【英语趣味课堂】教室里的规定-Class Rules

Todd: So, Marion, how are your classes?

Marion: My classes are quite good at the moment. I'm enjoying them. I work in a junior high school and high school together, so my students range from twelve years old right up to eighteen.

 

Todd: What do you teach your students?

 

Marion: It teach them English.

 

Todd: Really.

 

Marion: Yeah, so communication basically¹.

 

Todd: OK, so are they good students? You got nice kids?

 

Marion: I have a mixuture so, but mainly they're quite good children. They're mostly very nice, but there are always going to be a few who are a bit naughty.

 

Todd: So what do the naughty students do to be naughty?

 

Marion: Well, in my class naughty students don't pay attention when I speak sometimes, or they talk to their friend next to them when they should be listening or writing or doing something else. I don't mind if they talk to each other about what we're doing but if they are talking about what was on TV last night so something like that I don't like it, unless they do it in English. If they can that's fine.

 

Todd: Well, what do you do if your students are bad, are naughty? How do you discipline² them?

 

Marion: I hit them....No, I don't.

 

Todd: You do not.

 

Marion: I'm joking, I'm joking. Well, I have quite small classes, so it's quite easy. I'll just either call their name or walk down to their seat and if everybody is working on something, I'll talk to them about their work and see what they're doing, if they have any problems, that kind of thing and then if it gets worse, then sometimes they have to stand up, or if they are really, really naughty, and don't do any work, they'll have to come back and see me after school, and finish their work, then.

 

Todd: So are you a strict teacher or a friendly teacher?

 

Marion: I'm more of a friendly teacher, but with a couple of classes, I've become a strict teacher because I have to be, but mostly a friendly teacher I think.

 

Todd: Who are easier to teach, the junior high students or the high school students?

 

Marion: Probably the junior high because their more enthusiastic about English. They get quite excited about coming to our classes, and like I said they are small classes so it's easier and better for them to because they have more chance to speak and to use English.

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

at the moment

 

My classes are quite good at the moment.

 

The phrase³ 'at the moment' is similar in meaning to 'right now'.  Notice the following:

 

I am quite busy at the moment.

He is not here at the moment. Can I take a message?

range from ... right up to

 

My students range from twelve years old right up to eighteen.

 

Here, the word 'range' means⁴ a set of things from the lowest to the highest number.  Notice the following:

 

Prices range from a 100 dollars a night right up to 1,000 dollars a night.

Salaries range from $35,000 a year for a clerk (right up) to $75,000 a year for a supervisor⁵.

basically

 

I teach them communication basically.

 

The word 'basically' is used when we talk about a main idea, not about details.  Notice the following:

 

This letter basically means you must appear in court.

I quit my job basically because I was bored with it.

naughty

 

There is always going to be a few who are a bit naughty.

 

Naughty children don't listen to their parents or teachers.  Notice the following

 

My brother was always naughty in school.

If you are naughty, you will not get dessert.

to discipline

 

How do you discipline them?

 

Here, 'discipline' has the same meaning as 'punish'.  Notice the following:

 

The class was disciplined⁶ for talking. They were given extra homework.

Reseach shows hitting children is not an effective way to discipline them.

 

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 discipline   

n.纪律，风纪，训练，训诫；教养，修养，学科

参考例句：

• She needs the discipline of having to write an essay every week.她需要进行每周写一篇文章的训练。
• Everyone should keep discipline and you are no exception.每个人都应该遵守纪律,你也毫无例外。

3 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

6 disciplined   

adj.受过训练的；遵守纪律的v.训练(discipline的过去式和过去分词)；使有纪律

参考例句：

• She must have been well disciplined for her orderliness. 她有条不紊，一定受过良好的训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They're very strict at our school; one false step, and you're disciplined. 我们学校很严格，犯了个错，就会受到处罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》