美語情景對話 第732期:Studying 學習

Todd: Hello, Tini.

託德：你好，蒂尼。

Tini: Yes, hello.

蒂尼：你好。

Todd: Now, Tini, I know that you are a very good student and you enjoy being a student.

託德：蒂尼，我知道你是名優等生，而且你喜歡做學生。

Tini: Yes, I enjoy being a student.

蒂尼：對，我喜歡做學生。

Todd: OK, so as a teacher, I always want to know students are thinking, so I have some questions for you.

託德：好，我是老師，我一直很想知道學生們在想什麼，所以我要問你幾個問題。

Tini: Sure.

蒂尼：好的。

Todd: OK, the first question: Do you like homework?

託德：第一個問題，你喜歡寫作業嗎？

Tini: Well, to some extent, yes. That's a really difficult question. I used to hate it when I was small but as soon as... you know, like being a university student, you gotta be more initiative toward the work that you do and then so we don't have any more homework but we have to, like, acknowledge our role and our responsibility, our duties as well, and then so.

蒂尼：從某種程度上來講，喜歡。這個問題很難回答。我小時候很討厭寫作業，不過……成爲大學生以後，面對自己的任務時要更積極，大學生並沒有太多的作業，不過我們要認清我們的作用和職責。

Todd: Well, how about in class, do you like to study alone or do you like to study in groups with other students?

託德：在課堂上你是喜歡自己一個人學習還是喜歡和其他學生一起學習？

Tini: Well, like different people, we have different learning styles. Like for me, I think I learn best through listening and discussions.

蒂尼：不同的人學習方式也不同。我個人認爲最好的學習方式是傾聽和討論。

Todd: So that means you enjoy doing group work?

託德：所以你喜歡小組學習？

Tini: Yes, I enjoy doing group work, but of course, like, I would prefer, like, sometimes alone to have my own ideas first and then discuss it. You know, balancing.

蒂尼：對，我喜歡小組學習，不過我有時我也喜歡獨自學習，先了解自己的觀點以後再和其他人一起討論。你知道，要平衡。

Todd: A balance. A fair balance.

託德：平衡。很好的平衡。

Tini: Yes, a fair balance.

蒂尼：對，很好的平衡。

Todd: Next question is do you prefer a strict teacher who has many rules or do you prefer and easy going teacher who has no rules over the class?

託德：下一個問題，你喜歡有很多規定的嚴格老師還是喜歡對課堂沒有規定好相處的老師？

Tini: Well, like for me, it actually really depends. I would like a moderate teacher actually. Well,...

蒂尼：對我來說，這要視情況而定。我喜歡溫和的老師。

Todd: Something in between?

託德：介於兩者之間？

Tini: Yes, something in between. A teacher who is very understanding and it's OK if there are many rules, however it doesn't really cross over the line, you know, students, they should have their own lives and then, like, the teacher should respect different ways of doing things for the students I think.

蒂尼：對，介於兩者之間。老師要理解學生，如果有很多規定，只要學生沒有越界，那就應該讓學生有自己的生活，我認爲，老師應該尊重學生處理事情的不同方法。

Todd: OK, that sounds good.

託德：好，聽上去不錯。

Tini: I like interesting teachers probably.

蒂尼：我喜歡有趣的老師。

Todd: Last one, do you prefer studying with multi-media, like movies, audio clips, or do you prefer studying with printed material, like books and journals?

託德：最後一個問題，你喜歡通過電影、音頻等多媒體應用學習，還是喜歡用書籍、報刊等印刷材料學習？

Tini: Like, for me I like hands on things, like I like to write on things that I read so I think I prefer, like, journals and books more where I can actually have like a hands-on feeling.

蒂尼：我喜歡動手實踐，我喜歡在我看的東西上標記，所以我喜歡用報刊和書籍學習，這樣我就可以體驗動手實踐的感覺了。

Todd: That you are actually touching it.

託德：因爲你能觸碰到。

Tini: Actually touching it, and actually you can write it, on it, like more flexible, I think, like for me.

蒂尼：對，能觸碰到，可以在上面標記，我認爲這樣更靈活一些。

Todd: OK, no, that is interesting. Well, thanks for you input.

託德：好，這很有趣。好，謝謝你和我們分享。

Tini: No, problem. Anytime.

蒂尼：不客氣，隨時樂意。

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重點講解：
1. to some extent 在某種程度上；
例句：To some extentI hold that opinion of them still.
在某種程度上，我仍對他們持同樣的看法。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：Mary and Lucyused togo to many places together.
瑪麗和露西以前常常一起去很多地方。
3. as well 也；還；
例句：I don't want them stringing alongas well!
我也同樣不願意讓他們跟著來！
4. in between 在…之間；處於…中間；
例句：We have two lessons this morning, but there's some free timein between.
今天上午我們有兩節課，課間有些休息時間。