1.Dialogues Between a Teacher and a Pupil
老师与学生之间的对话
(1)Teacher: This essay on your dog is, word for word, the same as your brother's.
老师:这篇有关狗的文章和你哥哥的一字不差。
Pupil: Yes, sir, it is the same dog.
学生:是的，先生，这是同一只狗。
(2)Teacher: I want you to tell me the longest sentence you can think of.
教师:我想要你们告诉我你们能想出的最长的句子。
Pupil: Life imprisonment!
学生:终身监禁。
(3)Teacher: Why were the early days of history called the dark ages?
教师:为什么早期的历史被称为黑暗时代?
Pupil: Because there were so many knights!
学生:因为那时有许多骑士!
(4)Teacher: What is the Great Depression?
教师:什么是大萧条?
Pupil: When you get a bad report card.
学生:当你拿到不好的成绩单时。
(5)Teacher: What great event happened in 1809?
老师:1809年发生了什么重大事件?
Pupil: Abraham Lincoln was born.
学生:亚伯拉罕·林肯出生了。
Teacher: Correct. And what great event happened in 1812?
老师:正确。1812发生了什么重大事件?
Pupil: Abraham Lincoln had his third birthday.
学生:亚伯拉罕·林肯过他的第三个生日。
(6)Teacher: Walter, why don't you wash your face? I can sec what you had for breakfast this morning.
老师:沃尔特，你为什么不洗脸?我可以看出你今天早餐吃了什么。
Pupil: What was it?
学生:那是什么?
Teacher: Eggs.
老师:鸡蛋。
Pupil:Wrong, sir. That was yesterday.
学生:错了，先生。那是昨天的。
(7)Teacher: Why are you late?
老师:你为什么迟到?
Pupil: Because of a sign down the road.
学生:因为路上的一个牌子。
Teacher: What does a sign have to do with your being late?
老师:牌子和你迟到有什么关系？
Pupil: The sign said, "School Ahead, Go Slow!"
学生:牌子写着，“前方学校——慢行!”