第一，迷你對(duì)話

A: The teacher was too hard on his students, especially on the boys.

老師對(duì)學(xué)生要求太嚴(yán)厲了，特別是男孩。

B: Yeah, I agree. But some boys were chewing the fat in class.

對(duì)，我同意。但是男生在課堂上總是閑聊。

A: The teacher was really annoyed.

老師真的很惱火。

B: But I don't think they should have physical punishment anyway.

但是不管怎么，我覺得他們不應(yīng)該受到體罰。

A: Maybe you'er right.

也許，你是對(duì)的。

第二，地道表達(dá)

chew the fat

1. 解詞釋義

Chew the fat就是“閑扯，閑聊”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. The older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbors every morning.

這些上了年紀(jì)的婦人每天上午和鄰居們湊在一起閑聊。

e.g. Uncle George likes to come over to chew the fat every Sunday afternoon.

喬治叔叔每星期天的下午都會(huì)過來閑聊一番。

第三，語匯積累

1. be hard on：對(duì)......苛刻

e.g. As soon as I had entered the yard, I saw that the storm had been hard on Dollie's flowers.

我一進(jìn)門就發(fā)現(xiàn)這場暴風(fēng)雨對(duì)黛里的花可真不留情。

e.g. Don' t be too hard on the boy ; he didn't mean to do it.

對(duì)這個(gè)小男孩不要太嚴(yán)厲了,他不是故意這么做的。

2. in class：在課堂上

e.g. Once we caught him dozing off in class.

有一次我們發(fā)現(xiàn)他在上課時(shí)打盹。

e.g. Children who talk too much in class get under the teacher's skin.

班長隨便說話的孩子鬧得老師不安寧。