校园口语：谈论老师的必备短语

 　　pay attention to one's teacher

　　注意听老师讲课

　　-Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class.

　　-上课的时候你应该注意听老师讲课。

　　-I want to, but I can't concentrate on the subject.

　　-我也想啊，但我就是没法把注意力集中在课上。

　　flock around one's teacher

　　聚集在老师周围

　　-The children flocked around their teacher.

　　-孩子们都聚集在老师周围。

　　-They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told.

　　-他们被老师讲的故事深深吸引了。

　　explain something to one's teacher

　　向老师解释某事

　　-I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill.

　　-我昨天没来上课是因为我妈妈病了。

　　-You should have explained that to your teacher.

　　-你应该向老师解释这事的。

　　buy one's teacher a present

　　给老师买礼物

　　-Tomorrow is Teachers' Day.

　　-明天是教师节。

　　-I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think?

　　-我建议你给老师买些礼物，你说呢？

　　present flowers to one's teacher

　　给老师献花

　　-Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday?

　　-你昨天参加毕业典礼了吗？

　　-Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers.

　　-当然，学生们给老师献花的场景真让人感动。

　　fall short of the expectations of one's teacher

　　辜负老师的期望

　　-I think the principal's speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed into aspiration¹ for the future.

　　-我觉得校长的演讲深深激励了我，让我信心倍增。过去的那些痛苦艰辛如今都转化成了对于明天的向往。

　　-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.

　　-我也有同样的感受。我想我以后要努力学习，那样才不辜负老师和父母的期望。

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

　　stand well with one's teacher

　　深受老师的好评

　　-John stands well with his teachers.

　　-约翰深受老师的好评。

　　-Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills, so he's popular with all his classmates and teachers.

　　-是啊。他是个德才兼备的学生，所以很受同学、老师的欢迎。

　　get a rap on the knuckles² from the teacher

　　受到老师的批评

　　-He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his homework.

　　-因为没完成作业，他被老师批评了。

　　-He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet.

　　-活该，谁让他整晚都在上网。

　　*(give somebody/get) a rap on/over/across the knuckles - (to give somebody/receive) strong criticism for something （给某人以／受到）严厉谴责，厉声训斥

　　respect one's teacher

　　尊敬老师

　　-We should respect our teachers. You shouldn't have answered your teacher back in class.

　　-我们应当尊敬老师，你不该在课上同老师顶嘴。

　　-It was an impulse. I couldn't stand her.

　　-那是一时冲动，我实在受不了她。

　　acknowledge one's debt to one's teacher

　　感谢老师

　　-Congratulations! You finished top in the final examination.

　　-恭喜恭喜！你在期末考试中取得了第一名。

　　-Thank you very much. I don't know what to say. I want to acknowledge my debt to my teacher first.

　　-谢谢，我都不知道说什么了。首先我得感谢老师。

1 aspiration   

n.志向，志趣抱负；渴望；(语)送气音；吸出

参考例句：

• Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
• Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。

2 knuckles   

n.（指人）指关节( knuckle的名词复数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝

参考例句：

• He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
• Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》