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2026.06.06 07:35
第八部 第十叁课: flunk , lose sleep over
- 李华正在家裡批改中文班学生的考卷． Larry 来找他．今天李华会学到两个常用语： flunk 和 lose sleep over.
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- 唉！这两个学生啊又不及格了．这个学期啊他们已经是第叁次考试不及格了！
- What? You're flunking them? I thought I told you to go easy on your poor students.
- 你在说甚麼啊？ flunk them? 甚麼是 flunk?
- I said you are going to flunk the students. That means you're going to give them a failing grade.
- 哦～， flunk 就是给他们不及格的分数啊，那你还真说对了呢．你看看他们的考卷！这能及格吗？
- Heh, let me see... whoa, that guy even wrote his own Chinese name wrong! If he can't (even) get that right, he's almost definitely going to flunk!
- 就是嘛！连自己的中文名都写错了，我只能给他不及格了．等等，Larry，你先是说我 flunk 这些学生，给他们不及格，现在又说他们自己要 flunk．这，这到底是谁要 flunk 谁啊？
- The word flunk can mean both "to give a failing grade to" as well as "to fail a course". So if you flunk that student, he will flunk the class. Got it?
- 哦～，我懂了， flunk 既可以指给学生不及格的分数，也可以指学生自己考不及格． Larry，你自己是不是也有过不及格的时候啊？
- What? No way! ...well, almost. Actually, I almost flunked my first beginner's Chinese class. But I managed to pass with a C.
- 我的天啊！你只拿到 C？你啊！八成和我这些学生一样懒散，不认真．我要是你的中文老师，绝对让你不及格的！
- Hey, I did my best! My first Chinese teacher even tutored me on her own free time. If it weren't for her, I would have flunked!
- 嗯，那啊是你运气，老师愿意帮你补课．我也愿意帮这些学生补习啊，可是他们经常连课都不来上，我能怎麼办啊？
- They don't come to class? What a couple of idiots. Well, go ahead and flunk them, then.
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- 唉！我真的不知道该怎麼处理那两个学生的成绩。
- Yeah, I'd go ahead and just flunk them. Don't lose any sleep over it, they deserve it.
- 你要我别怎麼啦？睡不着觉？哎，你在说甚麼啊？
- When I say lose sleep over something, I mean not to worry about it a lot.
- 哦～，你这麼说啊我就懂了．Lose sleep over something 就是说你非常担心某件事，而到了睡不着觉的地步．Larry，你真以為我会為这两个学生担心到失眠呀？
- Of course not. When we use this phrase, we are just exaggerating. I know you won't really lose sleep over something like this.
- 原来， lose sleep over 是有点夸张的说法．我啊虽然还不到失眠的程度．可是有的时候我真觉得当一个老师压力好大，有好多责任呢！
- Most of your students seem to be doing pretty well, right? You aren't losing any sleep over the other students, are you?
- 没有啊！我有一些学生啊是非常聪明，也很用功呢。
- That's good. That means the other two students are just irresponsible. There's no need to lose sleep over them failing your class.
- 对啦，就这两个学生有问题．他们不及格啊也是他们自己的责任．Larry，我听说你前几天回绝了一个工作机会．怎麼回事儿呀？
- That? Oh, I'm not losing any sleep over that decision. I just don't have time for that job, I had no other choice.
- 没事就好．时间太紧张啊就别再给自己增加负担了．
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