1.Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell “crocodile”?
Glenn: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L
Teacher: No, that‘s wrong.
Glenn: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
翻译:
老师:格林,你怎么拼写“鳄鱼”?
格林:K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L
老师:不对,错了。
格林:也许吧,但是你问我、我怎么拼的嘛!
2.Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
John: You told me to do it without using tables.
翻译:
老师:约翰,你干嘛趴在地上做乘法题啊?
约翰:你不是说不准用桌子吗……(table有两个意思:乘法表和桌子)
3.Teacher: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn‘t have ten years ago.
Winnie: Me!
翻译:
老师:温妮,说出一样“十年前我们没有、现在很重要”的东西。
温妮:我!
4.Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: H I J K L M N O.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it‘s H to O.
翻译:
老师:唐纳,水的化学公式是什么?
唐纳:H I J K L M N O。
老师:你在说什么呀?
唐纳:昨天你说的啊:“从H到O”(H2O,小鬼理解成H to O了)
5.Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
Maria: Here it is.
Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
Class: Maria.
翻译:
老师:玛利亚,去地图上把北美洲指出来。
玛利亚:在这里。
老师:没错。现在、同学们,是谁发现了美洲呀?
全班:玛利亚