校园备考生活的常用表达

，那么今天来看一下在描述期末时光时，都有哪些表达可以用得上。

首先我们来看这句例句：

During the final’s week, it’s absolutely packed and you have to ask people to hold you a spot. I don’t think I have ever seen a single person at XXX university who has never pulled an all- nighter.

“期末”我们可以说finals，final's week, “图书馆满满当当都是人”（be packed), “提前占座”（ask sb to hold you a spot）这里spot指的就是座位。“熬夜/开夜车”的英文是pull an all-nighter = stay up late，pull an all-nighter在年轻人中常常指考前熬通宵，或者上班党拼命通宵加班。

“临时抱佛脚，恶补”可以用cram through/ for sth，比如I'm just cramming through this article.

期末同学们除了看书复习外，还会把老师的PPT讲义(lecture slides)打印下来复习，比如I'm just going through these lecture slides to study for the exam I have tomorrow.同时，为了提高复习效率 (increase productivity), 我们可以提前做好复习日程表（schedule = timetable), 列出考前重点 (priority), 把大目标分解成小任务(divide into small tasks)，列出to-do list，每完成一项任务打勾 (tick sth off = check sth off)。当然你也可以不做任何时间管理(time management)，因为你更习惯自由复习，比如I’m a spontaneous person and I would like to embrace the uncertainty of life.

我们当然希望复习的时候可以全神贯注在复习内容上，但开小差也是避免不了的（be distracted = wander），比如I was just distracted the entire time. It’s a mess. / You’re trying to concentrate, but your mind is wandering or you’re easily distracted.