日積月累學口語:談論老師的必備短語

-Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class.
-上課的時候你應該注意聽老師講課。

-I want to, but I can't concentrate on the subject.
-我也想啊，但我就是沒法把注意力集中在課上。

-The children flocked around their teacher.
-孩子們都聚集在老師周圍。

-They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told.
-他們被老師講的故事深深吸引了。

explain something to one's teacher
向老師解釋某事

-I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill.
-我昨天沒來上課是因爲我媽媽病了。

-You should have explained that to your teacher.
-你應該向老師解釋這事的。

buy one's teacher a present
給老師買禮物

-Tomorrow is Teachers' Day.
-明天是教師節。

-I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think?
-我建議你給老師買些禮物，你說呢？

present flowers to one's teacher
給老師獻花

-Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday?
-你昨天參加畢業典禮了嗎？

-Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers.
-當然，學生們給老師獻花的場景真讓人感動。

fall short of the expectations of one's teacher
辜負老師的期望

-I think the principal's speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed into aspiration for the future.
-我覺得校長的演講深深激勵了我，讓我信心倍增。過去的那些痛苦艱辛如今都轉化成了對於明天的嚮往。

-I have the same feeling. I thought that I would do my best to study well in the future thus not to fall short of the expectations of my teachers and my parents.
-我也有同樣的感受。我想我以後要努力學習，那樣纔不辜負老師和父母的期望。

*live up to / come up to / meet one's expectations 不辜負某人的期望

stand well with one's teacher
深受老師的好評

-John stands well with his teachers.
-約翰深受老師的好評。

-Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills, so he's popular with all his classmates and teachers.
-是啊。他是個德才兼備的學生，所以很受同學、老師的歡迎。

-He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his homework.
-因爲沒完成作業，他被老師批評了。

-He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet.
-活該，誰讓他整晚都在上網。

*(give somebody/get) a rap on/over/across the knuckles - (to give somebody/receive) strong criticism for something （給某人以／受到）嚴厲譴責，厲聲訓斥

respect one's teacher
尊敬老師

-We should respect our teachers. You shouldn't have answered your teacher back in class.
-我們應當尊敬老師，你不該在課上同老師頂嘴。
-It was an impulse. I couldn't stand her.
-那是一時衝動，我實在受不了她。

acknowledge one's debt to one's teacher
感謝老師

-Congratulations! You finished top in the final examination.
-恭喜恭喜！你在期末考試中取得了第一名。
-Thank you very much. I don't know what to say. I want to acknowledge my debt to my teacher first.
-謝謝，我都不知道說什麼了。首先我得感謝老師。