a practice listening. Okay?

所以現在我們要來做聽力練習

We are going to... You are going to listen to me tell you a story about university. You

你會聽到我唸一段有關大學的故事

are going to look at these words, and if you hear me say the word, you're going to put

你來比照這些字彙，當你聽到我唸到的字

a checkmark right beside the words you hear. If you are on engVid, there's going to be

請你在那個字彙的旁邊打勾，如果你使用的是engVid

a link that you can click to download these words so you can print them off and have them

那麼你可以點選連結來下載這些字彙，你可以列印出來看

in front of you. Same with on YouTube, if you're watching this off of YouTube, there

YouTube也一樣，如果你正在用YouTube觀看這段影片

will be a link you can click on in the description, and that will take you to a place where you

你也可以點選連結

can download a list of these words. Otherwise, if you don't want to do that, you can actually

並下載這些字彙，如果你不想這樣做

just copy them out by hand, just write down these words. And then when you're ready, you

你也可以直接抄下來，抄完之後

can listen to me, and all you need to do is if you hear the word, you put a checkmark.

請你仔細聆聽，你需要做的是，在你聽到的字彙旁邊打個勾

If you don't hear the word in what I'm going to say, then no checkmark. Okay?

沒有聽到的字不要打勾，好嗎？

Okay, so let's get started. So, again, put a checkmark if you hear the word.

好的，咱們開始吧，再次提醒，在你聽到的字旁邊打個勾

I went to the University of Toronto. I remember when I was an undergrad,

我在多倫多大學就讀，我記得我還是大學生時

I found school very difficult, especially in my freshman year.

我覺得大學好難，特別是新生那一年

I guess the main problem was it was my first time away from home.

我猜想主因是因為那是我第一次離家那麼遠

School had always come naturally to me before. I wasn't used to cramming and

學校對我而言並不難，我不需要臨時抱佛腳

pulling all-nighters. I naturally had been a straight-A student.

也不用整晚沒睡的苦讀，我通常成績都很好

Now I had to work hard so I wouldn't flunk.

現在，我必須要很認真的唸書才不致於不及格

The problem was I was terrified of my prof and my TAs.

主要原因是我很怕我的教授跟助教

I was confused with my first assignment, and didn't hand it in on time.

我不知道怎麼做我的第一份作業，導致我沒有準時交作業

I bombed the test that same week. I started to study harder so I wouldn't fall behind.

同一個禮拜我也毀了考試，我開始更用功讀書才不致於落後更多

Eventually, I met with an advisor

最後，我遇到一位指導教授

who really helped me. By my junior year, I was doing well.

他真的幫助我很多，到了三年級，我的成績好多了

Okay, so take a moment. I'll read it one more time so you can check your answers.

好的，等一下，我會再唸一次，你可以檢查你的答案

You can put a check if you hear any of these words.

在聽到的字彙旁邊打個勾

I went to the University of Toronto. I remember when I was an undergrad,

我在多倫多大學就讀，我記得我還是大學生時

I found school very difficult, especially in my freshman year.

我覺得大學好難，特別是新生那一年

I guess the main problem was it was my first time away from home. School had always come

我猜想主因是因為那是我第一次離家那麼遠，學校對我而言並不難

naturally to me before. I wasn't used to cramming and pulling all-nighters.

我不需要臨時抱佛腳，也不用整晚沒睡的苦讀

I naturally had been a straight-A student. Now I had to work hard so I wouldn't flunk.

我通常成績都很好，現在，我必須要很認真的唸書才不致於不及格

The problem was I was terrified of my prof and TAs.

主要原因是我很怕我的教授跟助教

I was confused with my first assignment, and didn't hand it in on time.

我不知道怎麼做我的第一份作業，導致我沒有準時交作業

I bombed the test that same week.

同一個禮拜我也毀了考試

I started to study harder so I wouldn't fall behind.

我開始更用功讀書才不致於落後更多

Eventually, I met with an advisor who really helped me.

最後，我遇到一位指導教授，他真的幫助我很多

By my junior year, I was doing well.

到了三年級，我的成績好多了

Okay, so let's see which of these words we heard.

好的，讓我們來檢查我們聽到了哪些字彙

We heard the word "advisor", yep.

我們聽到「指導教授」，有

"Flunk", yep. "Fall behind".

「不及格」，有，「落後」

Did we hear the word "marks"? Let's see. Okay.

我們有聽到「分數」嗎？找找

Nope. "Grades", nope. "Freshman",

沒有，「評分」，沒有，「新生」

yes. "Sophomore", no. "Junior", yes. "Prof".

有，「二年級」，沒有，「三年級」，有，「教授」

"Pull an all-nighter", "cram", "TA". Okay.

「整晚沒睡」，「臨時抱佛腳」，「助教」

"Ace the test", no. "Dean", no. "Instructor", nope. "Registrar", nope. "Drop a course",

「考試得高分」，沒有，「系主任」，沒有，「講師」，沒有，「行政」，沒有，「放棄課程」

nope. "Hit the books", nope. "Undergrad", yes.

沒有，「用功」，沒有，「大學」，有

"Grad student", no. And "hand in", yes.

「研究生」，沒有，「交作業」，有

Okay?

