想必每个人在学生时代都有过崇拜的老师吧。其实老师的工作也不是那么轻松的,除了要准备教案上好每一节课之外,还必须关心学生们的学习近况和生活情况。若有一天你也成为一名老师,发现当年崇拜的老师的孩子现在成为了你的学生,你也会有Kevan和Jules的感慨吗?
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使用方法：精听+角色扮演
Kevan: Hey Jules, just on your break?
凯万:嘿 ,朱尔斯,在休息吗?
Jules: Not really. I've got about five seconds before my next class starts to be filled with a bunch of kids who are 1)wet behind the ears and filled with more energy than a 2)power plant. ①I feel like a chicken with my head cut off.
朱尔斯:不是呢。下节课开始前我还有五秒钟时间,我要面对一群初出茅庐的孩子,所以我得精神百倍。我觉得有点手足无措。
Kevan: First week is always a killer. New students, new syllabi, new books—new everything.
凯万:第一个星期总是这么糟糕的了。新学生,新教案,新课本——全新的一切。
Jules: Have you met any of your new students yet?
朱尔斯:你见了新学生了吗?
Kevan: Yeah, and you'll never guess who appeared before me in the chem lab.
凯万:是的,你不会猜到我在化学试验室碰到了谁。
Jules: Who?
朱尔斯:谁啊?
Kevan: Do you remember our astronomy prof in third year? ②That guy who could run circles around the rest of the faculty?
凯万:你记得我们大三的天文学教授吗?那个可以说全校最聪明的老师?
Jules: Are you talking about Daniel Butler?
朱尔斯:你说的是丹尼尔·巴特勒吗?
Kevan: That's the one.
凯万:正是他。
Jules: What about him?
朱尔斯:他怎么样了?
Kevan: No word of a lie, his son, Jesse Butler, is taking my chemistry lab.
凯万:实话说吧,他儿子,杰西·巴特勒,在我的化学试验室上课。
Jules: You're pulling my leg.
朱尔斯:你在和我开玩笑吧。
Kevan: May the gods strike me down if I'm telling a lie.
凯万:如果我说谎的话,就让上天惩罚我吧。
Jules: That's unbelievable! Who would have ever thought that one day you'd end up with Dan Butler's child in your class? What's the kid like?
朱尔斯:真是难以置信!谁会想到有天丹·巴特勒的儿子会是你的学生?这孩子怎么样?
Kevan: ③Smart as a whip, of course.
凯万:当然非常聪明。
Jules: He'd have to be with a dad like Dan.
朱尔斯:他会成为像他的父亲丹一样的人的。
Kevan: The only problem is that he's lazy as hell. His lab partner did practically all the work.
凯万:唯一的问题就是,他很懒。他的实验搭档替他做了所有的功课。
Jules: Who is he?
朱尔斯:他是谁啊?
Kevan: She. Sweet girl named Juanita something. ④I hope she doesn't end up carrying his weight for him.
凯万:应该是她。一个叫做胡安妮塔什么的可爱女孩。我希望她不会一直替他做功课。
Jules: ⑤Well why don't you just wait and see which way the cat jumps on this one. You never know, she may end up being a good influence on him.
朱尔斯:为何你不等等,观望一下事态进展呢?谁知道呢,说不定她会对他产生非常好的影响的。
Kevan: I hope you're right. Anyway, I better run—gotta finish prepping my course outlines.
凯万:我希望你说的是对的。无论如何,我得走了——去准备我的教案。
Jules: You and me both. Catch you for dinner later?
朱尔斯:我们都一样。晚点一起吃饭?
Kevan: ⑥You're on.
凯万:就这么定了。