Oliver: 嗨，我是 Oliver。

Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Oliver: 地道英語和大家一起學(xué)習(xí)現(xiàn)代英式英語中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的流行詞匯和實用表達(dá)。那Helen, 今天給我們帶來的新詞是什么呢？

Helen: Today we are going to talk about being a teacher’s pet.

Oliver: 這個短語和學(xué)校生活有些關(guān)系。

Helen: Yes, it’s an expression we often hear in schools, especially among students.

Oliver: 那么請告訴我們 a teacher’s pet 究竟是什么意思呢？

Helen: The definition of a teacher’s pet usually refers to a student who is popular with the teachers, and probably not popular with fellow students.

Oliver: 老師就是 teacher, a pet 就是寵物, 放在一起，這個短語就是說那些老師很喜歡或者說經(jīng)常能得到老師特別照顧的學(xué)生。

Helen: And it’s not a particularly nice phrase to say to someone. It has a negative meaning.

Oliver: 對，這是個貶義的短語，千萬不要用在表揚那些學(xué)習(xí)好的人啊。小心會惹火上身哦。

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A: How did you do in your essay?

B: I got an okay grade, but Mr Jones gave Sarah Evans top marks though.

A: I’m not surprised, she’s a teacher’s pet, you know. They always give her good marks.

Oliver: 通常來講，如果一個學(xué)生在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)很好，特別是在主課上表現(xiàn)很好，就很容易得到老師的喜歡。

Helen: Then other students might brand him or her a teacher’s pet.

Oliver: Helen, did anyone ever call you a teacher’s pet?

Helen: Once or twice. I was quite good at maths.

Oliver: And how did you react?

Helen: I just ignored their comments. I think my classmates were just jealous of my results.

Oliver: 嗯，我們今天學(xué)到得短語就是老師的寵物。

Helen: A teacher’s pet. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us next time.

Oliver: 我們下次節(jié)目再會。