Part 2 Time to Hit the Books 该打开书本学习了

Dialogue Script 1  对话原文 1

Mom: Mike, we'd like you to start studying in the living room from now on.
Mike: It's too noisy in there.
Mom: Don't worry. We'll make sure the house is quiet when you study.
Mike: I like my room better when I have to study stuff.
Mom: You have to prove to us that you are big enough to study by yourself.
Mike: Aw, Mom!
Mom: If you start getting "A's", you can study in your room again. And "B's" will end your grounding.
Mike: Awww! It's too difficult for me to get "B's"!
Mom: You have to put your mind to it. Your father and I can help you when things are difficult.
Mike: But I don't like studying. It's boring!
Mom: Mike, everyone goes through this.
Mike: You guys don't study!
Mom: Are you kidding? We did the exact same thing as you when we were your age.

讲解：

1. 对话中，妈妈在督促Mike做作业。从现在开始，Mike必须在客厅里做作业，这样家长就能看到Mike到底在做什么了。from now on表示“从现在开始”，那么from then on就表示“从那时起”。

2. Mike嫌客厅里面太吵，妈妈说不用担心，只要是Mike念书的时候，一定会让屋里静悄悄的。Mike还在继续找借口，说他念书的时候比较喜欢在自己的房间。妈妈还是不让步，说Mike必须向家长证明他已经大到可以自己念书了。

3. big在这里表示“长大了的”，跟old差不多，比如我们可以说，He's big enough to go out without his parents. 他已经长大了，不用父母陪着出门了。我们还可以说He's old enough to go out without his parents. big还可以表示“年龄更大的”，我们可以说my big sister或者my big brother，就是我的姐姐或者我的哥哥。

4. Mike觉得在妈妈的监督下学习真的很烦，但是妈妈坚持说，等Mike开始拿A，就可以再回自己房间念书，如果拿B的话，就会取消禁足令了。大家对这里的A 和B一定不会陌生了吧，在这里A和B指“成绩的等级”。A为优秀，相当于九十分以上，B为甲等，相当于八十到八十九分。Mike觉得自己要拿到B等就已经非常困难了。

5. 妈妈说，You have to put your mind to it.你就得专心致志了。put one's mind to sth 表示“致力于某事，专心于某事”。如果Mike学习有困难，爸爸和妈妈都会帮助他。但是Mike抱怨说他就是不喜欢学习，太无聊了。

6. 妈妈安慰他说，每个人都会经历这个阶段的。go through 这个词组表示“经历某事”。可是Mike 觉得这些大人们就不用学习。 妈妈说，Are you kidding? We did the exact same thing as you when we were your age. 开什么玩笑，我跟你一样大的时候，也要做一模一样的事情。

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