S:Mary, there's one more thing that you must do for me before you leave.

M:What is it

S:You have to take the math and English evaluation tests.

M:Why

S:Because you're from a foreign country. The school needs to find out how good you are at both basic skills.

M:It's so that I can be put into the right math and English classes, right

S:You are a smart girl!

M:This is going to take more time than I thought.

秘書：瑪麗，在妳離開之前，還有一件事我必須麻煩妳一下。

瑪麗：什麼事呢？

秘書：妳必須做數學和英文檢定考試。

瑪麗：為什麼？

秘書：因為妳是外國人。學校需要檢定出妳這兩科的基本程度。

瑪麗：那我就可以被編入合適的數學和英文班了，對吧？

秘書：妳真是個聰明的女孩！

瑪麗：這將比我原先想的還要多花一點時間。

單字精解

●evaluation test　檢定考試
evaluation 評估
evaluate 評估

例：
 Only foreigh exchange students and from other cities or states need to take evaluation tests.
只有外國交換學生和從別的城市和別州轉來的學生需要參加檢定考試。
 
The boss evaluates every employee's performance at the end of each year.
老闆每年年終都會評估每位員工的表現。

●find out...　發覺……

例:
Mark found out that his friend had been lying to him.
馬克發覺他的朋友一直都在欺騙他。

●be good at...　擅長……
be bad at...　不擅長……

例：
Although Patrick is good at playing basketball, he's bad at playing football.
雖然派屈克擅長打籃球，但他卻不擅長踢美式足球。

●so that...　如此一來／這樣……

例：
Speak louder so that Grandma can hear you.
大聲一點，這樣奶奶才聽得到你說的話。