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2024.12.09 20:27
第八部 第十三課: flunk , lose sleep over
- 李華正在家裡批改中文班學生的考卷． Larry 來找他．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： flunk 和 lose sleep over.
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- 唉！這兩個學生啊又不及格了．這個學期啊他們已經是第三次考試不及格了！
- What? You're flunking them? I thought I told you to go easy on your poor students.
- 你在說甚麼啊？ flunk them? 甚麼是 flunk?
- I said you are going to flunk the students. That means you're going to give them a failing grade.
- 哦～， flunk 就是給他們不及格的分數啊，那你還真說對了呢．你看看他們的考卷！這能及格嗎？
- Heh, let me see... whoa, that guy even wrote his own Chinese name wrong! If he can't (even) get that right, he's almost definitely going to flunk!
- 就是嘛！連自己的中文名都寫錯了，我只能給他不及格了．等等，Larry，你先是說我 flunk 這些學生，給他們不及格，現在又說他們自己要 flunk．這，這到底是誰要 flunk 誰啊？
- The word flunk can mean both "to give a failing grade to" as well as "to fail a course". So if you flunk that student, he will flunk the class. Got it?
- 哦～，我懂了， flunk 既可以指給學生不及格的分數，也可以指學生自己考不及格． Larry，你自己是不是也有過不及格的時候啊？
- What? No way! ...well, almost. Actually, I almost flunked my first beginner's Chinese class. But I managed to pass with a C.
- 我的天啊！你只拿到 C？你啊！八成和我這些學生一樣懶散，不認真．我要是你的中文老師，絕對讓你不及格的！
- Hey, I did my best! My first Chinese teacher even tutored me on her own free time. If it weren't for her, I would have flunked!
- 嗯，那啊是你運氣，老師願意幫你補課．我也願意幫這些學生補習啊，可是他們經常連課都不來上，我能怎麼辦啊？
- They don't come to class? What a couple of idiots. Well, go ahead and flunk them, then.
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- 唉！我真的不知道該怎麼處理那兩個學生的成績。
- Yeah, I'd go ahead and just flunk them. Don't lose any sleep over it, they deserve it.
- 你要我別怎麼啦？睡不著覺？哎，你在說甚麼啊？
- When I say lose sleep over something, I mean not to worry about it a lot.
- 哦～，你這麼說啊我就懂了．Lose sleep over something 就是說你非常擔心某件事，而到了睡不著覺的地步．Larry，你真以為我會為這兩個學生擔心到失眠呀？
- Of course not. When we use this phrase, we are just exaggerating. I know you won't really lose sleep over something like this.
- 原來， lose sleep over 是有點誇張的說法．我啊雖然還不到失眠的程度．可是有的時候我真覺得當一個老師壓力好大，有好多責任呢！
- Most of your students seem to be doing pretty well, right? You aren't losing any sleep over the other students, are you?
- 沒有啊！我有一些學生啊是非常聰明，也很用功呢。
- That's good. That means the other two students are just irresponsible. There's no need to lose sleep over them failing your class.
- 對啦，就這兩個學生有問題．他們不及格啊也是他們自己的責任．Larry，我聽說你前幾天回絕了一個工作機會．怎麼回事兒呀？
- That? Oh, I'm not losing any sleep over that decision. I just don't have time for that job, I had no other choice.
- 沒事就好．時間太緊張啊就別再給自己增加負擔了．
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