纯正地道美语(外教讲解)323：家长会

　　A: Thank you for coming tonight, Mrs. Webber. As a teacher, it's great seeing the kid's parents assist our parent-teacher conference night.
谢谢您晚上能来，韦伯太太。作为老师，很高兴您晚上能来参加家长会。
B: Of course! I am very interested to know how my child is doing and also get some insight from you as to how he can improve.
当然要来参加的！我非常想知道我的孩子最近怎么样，也想问问您如何帮助他提高学习成绩呢。
A: Well Allen is a great student. He is a hard worker and very well behaved, however he does struggle a bit with math.
嗯，艾伦是个很好的学生。他学习勤奋，表现也很好，但是在数学上他有些困难。
B: I guess he gets that from me, I never did well in math when I was a kid. What can I do at home to compliment what he is learning in the classroom.
我想这可能是遗传吧，我小时候数学就不好。在家里我们做些什么帮助他巩固在课上学到的知识呢？
A: Well, it's important that you sit with him and review his homework assignments and help him with math. I would also recommend he stay after school twice a week for tutoring sessions. It will really help a lot.
嗯。你应该坐在他旁边帮他复习家庭作业并且辅导他数学，这很重要。我建议他每周有两天能在放学后参加辅导课程。那样会帮助很大。
B: Thanks a lot! I will definitely do that. Is there anything else?
非常感谢！我一定会这么做的。还有什么其他可以做的吗？
A: Um... yes. Here is a notice from our financial department, seems your child's tution is overdue¹.
嗯……是的，这是我们财政部的通知单，看上去您的孩子的家教期限已经到了。
B: Oh yes, I...
哦，是的。我……

1 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。