实战口语情景对话 第236期:Teaching 教学

 Todd: Lois, when are you going¹ back to London, or England? 

托德：洛伊丝，你打算什么时候回英国伦敦？

 

Lois: I'm going back on the 30th of July. 

洛伊丝：我7月30日回去。

 

Todd: OK, that's coming up pretty soon. 

托德：好，那马上就要到了。

 

Lois: Just four more weeks. Four weeks from today, I'll be on the plane, on my way home. 

洛伊丝：还有四周的时间。从今天开始算，还有四周的时间，我打算坐飞机回家。

 

Todd: OK, when you go home, what are you going to do?

托德：嗯，你回家以后，打算做什么呢？

 

Lois: In September I'm going back to college² because I want to be a primary³ school teacher in England, so I have to do a one year course⁴ to qualify⁵ and then hopefully I'll start teaching⁷ the next September back in England. 

洛伊丝：我九月要回大学上课，因为我想在英国当小学老师，所以我必须要念一年的课程，获得教师资格，之后我希望可以在明年九月在英国开始教师生涯。

 

Todd: OK, and what are you going to teach? 

托德：好的，你打算教什么课程？

 

Lois: So, I'm teaching primary so that's all subjects. I'm teaching science and English and math and maybe some French⁸ and sports and music and any other subjects they do at eight years old. 

洛伊丝：因为我是教小学，所以应该会教授所有的课程。我会教科学、英语、数学，可能还会教一些法语还有体育、音乐和其他八岁孩子需要学习的课程。

 

Todd: So, how old will the students be? 

托德：那学生都几岁呢？

 

Lois: So I will be trained to teach from 5 to 11, and hopefully I will teach 7 or 8 year olds. 

洛伊丝：我接受的培训是教5岁至11岁的孩子，希望我能教7、8岁的孩子。

 

Todd: Mm, you like kids⁹? 

托德：嗯，你喜欢孩子？

 

Lois: I hope⁶ so. Yeah, when I worked in Prague I taught¹⁰ some children's classes and I really, really enjoyed them, so hopefully I will like it in England as¹¹ well. Although¹² it will be a bit¹³ different because I'll have maybe twenty five or thirty students in a class so it might¹⁴ be slightly different to the twelve when I was¹⁵ in Prague. 

洛伊丝：是的。我在布拉格工作时教了一些儿童课程，我非常喜欢，所以我希望我也喜欢在英国教儿童课程。不过这会有些难度，因为一个班里可能会有25到30个学生，而我在布拉格时教的班级只有12名学生，所以情况可能会有些不同。

 

Todd: That's a lot. What made¹⁶ you decide¹⁷ to become a teacher? 

托德：人数很多啊。你为什么决定当老师呢？

 

Lois: I'm not really sure because my mother was a teacher and she's trying really hard to convince¹⁸ me that I shouldn't do it because she thinks its too much work but I enjoy talking to people and being¹⁹ around children and teaching so hopefully it will be nice for me. 

洛伊丝：我不太确定，我妈妈是老师，她一直试图说服我，她认为我不应该当老师，因为她认为老师的工作量太大了，不过我喜欢和人们谈话，喜欢和孩子们在一起，也喜欢教学，所以我希望我能做得很好。

1 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

2 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。

3 primary   

n.最主要者；adj.主要的，初期的，根本的

参考例句：

• How long have you studied in primary school?你们在小学学习多长时间？
• The primary reason for advertising is to sell more goods.做广告的根本目的是要多出售货物。

4 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

5 qualify   

vt.取得资格，有资格，限定，描述；vi.取得资格，有资格

参考例句：

• I won't qualify until next year.我明年才具备资格。
• You must qualify yourself for the post.你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。

6 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

7 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

8 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

9 kids   

n.小孩( kid的名词复数 )；年轻人；小山羊；小山羊皮

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。

10 taught   

v.teach的过去式过去分词

参考例句：

• Children must be taught to be careful of traffic.必须教育孩子要当心车辆。
• Miss Brown taught my daughter last year.去年是布朗小姐教我女儿的。

11 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

12 although   

conj（=though）虽然，即使，纵然，尽管

参考例句：

• Although my car is very old,It'still runs very well.我的汽车虽然很旧，但仍然跑得很快。
• Although he worked hard,he failed in the exam.虽然他很努力，但他考试没有及格。

13 bit   

n.一点儿，少量；钻头；马嚼子；辅币，位，比特(二进位制信息单位)；v.控制

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a bit.我正打算出去一会儿。
• When did you change the bit?什么时候换的钻头？

14 might   

aux./v.(may的过去式)可能；可以，允许

参考例句：

• It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
• Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗？

15 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

16 made   

v.make的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• They were not made in china.它们不是中国制造的。
• The monkey made a long arm for the peach.猴子伸臂去摘桃子。

17 decide   

vi./vt.决定；下决心

参考例句：

• It's a difficult question to decide.这是个难以决定的问题。
• I can't decide which to choose.我无法决定要选哪一个。

18 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。

19 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？