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 imprisonment¹!

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 knights²!

学生:因为那时有许多骑士!

(4)Teacher: What is the Great Depression³?

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!”