pay attention to one's teacher注意聽老師講課

    -Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class. -上課的時(shí)
候你應(yīng)該注意聽老師講課。

    -I want to， but I can't concentrate on the subject. -我也想啊，但
我就是沒法把注意力集中在課上。

    flock around one's teacher聚集在老師周圍

    -The children flocked around their teacher. - 孩子們都聚集在老師周
圍。

    -They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told. -他們被
老師講的故事深深吸引了。

    explain something to one's teacher向老師解釋某事

    -I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill. -
我昨天沒來上課是因?yàn)槲覌寢尣×恕?/p>

    -You should have explained that to your teacher. -你應(yīng)該向老師解釋
這事的。

    buy one's teacher a present 給老師買禮物

    -Tomorrow is Teachers' Day. - 明天是教師節(jié)。

    -I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think？

    - 我建議你給老師買些禮物，你說呢？

    present flowers to one's teacher給老師獻(xiàn)花

    -Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday ？

    - 你昨天參加畢業(yè)典禮了嗎？

    -Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers.
- 當(dāng)然，學(xué)生們給老師獻(xiàn)花的場景真讓人感動。

    fall short of the expectations of one's teacher 辜負(fù)老師的期望

    -I think the principal's speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my
confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed
into aspiration for the future. - 我覺得校長的演講深深激勵(lì)了我，讓我信
心倍增。過去的那些痛苦艱辛如今都轉(zhuǎn)化成了對于明天的向往。

    -I have the same feeling. I thought that I would do my best to study
well in the future thus not to fall short of the expectations of my teachers
and my parents. - 我也有同樣的感受。我想我以后要努力學(xué)習(xí)，那樣才不辜負(fù)
老師和父母的期望。

    *live up to / come up to / meet one's expectations不辜負(fù)某人的期望

    stand well with one's teacher 深受老師的好評

    -John stands well with his teachers. -約翰深受老師的好評。

    -Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills， so
he's popular with all his classmates and teachers. -是啊。他是個(gè)德才兼
備的學(xué)生，所以很受同學(xué)、老師的歡迎。

    get a rap on the knuckles from the teacher受到老師的批評

    -He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his
homework. - 因?yàn)闆]完成作業(yè)，他被老師批評了。

    -He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet. -活該，
誰讓他整晚都在上網(wǎng)。

    * （give somebody/get ） a rap on/over/across the knuckles -（to give
somebody/receive） strong criticism for something （給某人以／受到）嚴(yán)
厲譴責(zé)，厲聲訓(xùn)斥

    respect one's teacher 尊敬老師

    -We should respect our teachers. You shouldn't have answered your
teacher back in class. -我們應(yīng)當(dāng)尊敬老師，你不該在課上同老師頂嘴。

    -It was an impulse. I couldn't stand her. - 那是一時(shí)沖動，我實(shí)在受
不了她。

    acknowledge one's debt to one's teacher 感謝老師

    -Congratulations！ You finished top in the final examination. - 恭
喜恭喜！你在期末考試中取得了第一名。

    -Thank you very much. I don't know what to say. I want to acknowledge
my debt to my teacher first. -謝謝，我都不知道說什么了。首先我得感謝老
師。