{"id":10606,"date":"2019-11-22T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10606"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:59:39","slug":"the-exam-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/the-exam-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exam Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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China’s <\/span>gaokao(\u9ad8\u8003g\u0101o k\u01ceo),<\/strong> <\/span>the nation-wide college entrance exam, is co<\/em>nsidered the most grueling and competitive of all. For most Chinese students, their performance in the exam will determine their fate in the future.<\/p>\n

One Chinese saying likens the exam to <\/span>“thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of horses squeezing through a single log bridge”(\u5343\u519b\u4e07\u9a6c\u8fc7\u72ec\u6728\u6865)<\/strong> <\/span>, and now the exam season is o<\/em>nce again upon us—with students, teachers and parents all sharing the pain.<\/p>\n

\u5bf9\u8bdd Dialogue:<\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

       kàn xi\u01ceo l\u01d0 de xióng m\u0101o y\u01cen k\u011bn dìng zuó w\u01cen yòu xué t\u014dng xi\u0101o le <\/span>
A\uff1a\u770b\u5c0f\u674e\u7684\u718a\u732b\u773c\uff0c\u80af\u5b9a\u6628\u665a\u53c8\u5b66\u901a\u5bb5\u4e86\u3002<\/strong>
       Look at Xiao Li’s raccoon eyes! He must have pulled an all-nighter again last night.<\/p>\n

      t\u0101zhè yàng de xué bà\uff0cw\u01d2 xi\u01ceng y\u012bng g\u0101i méishén me y\u0101 lìba
B\uff1a\u4ed6\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u5b66\u9738\uff0c\u6211\u60f3\u5e94\u8be5\u6ca1\u4ec0\u4e48\u538b\u529b\u5427\u3002
<\/strong>       He is a straight-A student. I don’t think he should be too stressed a<\/em>bout it.<\/p>\n

        bù xíng a xiàn zài lián xi\u01ceo lì d\u014du zài t\u014dng xi\u0101o xué xí le \u3002
A\uff1a\u4e0d\u884c\u554a\uff0c\u73b0\u5728\u8fde\u5c0f\u4e3d\u90fd\u5728\u901a\u5bb5\u5b66\u4e60\u4e86\u3002<\/strong>
       He can’t afford not to. I mean, even Xiao Li is studying all night now.<\/p>\n

        t\u0101 y\u012b b\u0101n zh\u01d0  y\u01d2u s\u0101n fèn zh\u014dng rè dù
B\uff1a\u5979\u4e00\u822c\u53ea\u6709\u4e09\u5206\u949f\u70ed\u5ea6\u3002
<\/strong>      I doubt she can keep it up. She’s a typical “three-minute passion” person.<\/p>\n

\u8bed\u8a00\u70b9 Language Points:<\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u901a\u5bb5 t\u014dng xi\u0101o<\/strong>  <\/span>
whole night\/all night<\/p>\n

Eg.\u901a\u5bb5<\/strong>\u7535\u5f71\u9662 all-night cinema
     <\/span>\u901a\u5bb5<\/strong>\u5b66\u4e60\/\u5de5\u4f5c study\/work all night
     \u6211\u6628\u665a\u901a\u5bb5<\/strong>\u672a\u7720\u3002I didn’t sleep a wink last night.<\/p>\n

\u5b66\u9738xué bà<\/strong>
super student
"\u5b66\u9738" is an o<\/em>nline buzzword, referring to those who are not o<\/em>nly smart, but also study hard and get impressive academic records in schools (typically straight A’s). The character "\u5b66" means to study and "\u9738" literally means a co<\/em>nqueror or a person with power, and in this particular word, a top student.<\/p>\n

\u8fde……\u90fd…… lián ……d\u014du ……<\/strong>
even
Eg.\u4f60\u8fde<\/strong>\u4ed6\u90fd<\/strong>\u4e0d\u8ba4\u8bc6\uff1f You don’t even know him?
     \u5979\u8fde<\/strong>\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u540d\u5b57\u90fd<\/strong>\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5199\u3002She can’t even write her own name.<\/p>\n

\u4e09\u5206\u949f\u70ed\u5ea6 s\u0101n f\u0113n zh\u014dng rè dù<\/strong> 
"3-minute passion" is a Chinese phrase to describe the type of situation in which a person feels passio<\/em>nate a<\/em>bout someone or something, but then quickly loses interest.
Eg.\u4ed6\u5bf9\u90a3\u4e2a\u5973\u5b69\u53ea\u6709\u4e09\u5206\u949f\u70ed\u5ea6<\/strong>\u3002
      He had never taken more than a passing interest in the girl.<\/p>\n

     \u6211\u4eec\u7684\u5174\u8da3\u53ea\u6709\u4e09\u5206\u70ed\u5ea6<\/strong>\u3002
     Our interest was purely perfunctory.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n