English note1：
Ted’s Day at School
Susan: How was your day at school today, Ted?
Ted: Bad. I had a chemistry test, and I blew it.
Susan: Maybe if you didn’t cut class so often, you’d do better.
Bob: That’s right, son. Stop slacking off and start hitting the books!
Ted: but I can’t stand chemistry class. Besides, it’s a lost cause.
That class is way over my head.
Susan: You need to buckle down.
Ted: When I am a famous musician, people won’t give a hoot about my knowledge of atoms（原子） and molecules（分子）.
Bob: That’s beside the point.
Susan: We know you have your heart set on going to New York University.
Bob: And you don’t stand a chance of getting in there with such poor grades!
Susan: How was your day at school today, Ted?
Ted: Bad. I had a chemistry test, and I blew it.
Susan: Maybe if you didn’t cut class so often, you’d do better.
Bob: That’s right, son. Stop slacking off and start hitting the books!
Ted: but I can’t stand chemistry class. Besides, it’s a lost cause.
That class is way over my head.
Susan: You need to buckle down.
Ted: When I am a famous musician, people won’t give a hoot about my knowledge of atoms（原子） and molecules（分子）.
Bob: That’s beside the point.
Susan: We know you have your heart set on going to New York University.
Bob: And you don’t stand a chance of getting in there with such poor grades!
key words:
1.to blow the whole project 使整个计划落空
1.to blow the whole project 使整个计划落空
2.cut class 旷课，逃课
3.slack off 松懈，懈怠
4.hit the books 备功课，啃书本
5.can't stand 不能忍受
6.lost cause 败局已定的事业
7.over one's head 难懂，超出某人的理解力
8.buckle down 全力以赴，倾力于
9.not give a hoot 不在乎
10.besides the point 无关紧要，不相干
11.stand a chance 有希望，有机会
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1.We had to blow the barbecue party outside because of rain.
2.The mean girl always cuts class as she likes.
3.The naughty boy slacked off with his homework even though it should have been handed in yesterday.
4. Everytime it's time for final exams, the students come to hit the books which can be concerned with the reference points in exams.
5.I can't stand the noise while I am going to sleep.
6.It was obviously a lost cause for them because there is a really wild gap between these two football teams.
7.This original English article is so challenging that it's over my head.
8.You must buckle down to learn everything you don't know as if you want to be top of this field.
9.I admire the singers who can remarkablely perform their music, and won't give a hoot with their scandal at all.
10.This spokesman declaimed something besides the point, ignoring what people cencerned.
11.You are to stand a chance as long as keeping bucklling down wiht your career.