美語情景對話 第1055期:Student vs Teacher 學生和老師

Jeremy: So Abidemi, you were a teacher at one time but now you've gone back to school. Can you tell me what that's like?

傑里米：阿比德米，你曾經當過老師，現在你又回到學校繼續學習。你能和我說說你的感受嗎？

Abidemi: Well, Jeremy, I think it's great. I think it's awesome to be able to go back and play the role of a student after being a teacher for a few years. I'm actually loving it. I really enjoy learning. So that aspect of it is great. I love the fact that I have less responsibility as a student now, whereas before, as a teacher, I had the full pressure of all the students on me. If I had 30 students, that means 30 times as much pressure or so it felt like. But now, I just have to concern myself with only me. So that aspect I love.

阿比德米：傑里米，我認爲那太棒了。在當了幾年老師以後再回到學校體驗學生的生活，這真的太美好了。我非常喜歡這種感覺。我很享受學習的過程。從這方面來看還是不錯的。現在我是學生，所以我的責任少了很多，以前當老師的時候，我感覺所有學生都在向我施加壓力。如果我教30個學生，那我就有30倍的壓力。不過現在，我只要關心自己就可以了。從這個角度來說我很喜歡現在的生活。

Jeremy: Is there anything you miss about being a teacher?

傑里米：那老師這份工作，有沒有令你懷念的？

Abidemi: Maybe, yeah. I miss standing in front of a whole bunch of people and getting to teach them something that they don't know about, share my own opinions and lead discussions. I really miss that. And getting to know each of my students in a different way, I miss that. So yeah, for sure.

阿比德米：也許，有的。我想念站在一羣學生面前將他們不知道的知識傳授給他們的那種感覺，我想念和他們分享我的觀點並主持討論的那些時光。我非常想念這些。還有，用不同的方式去了解每個學生，這也是我所懷念的。

Jeremy: Do you think you have a new appreciation of being a student now that you didn't have before you became a teacher?

傑里米：那你現在對學生這一身份是不是有了新的認識，你當老師前沒有的那種認識？

Abidemi: Yes, definitely. Definitely. I wished I had been able to go back to be a student a long—way before this time. And I would love for every teacher to go back and become a student because personally, I think I was very strict as a teacher before. Some of students said it but I didn't realize. I didn't understand how but maybe I did give away too much homework and expected way too much. So now, if I had to go back, I would, yeah, be more lenient, I think.

阿比德米：對，當然了，的確如此。我在很久以前就一直希望能重新做回學生。我希望每名教師都能返回校園再去體驗一下學生的生活，因爲就我個人來說，我以前當老師的時候非常嚴厲。有學生說過這點，可是當時我沒有意識到。我不知道他們爲什麼會那樣認爲，也許我之前的確留了太多作業，而且期待的太多了。現在，如果我能回到我當老師的那個時候，我會更寬容一些。

Jeremy: So you think becoming a student again has made you, maybe, into a better teacher.

傑里米：你認爲再次回到學生身份可能會使你成爲更好的老師。

Abidemi: For sure, definitely, definitely. It's made me appreciate what my students do a lot more.

阿比德米：當然了，就是這樣。那讓我更理解我學生所做的事。

Jeremy: So do you have any desire to become a teacher again after you finish your degree?

傑里米：那你完成學業以後還想當老師嗎？

Abidemi: Yes, I do. Yes, I do. I would love to go back into the classroom as a teacher, whether it'd be to teach English or teach something else. I enjoyed that role a lot, so I look forward to it.

阿比德米：想。我很想。我想回到課堂去教課，無論是教英語還是教其他的內容。我很享受老師這個角色，我期盼能再次當老師。

Jeremy: Yeah, I can say that I had a very similar experience. I was a teacher after I graduated my undergraduate, and I taught for a year in Korea. And just that experience really made me appreciate how much freedom you have as a student but also how much motivation you have to push yourself forward. How it has to be up to you to do it. You know, you don't have anybody else breathing down your neck to do stuff. So I really found my second go as being a student was much, much more successful than my first go because I enjoyed being in the classroom. I didn't feel I had to be in the classroom. So yeah, I'd like being a teacher made me a much better student. And being a student for many, many years, my graduate degree also made me a much better teacher, I think.

傑里米：對，可以說，我的經歷和你非常類似。我本科畢業以後做了老師，我在韓國任教一年。那個經歷不僅讓我更加珍惜學生時代所擁有的自由，也讓我意識到應該投入更多的動力推動自己進步。這一切都要靠自己。因爲沒有人盯着你做事。我發現，我再回到校園比我之前上學的時候要更成功，因爲我學會了享受課堂學習。我沒有那種我不得不在教室學習的感覺。我想之前當老師的經歷讓我成爲了更好的學生。而在學習了很多年之後，研究生畢業以後，我成爲了更好的老師。

Abidemi: That's great.

阿比德米：太好了。

Jeremy: Yeah.

傑里米：對。

Abidemi: That's great.

阿比德米：那真的太好了。

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重點講解：
1. a bunch of 一夥，一羣（人）；
例句：John has a bunch of friends and often gets their help.
約翰有一幫子朋友並且經常得到他們的幫助。
2. go back 回到（過去）；回顧；
例句：He is now fit enough to go back to work.
他現在身體健康，可以回去工作了。
3. for sure 無疑；肯定；
例句：I know for sure that the chances are in favor of those who are always ready.
我確實相信，機會屬於時刻準備着的人。
4. breathe down one's neck 密切監視；緊緊盯住；
例句：Most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks.
大部分農場主的一舉一動都受到銀行經理們的密切關注。