职场英语口语：人人都爱英语老师

Gary：

There are lots of new teachers in our class this semester.

这学期我们班来了很多新老师。

May：

Yeah, so what do you think about the teachers?

是啊，你认为这些老师怎么样?

Gary：

To be honest, I like all of them, except for the math teacher. Though he must be quite young, he seems like an old person. He's so boring.

说实话，除了数学老师，其他的老师我都喜欢。虽然他很年轻，但是他看起来却很老，而且他非常无趣。

May：

I think so too. I don't like him either. Well, who do you like best?

我也这么认为。我也不喜欢他。那么你最喜欢哪位老师呢?

Gary：

It might be the English teacher. What about you?

英语老师吧。你呢?

May：

Me, too. She speaks very clearly and doesn't use very complicated words so that it is easy for us to understand her.

我也是一样。她说话非常清晰，而且她不用非常难得词语，所以我们能够很容易地理解她的话。

Gary：

She is a pretty good teacher! With her help I think I can make great progress in English.

她是位非常好的老师。在她的帮助下，我相信我在英语学习上能够取得很大进步。

May：

Yeah, I like her way of teaching. She told us not to cram for exams, and to pay more attention to communicating than memorizing.

是啊，我喜欢她教学的方式。她告诉我们不要为了考试而填鸭式地学习，要多注意交流而不是死记硬背。

Gary：

I think it's a good way to develop our language ability.

我认为这是提高我们语言能力的好方式。

May：

Actually, our new math teacher is a good person. He just can't find an appropriate way to teach us.

事实上，我们的新数学老师是个不错的人，他只是找不到合适的方法来教我们。

Gary：

In my opinion, he should learn something from our English teacher.

在我看来，他应该从我们的英语老师那里学习一些东西。

May：

Oh, maybe we can give him some suggestions.

噢，或许我们可以给他一些建议。

Gary：

Will he listen to us?

他会听我们的吗?

May：

I guess so. As a matter of fact, he is kind to us.

我是这样认为的。事实上，他对我们很好。

Gary：

So we should gather all our classmates' suggestions and pass them on to him.

那么我们应该收集所有同学的意见，然后把意见给他。

May：

OK, let's start.

好的，我们开始吧。

对话讲解：

to be honest 说实话

To be honest, I just don't want to go.

我真不想去。

make progress 取得进步

Study well and make progress every day.

好好学习，天天向上。

gather vt.聚集，集合

The teacher gathered the pupils round her.

老师把小学生们聚集在她周围。