时差N小时 好学生应该如何形容?(上)

It seems you were an awful student.

看来你是个差生。

Well, it's true I was never a swot.

嗯，你说对了，我从来就不是swot。

A what?

一个什么？

A swot. S.W.O.T. Swot. Can you guess what it means¹?

一个swot呀。你知道这个词是什么意思吗？

Well, since you say you were not a swot and you got very bad grades at school, I would say that a swot is a very good student.

嗯，既然你说你不是swot，而你在学校的成绩又非常糟糕，那么swot代表的是非常好的学生。

You're right.

没错。

A swot is a student who spends all their time studying, or swotting.

Swot指的是一个把所有的时间用来学习的学生。

Being² a swot usually means that other students don't like you.

成为Swot通常意味着你的人际关系不怎么样。

1 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。

2 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？