L：Are you ready?
準(zhǔn)備好了嗎?
S：Yes.
好了。
L：Who can tell us something about the author's life? Volunteer?
誰能給我們講一下作者的生平?有誰自愿回答嗎?
S：The author was a famous writer, and he was also a politician. He was born in 1911 and died in 1985.
作者既是一個(gè)有名的作家，又是一名政治家。他生于1911年，死于1985年。
L：Very good. Sit down, please. Susan, what's the general idea of the text?
很好，請(qǐng)坐。這篇文章的大意是什么?蘇珊，你回答一下。
S：Can I answer it in Chinese?
我能用漢語同答嗎?
L：No, you can't. This is an English class, and you have to express yourself in English.
不行，我們是在上英語課，你必須用英語來表達(dá)。
S：Let me have a try. The author takes the characters peculiar to the British people as a topic to show that they are quite different from other nationalities. They are quiet, shy and reserved...
那我試試吧，在本篇文章中，作者以英國人的特點(diǎn)為主題來說明英國人與其他國家的人的不同之處，英國人內(nèi)向、靦腆和保守……
L：Excellent. Class is over. Let's have a break.
非常好。下課了，休息一下。