美語情景對話 第731期:Teachers 老師

Todd: OK, Tini, you were saying that you enjoy being a student.

託德：蒂尼，你說過你喜歡做學生。

Tini: Yes.

蒂尼：對。

Todd: So, I'm a teacher. I have a couple of questions for you.

託德：我是名老師。我有幾個問題要問你。

Tini: Sure.

蒂尼：好的。

Todd: First one, what type of teacher do you like?

託德：第一個問題，你喜歡哪種老師？

Tini: What type of teacher? Well, I would prefer a teacher who has like very high standards towards their students, but at the same time, very understanding.

蒂尼：哪種老師？我比較喜歡既對學生嚴格要求又可以理解學生的老師。

Todd: Well, that's interesting. So, by high standards, do you mean that they're very demanding?

託德：這很有意思。高標準，你是指嚴格要求嗎？

Tini: Yes.

蒂尼：對。

Todd: So, you think that the teacher should give difficult assignments and give lots of homework?

託德：你認爲老師應該給學生布置困難的任務和大量作業嗎？

Tini: Well, demanding in the sense that probably because they know that the students can do more than, is more able, is able to do more but what they can do right at the moment, and probably in that way the teacher can, how do you say, develop the students more.

蒂尼：嚴格要求的意義在於，老師知道學生可以做更多，學生可以做到的比他們正在做的要多，這樣一來，老師就可以開發學生的更多能力。

Todd: Interesting. OK, so that's the most important thing is the teacher is somewhat demanding and sets high expectations.

託德：有意思。最重要的是老師要嚴格要求，設定高標準。

Tini: Well, I like teachers who are demanding but of course I give very much respect to teachers who actually care about their students and try to understand their students.

蒂尼：我喜歡嚴格要求學生的老師，同時我也非常尊敬那種關心學生、理解學生的老師。

Todd: Right, so they have empathy and understanding.

託德：好，就是說老師要有同理心，理解學生。

Tini: Yes.

蒂尼：對。

Todd: Well, what about qualities you don't like in a teacher?

託德：那你不喜歡老師的什麼品質？

Tini: Qualities I don't like in a teacher? Favorites.

蒂尼：我不喜歡老師的品質？寵愛。

Todd: Favorites.

託德：寵愛。

Tini: Favorites. You know, teacher's pet.

蒂尼：寵愛，就是老師的寵兒。

Todd: Right, can you explain teacher's pet?

託德：好，你能解釋一下什麼是老師的寵兒嗎？

Tini: Teacher's pet is that, you know, sometimes teachers like one student more than the other students, and then so they give like, I don't know, like more attention to that student, and then they are nicer to that student, or. Yes, sometimes gives better grades. I don't know.

蒂尼：老師的寵兒，你知道有時候老師會特別喜歡一個學生，他們會特別關注他們喜歡的學生，對喜歡的學生比對其他學生好。甚至有時可能會給他們喜歡的學生更高的分數。可能會這樣。

Todd: Do you think that maybe that's just human nature, that all teachers have favorites, or do you think some teachers, no matter what, treat everybody equally?

託德：你認爲會不會是因爲人類的天性，所有老師都有寵愛的學生，還是說會有些老師對所有學生一視同仁？

Tini: Well, I think that it also deals with experience, and you know, the period of time you are engaged teaching activities. I think, probably, initially, like, you know, like teacher, initially are human nature, we all have favorites, like we all have like people who we want to be around with and people who don't want to be around with. That is human nature, I think, but then like, probably, as time goes by, and as experience is gained, I think that, like if I'm a teacher, I think I will gain a more, like objective perspective towards the student and teaching I guess.

蒂尼：我覺得和經驗有關，就是從事教師工作的時間。可能剛當上老師時，因爲人類的天性，我們都會有特別喜歡的人，會有想相處和不想相處的人。這是人類的天性，不過之後，隨着時間的流逝和經驗的積累，我想如果我是老師，那我會更客觀地去看待學生和教學。

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重點講解：
1. at the same time 同時；
例句：At the same timea fighter must possess wisdom and courage.
同時，一個戰士還要機智勇敢。
2. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能夠…的；
例句：He said he would look about to see who mightbe able tohelp us.
他說，他要留心看看誰能幫我們的忙。
3. deal with 論述；討論；涉及；
例句：Her poems oftendeal withthe subject of death.
她的詩通常是關於死亡這一主題。
4. go by （時間）流逝，過去；
例句：Saturday afternoonsgo bylike lightning!
星期六的下午象閃電一樣轉瞬即逝！