日常生活英语-Returning a Call to Child's Teacher(2)

A: Did¹ you call me?
B: Thank you for returning² my call.
A: What was³ your call about?
B: I wanted to have a talk with you about your son.
A: What did he do?
B: He was messing⁴ around last week in class.
A: Exactly⁵ what did he do?
B: Even⁶ though⁷ I asked him not to, he kept speaking out in class.
A: I don't know what his problem⁸ is.
B: I need you to talk to him, if you don't mind⁹.
A: That won't happen again, I'm sorry.
B: Thank you. Hopefully I won't have to call about him again.
 

1 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

2 returning   

v.返回，回来( return的现在分词 )；恢复；还；归还

参考例句：

• A growing number of people are returning to full-time education. 越来越多的人重返学校接受全日制教育。
• The people lined the streets to hail the returning heroes. 人们夹道欢迎凯旋的英雄们。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 messing   

弄脏，弄乱( mess的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She didn't want you coming and messing about with things. 她不愿意你来瞎胡闹。
• Stop messing about, boys! I'm trying to do some reading. 孩子们，别瞎闹，我想看一会儿书。

5 exactly   

adv.准确地；严格地

参考例句：

• What I want is exactly this one.我要的就是这一个。
• I beg your pardon,what you say is not exactly correct.对不起，你说的话并不完全对。

6 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

7 though   

conj.虽然，尽管；即使；可是，不过，然而；adv.可是，不过，然而

参考例句：

• It's quite pleasant today,though the wind is rather cool.尽管风有点凉，今天天气还是很不错的。
• I will have a try even though I should fail.哪怕失败，我也要试一下。

8 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

9 mind   

n.思想，主意，心意；v.介意，照顾，留心

参考例句：

• I've changed my mind.我一经转变主意。
• You really don't mind?你真的不介意？