日常生活英语-Returning a Call to Child's Teacher(3)

A: I believe that you called me?
B: Oh, hi. Thanks for getting back to me quickly.
A: Why did you call me?
B: I was calling about your son.
A: Did he do something wrong?
B: Your son was acting¹ up in class.
A: What do you mean?
B: He was talking and causing a disturbance² during class.
A: That's really not like him.
B: If you could just talk to him, I would greatly appreciate it.
A: I apologize, and I'll make sure he doesn't do that again.
B: Don't worry about it, but thank you very much.

 

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 disturbance   

n.动乱，骚动；打扰，干扰；(身心)失调

参考例句：

• He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
• You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。