After Getting Home

Jane：Home at last. Tonight we have a lot of homework though.

Tom：Are you saying we don’t have time to watch our favorite show tonight? Jane, you know I really don’t like our teacher all that much. He gives far too much homework. He criticizes me in front of? everyone all the time?.

Jane：To tell the truth?, I don’t really like him either. He’s kind of boring and not very active. He always looks unhappy too.

Tom：Yes, and he also…

Jane：Do you think we should be talking about him like this behind his back?

Tom：Probably not. After all? he is our teacher. We should try to find something nice to say. If you can’t say something nice you shouldn’t say anything at all.

Jane：I absolutely agree. It’s getting dark. We should finish our homework now.

Tom： All right. I want to take a shower first, I’m exhausted.

回家后

简：终于到家了。不过今晚我们有一大堆作业要做。

汤姆：你是说我们没时间看最喜欢的电视节目了吗？简，你知道我真的不那么喜欢我们老师。他布置的作业太多了。而且总是在大家面前批评我。

简：说实话，我也不是很喜欢他。他有点儿乏味而且一点儿也不活跃，看起来总是一副不开心的样子。

汤姆：对啊，而且他还…

简：你觉得我们应该在背后这样说他吗？

汤姆：不应该，毕竟他是我们的老师。我们应该找点好的说。如果你不能说点好的，那就别说了。

简：我完全赞成。天要黑了，我们还是先把功课做完吧。

汤姆：好吧。我想先冲个澡。累死了！

though ad. 可是，不过

criticize v. 批评，责备

either ad. 也（不）

active a. 活跃的，积极的