Lesson16

6. Tell Me About this Campus
告诉我一些这个学校的事

A: Excuse me, I would like to know something about this campus. Right now it seems very big and confusing! I have no idea where I am going or what I am doing.
对不起，打扰一下，我想了解一些关于这个学校的事。现在我觉得它太大了，把人搞糊涂了。我连去哪和做什么都搞不清。

B: Do you have a map of the campus?
你有没有校区地图?

A: Yes, I have, but it doesn’t help me very much. I’m not very good at reading maps.
有，不过也没多大用处。我不怎么会看地图。

B: Do you know where your classes are?
你知不知道你的教室在哪里?

A: More or less. I go to three different buildings, and always get there late. I feel so hopeless. I don’t know why I am late all the time. No one else seems to be.
多少知道一点。我要到三栋不同的大楼上课，老是迟到，真是没没希望。我也不知道为什么总是迟到，别人怎么就不迟到。

B: That’s because you don’t know the short cuts. You’ll learn them after a while. I can show you the ropes.
那是因为你不会抄小路。不久以后你就会知道了。我可以告诉你这窍门。

额外成就感

right now 立刻，马上
* You must leave right now or you’ll miss your flight.
你必须马上出发否则就误了航班。
* I have no time right now to discuss your problems.
我现在没时间讨论你的问题。

more or less 或多或少；差不多
* He is more or less a jerk.
他或多或少是个混球。
* They’ve more or less finished their work.
他们已差不多完成了工作。

show you the ropes 指点窍门
*This is a new member of our organization, Show him the ropes, will you?
这是我们单位新来的人。你向他指点一下工作好吗？