pay attention to one’s teacher

注意聽老師講課

-Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class.

-上課的時候你應該注意聽老師講課。

-I want to, but I can’t concentrate on the subject.

-我也想啊，但我就是沒法把注意力集中在課上。

flock around one’s teacher

聚集在老師周圍

-The children flocked around their teacher.

-孩子們都聚集在老師周圍。

-They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told.

-他們被老師講的故事深深吸引了。

explain something to one’s teacher

向老師解釋某事

-I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill.

-我昨天沒來上課是因為我媽媽病了。

-You should have explained that to your teacher.

-你應該向老師解釋這事的。

buy one’s teacher a present

給老師買禮物

-Tomorrow is Teachers’ Day.

-明天是教師節。

-I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think?

-我建議你給老師買些禮物，你說呢？

present flowers to one’s teacher

給老師獻花

-Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday?

-你昨天參加畢業典禮了嗎？

-Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers.

-當然，學生們給老師獻花的場景真讓人感動。

fall short of the expectations of one’s teacher

辜負老師的期望

-I think the principal’s speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed into aspiration for the future.

-我覺得校長的演講深深激勵了我，讓我信心倍增。過去的那些痛苦艱辛如今都轉化成了對于明天的向往。

-I have the same feeling. I thought that I would do my best to study well in the future thus not to fall short of the expectations of my teachers and my parents.

-我也有同樣的感受。我想我以后要努力學習，那樣才不辜負老師和父母的期望。

*live up to / come up to / meet one’s expectations 不辜負某人的期望

stand well with one’s teacher

深受老師的好評

-John stands well with his teachers.

-約翰深受老師的好評。

-Yes. He’s a student with excellent morals and academic skills, so he’s popular with all his classmates and teachers.

-是啊。他是個德才兼備的學生，所以很受同學、老師的歡迎。

get a rap on the knuckles from the teacher

受到老師的批評

-He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his homework.

-因為沒完成作業，他被老師批評了。

-He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet.

-活該，誰讓他整晚都在上網。

*(give somebody/get) a rap on/over/across the knuckles - (to give somebody/receive) strong criticism for something （給某人以／受到）嚴厲譴責，厲聲訓斥

respect one’s teacher

尊敬老師

-We should respect our teachers. You shouldn’t have answered your teacher back in class.

-我們應當尊敬老師，你不該在課上同老師頂嘴。

-It was an impulse. I couldn’t stand her.

-那是一時沖動，我實在受不了她。

acknowledge one’s debt to one’s teacher

感謝老師

-Congratulations! You finished top in the final examination.

-恭喜恭喜！你在期末考試中取得了第一名。

-Thank you very much. I don’t know what to say. I want to acknowledge my debt to my teacher first.

-謝謝，我都不知道說什么了。首先我得感謝老師。