王强口语 第一册 long conversation 12.1

　　Long Conversations
1.Conversations: (Find a partner and practice these dialogues.)
A:
Teacher: (Saying to the principle of the school) Look at little Reggie's history homework, Mr. Bumper¹.
Bumper: Cartoons? Drawings? (Saying to Reggie) Just what has this to do with history, young man?
Reggie: It's a history of our class in 1999.
Bumper: You may go, Miss Mood. I'll deal with little Reggie.
Teacher: Yes, sir.
Reggie: (Talking to himself) How many days of detention² am I going to get now?

1 bumper   

n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的

参考例句：

• The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
• This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。