評論
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Diarmuid: (laughing to himself) Dear, oh dear.
Feifei: Hi Diarmuid. What are you laughing at?
Diarmuid: I'm just looking at these. My mum found them in the attic.
Feifei: 在閣樓里找到的東西？What are they?
Diarmuid: They're my old class reports from my school days. They've been stored away for all these years.
Feifei: Diarmuid 上學時候的學習成績報告。那我可要看看他上學的時候是不是個乖孩子。What do the reports say?
Diarmuid: Have a look for yourself.
Feifei: Let me see. Let's choose a subject... here we are, History: (reading from report) "Diarmuid has failed to learn anything this year because he spends all his time chatting at the back of the classroom."
Let's look at another... Maths: "Diarmuid must learn that it is not enough just to sit at his desk. He must pay attention to the lesson, and study hard out of class and do his homework."
Diarmuid: I wasn't very good at maths.
Feifei: So I see. Let's have another... Science: "This lazy boy is a disgrace to the school uniform!"
Diarmuid: That teacher never liked me.
Feifei: Diarmuid 的學習成績報告單上老師的評語實在是慘不忍睹。It seems you were an awful student.
Diarmuid: Well, it's true I was never a swot.
Feifei: A what?
Diarmuid: A swot. S.W.O.T. Swot. That's our Authentic Real English word of the day. Can you guess what it means?
Feifei: Well, since you say you were not a swot and you got very bad grades at school, I would say that a swot is a very good student.
Diarmuid: You're right. A swot is a student who spends all their time studying, or swotting.
Feifei: Swot.
Diarmuid: Yes, but be careful because being a swot usually means that other students don't like you.
Feifei: Swots 通常什么都不做，一身心只顧學習，也就是我們說的兩耳不聞窗外事，一心只讀圣賢書。他們在學校不受那些不愛學習的學生歡迎，同時也招來大家對他們成績的嫉妒。
Example
A: Look at this old photo of our class at school.
B: Oh yes, there's Simon Studious. He was such a swot. I wonder whatever happened to him.
A: I heard he started his own software company; he's a multi-millionaire now.
B: Oh. Wish I'd worked a bit harder then.
Feifei: So I could say I'm going to swot up on laptops because I want to buy a new computer.
