编者按：在美国大学，邮件是学生和教授在课堂外进行沟通的一项主要工具，如何有效清晰并且有礼貌的在邮件中向教授表达出自己的意愿是一门技术活，下文则是一些典型的不会沟通的反面教材，希望各位同学能够引以为戒。

“hey professor I don't think I'll be able to make it to class tomorrow, do u think u could email me the reading and whatever notes u go over, also when do u think I could come into your office andmake it up, would summer vacation work for you”

“嘿，教授，我想我明天不能过来上课了，你可以把阅读材料和你讲课的笔记发给我吗？还有，因为一些个人原因，我可能期末考试也不能参加了，你看什么时候我可以去你办公室补考，暑假你觉得可以吗？”

“hey dr x everyone in my family just died like right now so i won’t be in class tomorrow"

“嘿，X教授，就在刚刚我家里全都死了，所以我明天不能来上课了。”

“dr x i have six grandmas and they’re all in the hospital so i wont be in classtomorrow”

“X教授，我有6个祖母，现在她们全部都在住院，所以明天我不能来上课了。”

“hey professor i have 97 grandmothers, all dead, i will not be in class for the rest of the semester”

“嘿，教授，我有97个祖母，她们全都死了，所以这学期剩下的课程我都不能出席了。”

“hey professor i dk if you noticed but i wasn't in class this week, i had a thing, did i miss anything important”

“嘿，教授，不知道你是否注意到我这周没有来上过课，我有点事情，我是否错过一些重要的通知了?”

“Hey professor! I’m attaching my final essay here. [Intentionally corrupted file attached so professor has to respond "Could you please resend?"twelve hours later, during which time the student has actually written said essay] Let me know if you have any questions!”

“嘿，教授！我把我的期末论文附在邮件里了。[故意附上一个被损坏的附件，这样一来，教授只能回复他’可以再发我一遍吗？’]”12个小时以后，学生（把论文发过去了）回复了“要是你有任何的问题请联系我”而在那12个小时里，学生才实际上完成了那篇所谓的期末论文。

“Hey Dr. X,I actually have three other assignments due the same day as your assignment,and your class is the least important to me, so can I just not do it, or do it late or something? Thanks in advance!!!”

“嘿，X教授，在你这门作业上交日其实我还有其他的三个作业要上交，而你这门课对于我来说是最不重要的，所以我根本还没有做那个作业，或者我可以迟一点上交吗？提前说一声谢谢啊？”

“hey professor can you meet sometime this week to answer some questions? none of your office hours work for me, can you pick another time?”

“嘿，教授，我有一些问题要问你，这周什么时候我们可以见一面？你的答疑时间我都没空，可以另外选一个时间吗？”

“Hi professor X! Before the exam tomorrow, do you mind answering these 47 very specific questions I have about the material that I’ve been meaning to ask you all semester? If you do not help me I will fail and lose my scholarship and probably die, thank you in advance.”

“嘿，X教授，在考前你可以回答我关于一些资料的47个非常具体的问题吗?这些问题已经攒了一整个学期了。要是你不帮我的话，我就会挂了，那么奖学金也泡汤了，这样我可能就完蛋了。提前谢谢你啊。”

“hey I just realized that since I didn't show up for the midterm or do any of the homework i'm probably failing the class, is there any extra credit i can do between nowand tomorrow to make sure I get at least an A?”

“嘿，我刚刚惊觉我可能这门课要挂了因为我自从期中以来就没有去上过课，连作业也没有做过。从现在起到明天，有没有什么可以让我做的去为我加几分，以保证我至少能得个A。”

“hey professor!!! noticed that i'm getting a D- in the class, any chance you could make that a B+, otherwise i wont be able to graduate this spring and my entirelife will be literally ruined forever. ps i probably won’t be in class tomorrowmy hands are kind of cramping up”

“嘿，教授！！！我发现我这门课可能只有D-了，我有没有拿个B+的机会呀，否则我这个春天就不能毕业了，那么我的一生都会毁于一旦了。另外，我明天可能不能来上课，因为我的手有一点抽筋。”

“hey professor how have you been, good, good i liked taking your class seven year sago, i dk if you remembered me, it was a crazy early morning class so i slept in a bunch but when i was there you were good as hell at professoring, do youthink you could write me a letter of recommendation? i will not tell you what it is for, like a job or grad school or whatever, you have to guess. also i will not tell you the deadline. thank you in advance.”

“嘿，教授，你最近过得怎么样,还好吗？很高兴七年前能上你的课，不知道你还记不记得我。当时上课的时候可真是太早了，以至于我上课老是打瞌睡，但是每次上你的课都可以感受到你上课水平非常高。所以，你可以帮我写一份推荐信吗？我可能不能告诉你这是用来做什么的，找工作申请研究生或者其他的，你自己猜吧。还有，我也不会告诉你截止日期的。提前谢谢你啊。”

文中生词：

Corrupt:

adj.堕落的，道德败坏的；贪污的，腐败的；腐烂的；（文献等）错误百出的

vt.使腐败；使堕落；使腐烂

vi.堕落；腐化；腐烂

1)Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things inreturn for money or power.

2)If someone is corrupted by something, it causes them to become dishonest and unjust and unable to be trusted.

3)To corrupt someone means to cause them to stop caring about moral standards.

4)If something is corrupted, it becomes damaged or spoiled in some way.

Cramp:

n.痛性痉挛，抽筋；（腹部）绞痛；夹子，扣钉；（制靴）弓状木

vt.使痉挛，使抽筋；<俚>使扫兴；用夹子夹紧；限制，束缚

adj.难懂的，难认的；受拘束的，狭窄的

1)Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.

2)If someone or something cramps yourstyle, their presence or existence restricts your behaviour in some way.

原文转自：http://the-toast.net/2014/09/08/every-type-email-students-send-professors/

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