2 points each.  That leaves 60 points for the essay—and our prof hasn't even told us the topic!

的，每题2分。剩下60分就论文的了——教授甚至还没有告诉我们题目呢！

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

问题我害怕我的教授和助教。

So the prof hands out an assignment.

所以老师分发了一份作业。

Buying a drink for the old prof.

给老教授买杯饮料。

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

问题我害怕我的教授和助教。

Then, the professor, the prof " hands out the assignment" .

然后，教授分发了作业。

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

所以，比如说，人物方面，我可能“教授”；动词方面，我可能“注册”。

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

好的？因此，例如，人们，我可能“教授”；动词，我可能“注册”。

So, after the prof hands out the assignment, Paul is very stressed.

所以，教授分发作业后，保罗非常紧张。

So the prof gives you work.

所以老师给你布置作业。

There's the textbook, probably 200 pages there (and that's slow going).  Also, the prof gave us a packet with 10 or more articles. We're to have the first four read before the test next week.

这课本，大概有200页（而且读起来不轻松）。此外，教授还给了我们一套包含10篇以上文章的材料包。下周考试前我们要先读前四篇。

I know—but that doesn't keep me from feeling nervous about the test.  There are a few post-grads taking the course alongside us underclassmen.  I don't know if the prof is going to put us on the same curve or what.

我知道，但这并不能阻止我对考试感紧张。有几个研究生与我们这些低年级学生一道上这门课。我不知道教授不把我们放在一起进行曲线评分，或者怎么样。

And I think that there's like this group of sort of academically minded people who feel like it's really cool to ask these really difficult questions and engage in arguments with the profs.

我认为有一群学术倾向的人觉得，提出这些非常棘手的问题并与教授们进行辩论真的很酷。

I put the word: " advisor" , " flunk" , " fall behind" , " marks" , " grades" , " freshman" , " sophomore" , " junior" , " senior" , " prof" , " pull an all-nighter" , " cram" , " TA" , " ace the test" , " dean" , " instructor" , " registrar" , " drop a course" , " hit the books" , " undergrad" , " grad student" , and " hand in" .

我把这些词列了出来：“导师” ，“挂科” ，“落后” ，“分数” ，“成绩”，“大一学生” ，“大二学生” ，“大三学生” ，“大四学生” ，“教授” ，“熬夜学习” ，“临时抱佛脚”，“助教” ，“考试得满分” ，“院长” ，“讲师” ，“注册员” ，“退课”，“埋头苦读” ，“本科生” ，“研究生” 和“交上” 。