好嗎？

So I've put a check beside the words I've said. You can listen again to make sure that

所以我在我唸到的字彙旁邊打了勾，你可以再聽一次確保你有聽到那些字

you've heard them. Okay, so now we're going to do that again. I'm going to read a second

那麼現在我們來做第二次，我會唸第二個故事

story, the final story, and I want you, again, if you hear the words, put a checkmark.

最後一個故事，再次，我要你在聽到的字彙旁邊打個勾

Okay, so now for my second story. Listen carefully.

現在，請仔細聆聽第二個故事

I loved university.

我喜歡大學

I remember my first day at the registrar when I needed to enroll in my classes.

我記得第一天我到行政櫃檯要註冊時

They were so friendly at the university, and really helpful, too.

大學裡的人都很友善也超幫忙的

Undergrad was amazing. I met tons of cool people.

大學真是太神奇了，我遇到好多超酷的人

In my psych class, we even formed a study group. Every Wednesday, we'd hit the books.

上心理學時，我們甚至組了謮書會，每個禮拜三，我們超級用功唸書

On our final exam, we all aced the test. Because I had studied for weeks before,

期末考我們考試得高分，因為在那之前我已經唸了好幾個禮拜

I didn't have to cram or pull an all-nighter. My instructor was really impressed with our marks.

我根本不需要整晚沒睡或臨時抱佛腳，助教因為我們的分數留下深刻的印象

He introduced us to the dean.

他因此介紹我們給系主任

In my senior year, he gave me such a good reference, I was able to get into a master's program.

在我高年級那年，他還幫我寫了介紹信，我因此能繼續攻讀碩士

Eventually, I became a grad student and a TA.

最後，我終於成為研究生，也成了助教

Okay, so I'm going to read that one more time. Listen again. Check your answers, see that

我要再唸一次，請你再聽一次，檢查你的答案

you've heard all of the words and you've put checkmarks beside the correct words.

看看你有沒有聽到所有的字彙並在正確的字旁邊打勾

I loved university. I remember my first day t the registrar when I needed to enroll in my classes

我喜歡大學，我記得第一天我到行政櫃檯要註冊時

They were so friendly, really helpful, too. Undergrad was amazing.

大學裡的人都很友善也超幫忙的，大學真是太神奇了

I met tons of cool people. In my psych class, we even formed a study group.

我遇到好多超酷的人，上心理學時，我們甚至組了謮書會

Every Wednesday, we'd hit the books. On our final exam, we all aced the test.

每個禮拜三，我們超級用功唸書，期末考我們考試得高分

Because I had studied for weeks before, I didn't have to cram or pull an all-nighter.

因為在那之前我已經唸了好幾個禮拜，我根本不需要整晚沒睡或臨時抱佛腳

My instructor was really impressed with our marks. He introduced us to the dean.

助教因為我們的分數留下深刻的印象，他因此介紹我們給系主任

In my senior year, he gave me such a good reference,

在我高年級那年，他還幫我寫了介紹信

I was able to get into a master's program.

我因此能繼續攻讀碩士

Eventually, I became a grad student and a TA.

最後，我終於成為研究生 也成了助教

Okay, so let's see which words you heard. Okay.

好的，讓我們來看看你聽到哪些字彙

So, "advisor", nope. Let's go through this... We have the word "registrar", check.

「指導教授」，沒有，接下來，我們聽到「行政」，打勾

We have the word "enroll". Did we put that there? Okay, nope.

我們聽到「註冊」，上面有嗎？好的，沒有

Okay, we have the word "undergrad", check. We have the word "hit the books". Okay.

我們聽到「大學」，打勾 ，我們聽到「用功」

"Ace the test", do we have that? Yes, we do. Perfect. "Cram",

「考試得高分」，上面有嗎？是的，我們有，太好了，「臨時抱佛腳」

"pull an all-nighter", okay, I said that. We have the word "instructor" again.

「整晚沒睡」，好的，我有唸到，我們再次有「講師」

Do we have the word "instructor" here? Yes. Perfect. We have the word "marks".

我們有「講師」嗎？有，太好了，我們有「分數」

I said the word "dean", "senior", in my senior year.

我有唸到「系主任」，「高年級」，在我高年級那年

We have the word "master's", but it's not here. Okay,

我們有「碩士」，但沒在上面

and we have the word "TA" and "grad student". Okay.

然後我們有「助教」跟「研究生」

So, hopefully you were able to hear all of those words. This is, again, very good practice

好的，希望你都能確實聽到這些字彙，再說一次，這是一個非常棒的練習

if you are taking the TOEFL, the IELTS, or you are going to be in university, because

如果你正要考托福、 雅斯或者即將上大學

you are going to hear conversations that use all of these words very frequently.

因為你會很常聽到裡面包含這些字彙的對話

So you can come visit our website at www.engvid.com.

所以你可以到我們的網站看看，網址是www.engvid.com

There, you can actually take a quiz to see

在那裡，你可以實際做個測驗看看

how many of these words you know, and you can really, like, see them again, see their

這些字彙你懂多少，以及你可以再次複習一遍

definitions, and it can really help you with this. Okay?

查看這些字的定義，這些都可以幫助你

So, until next time, take care.

好的，下次再見