Useful ExpressionsUnit 1
Useful Expressions Unit 1
伪造假条又及，附注P.s.Forge excuse notes职业学校掩饰字体Disguise one's handwritingVocational school缺课由...写的Be absent from class: Be penned by ...由于喝多了咖啡而从楼梯上摔·直面每一个伪造者了下来Confront each forgerFall down the stairs from too，那些原来只臀了一眼的请假条much coffeeThe notes I had only glanced at我让Mikey留在家中照顾他的before祖母分成两堆，一堆是真正由学生I kept Mikey at home to take母亲写的，另一堆是伪造的。care of his grandmaMake two piles, one for the轮渡站点genuine ones written byFerry terminalmothers, the other for forgeries
• 伪造假条 • Forge excuse notes • 职业学校 • Vocational school • 缺课 • Be absent from class • 由于喝多了咖啡而从楼梯上摔 了下来 • Fall down the stairs from too much coffee • 我让Mikey留在家中照顾他的 祖母 • I kept Mikey at home to take care of his grandma • 轮渡站点 • Ferry terminal • 又及，附注 • P.s. • 掩饰字体 • Disguise one’s handwriting • 由.写的 • Be penned by . • 直面每一个伪造者 • Confront each forger • 那些原来只瞥了一眼的请假条 • The notes I had only glanced at before • 分成两堆，一堆是真正由学生 母亲写的，另一堆是伪造的。 • Make two piles, one for the genuine ones written by mothers, the other for forgeries
。伪造的那一堆要大，有些极富·这些虚构亦或想象的珍品想象力，有些则愚不可及: These gems of fiction andfantasyThe forgeries were the largerpile, with writing that ranged·他们是美国高中生写作范例from imaginative to lunatic: Here was American high school我顿时悟出了点什么writing at its best.I was having an epiphany·幼稚，逼真，急切，简明，然，就任何一个话题让他们鞋200而又是撒谎的字的作文，他们会抱怨说太难。·Raw,real,urgent,brief,andlyingHow they whined and said itwas hard putting 200 words·炉子着火了together on any subject?Stove caught fire当伪造假条时，他们个个都是·墙纸烧着了写作高手。Wallpaper went upWhen they forged excuse notes,·车门夹住了他的书包they were brilliant.Door closed on his school bag
• 伪造的那一堆要大，有些极富 想象力，有些则愚不可及 • The forgeries were the larger pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to lunatic • 我顿时悟出了点什么 • I was having an epiphany. • 就任何一个话题让他们鞋200 字的作文，他们会抱怨说太难。 • How they whined and said it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject? • 当伪造假条时，他们个个都是 写作高手。 • When they forged excuse notes, they were brilliant. • 这些虚构亦或想象的珍品 • These gems of fiction and fantasy • 他们是美国高中生写作范例 • Here was American high school writing at its best. • 幼稚，逼真，急切，简明，然 而又是撒谎的 • Raw, real, urgent, brief, and lying • 炉子着火了 • Stove caught fire • 墙纸烧着了 • Wallpaper went up • 车门夹住了他的书包 • Door closed on his school bag
说粗俗的话What are we supposed to do?值得研究Said vulgar things被驱逐出公寓Be worthy of study不愿老拿闹钟说事。Be evicted out of apartment把我们统统拘留起来Do not settle for the old alarmclock storyHave us all arrested，有一天当你们的孩子迟到、缺闹钟没响。课或想恶作剧时，你们会为他The alarm clock didn't go off.们写假条。分发..给...: One day you might be writingDistribute ... to ..excuses for your own children默默而专注地读when they're late or absent orup to some devilment.Read silently, intently·英语不及格为了保护当事人，我删除了他们的名字Fall behind in English. I omitted names to protect the·快写guilty.Let it rip我们该做什么呢？
• 说粗俗的话 • Said vulgar things • 被驱逐出公寓 • Be evicted out of apartment • 把我们统统拘留起来 • Have us all arrested • 闹钟没响。 • The alarm clock didn’t go off. • 分发.给. • Distribute .to . • 默默而专注地读 • Read silently, intently • 为了保护当事人，我删除了他 们的名字 • I omitted names to protect the guilty. • 我们该做什么呢？ • What are we supposed to do? • 值得研究 • Be worthy of study • 不愿老拿闹钟说事。 • Do not settle for the old alarm clock story • 有一天当你们的孩子迟到、缺 课或想恶作剧时，你们会为他 们写假条。 • One day you might be writing excuses for your own children when they’re late or absent or up to some devilment. • 英语不及格 • Fall behind in English • 快写 • Let it rip
、·他们得被逼着去吃午饭。学生们编造的借口可谓天花乱坠从.到.They have to be urged to go tolunch.The students produced differentexcuses, ranging from...to...·有一个女孩为亚当经不起诱惑而辩护16轮大车撞进房子A 16-wheeler crashed into aA girl defended the seduction ofhouseAdam on the grounds that...学校餐厅引发的一起严重的食物中毒A severe case of food poisoningblamed on the school cafeteria学生低下头，笔在纸上飞驰。Heads went down. Pen racedacross paper.很快Before long平生第一次Forthe first time ever
• 学生们编造的借口可谓天花乱 坠, 从.到. • The students produced different excuses, ranging from.to. • 16轮大车撞进房子 • A 16-wheeler crashed into a house • 学校餐厅引发的一起严重的食 物中毒 • A severe case of food poisoning blamed on the school cafeteria • 学生低下头，笔在纸上飞驰。 • Heads went down. Pen raced across paper. • 很快 • Before long • 平生第一次 • For the first time ever • 他们得被逼着去吃午饭。 • They have to be urged to go to lunch. • 有一个女孩为亚当经不起诱惑 而辩护 • A girl defended the seduction of Adam on the grounds that