(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
George: Hello, I'm George from Hawaii.
乔治:大家好,我是乔治,来自夏威夷 。
Crystal: And I'm Crystal from America.
克里斯托尔:我是克里斯托尔,来自美国 。
George: And today's question is: would you rather be a student or a teacher? So Crystal?
乔治:今天要讨论的问题是:你更喜欢做学生还是做老师?克里斯托尔?
Crystal: George?
克里斯托尔:乔治?
George: Crystal, would you rather be a student or a teacher?
乔治:克里斯托尔,你更喜欢做学生还是做老师?
Crystal: I would rather be a student rather than a teacher.
克里斯托尔:相比于当老师来说,我更喜欢做学生 。
George: Why?
乔治:为什么?
Crystal: Because I think being a student is more fun rather than being a teacher such as ... examples as in classes if you're a student you can have the right to go to class or skip but if you're a teacher you have the responsibility to teach so you have to go to class.
克里斯托尔:因为我认为做学生比当老师更有乐趣,就上课来说,学生有权去上课或逃课,但是如果是老师,因为承担着教学责任,所以必须去上课 。
George: OK, that makes sense.
乔治:好,这可以说得通 。
Crystal: What about you George?
克里斯托尔:你呢,乔治?
George: Well, I've done some teaching, yeah.
乔治:我做过教学工作 。
Crystal: Oh, yeah.
克里斯托尔:哦,好 。
George: It is stressful, yeah. Being in charge of students knowledge and what not. It's way too stressful and way too much pressure. Way too much pressure. I can't handle that.
乔治:压力非常大 。要负责教授学生知识等工作 。那种压力实在是太大了,太有负担感了 。压力过多 。那让我应付不过来 。
Crystal: But then sometimes I would like to be in charge.
克里斯托尔:不过有时我想负责 。
George: Oh, that would be pretty sweet, yeah!
乔治:哦,那真是很不错!
Crystal: I always wanted to throw those little chalks at their heads. Ugh!
克里斯托尔:我一直想把那些小粉笔扔到他们头上 。咳!
George: Can you do that?
乔治:你能那么做吗?
Crystal: I don't know. You can ....
克里斯托尔:我不知道 。你可以……
George: I don't have chalk in my classroom. It's all markers. Next time I'm gonna try to throw a marker.
乔治:我的教室里没有粉笔 。都是马克笔 。下次我会扔马克笔试试 。
Crystal: Ah, I like that.
克里斯托尔:啊,我喜欢那个主意 。
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重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. make sense 可以理解;讲得通;
例句:To me, this all just seems to make sense and I think it's readable.
对于我来说,这一切似乎讲得通,我认为它是可读的 。
2. in charge of 主管;全面负责;统领;
例句:He's in charge of the hospital.
他主持医院工作 。
3. and what not 等等;诸如此类;
例句:Children love to have toys, pictures and what not.
孩子一般喜欢玩具、图片和其他的东西 。