中英文本

Dialogues Between a Teacher and a Pupil
老师与学生之间的对话
1.Teacher: This essay on your dog is, word for word, the same as your brother's.
老师:这篇有关狗的文章和你哥哥的一字不差。
Pupil: Yes, sir, it is the same dog.
学生:是的，先生，这是同一只狗。
2.Teacher: I want you to tell me the longest sentence you can think of.
教师:我想要你们告诉我你们能想出的最长的句子。
Pupil: Life imprisonment!
学生:终身监禁。
3.Teacher: Why were the early days of history called the dark ages?
教师:为什么早期的历史被称为黑暗时代?
Pupil: Because there were so many knights!
学生:因为那时有许多骑士!
4.Teacher: What is the Great Depression?
教师:什么是大萧条?
Pupil: When you get a bad report card.
学生:当你拿到不好的成绩单时。
5.Teacher: What great event happened in 1809?
老师:1809年发生了什么重大事件?
Pupil: Abraham Lincoln was born.
学生:亚伯拉罕·林肯出生了。
Teacher: Correct. And what great event happened in 1812?
老师:正确。1812发生了什么重大事件?
Pupil: Abraham Lincoln had his third birthday.
学生:亚伯拉罕·林肯过他的第三个生日。
6.Teacher: Walter, why don't you wash your face? I can see what you had for breakfast this morning.
老师:沃尔特，你为什么不洗脸?我可以看出你今天早餐吃了什么。
Pupil: What was it?
学生:那是什么?
Teacher: Eggs.
老师:鸡蛋。
Pupil:Wrong, sir. That was yesterday.
学生:错了，先生。那是昨天的。
7.Teacher: Why are you late?
老师:你为什么迟到?
Pupil: Because of a sign down the road.
学生:因为路上的一个牌子。
Teacher: What does a sign have to do with your being late?
老师:牌子和你迟到有什么关系？
Pupil: The sign said, "School Ahead, Go Slow!"
学生:牌子写着，“前方学校——慢行!”

重点讲解

1.word for word 原封不动地；逐字逐句的

例句：Don' t translate word for word, sentence for sentence.
不要逐字逐句地翻译。

2.think of 想到；考虑到

例句：Think of it in terms of an investment.
从投资的角度来考虑那件事。

3.Life imprisonment 终身监禁

例句：The court doomed him to life imprisonment.
法庭判他终身监禁。

4.the Great Depression 大萧条
例句：He studied the cycle of events leading to the Great Depression.
他研究了导致大萧条的一系列事件。