Ollie is doing his homework. His sister Tammy is reading a magazine.
Can you help me with my math?
Do you mean help you with it, or do it for you?
Give me a break! You know it's my weakest subject.
That's because you don't try hard enough.
I'm tired of homework, and I'm sick of school!
That's a stupid attitude. In some places, people would be glad to go to school. For example, one girl got attacked for wanting an education.
Really? Who was that?
Malala Yousafzai. She's a Pakistani girl. I'm reading an article about her.
Oh yeah. I heard about her. Didn't she win a Nobel Prize?
That's right! She was actually shot by extremists just because she wanted to go to school.
Wow! That's crazy. But if I can't do this math, I may as well get shot because my teacher will be really upset.
OK. Let me finish this article. Then I'll check the answers YOU have already written. So get on with it!
Ollie 正在做功課。他的姊姊 Tammy 正在看一本雜誌。
你可以幫我看一下數學嗎?
你是說教你還是幫你寫?
饒了我吧!你知道數學是我最弱的一科。
那是因為你不認真學。
我受夠寫功課了,我對學校也覺得很煩!
那種心態就太傻了。有些地方的人還巴不得能上學呢。舉例來說,有一個女生遭到攻擊只因為想受教育。
真的?是誰啊?
馬拉拉‧優薩福扎伊。她是一個巴基斯坦女孩。我正在看一篇關於她的文章。
對喔。我聽過她的名字。她不是拿過諾貝爾獎嗎?
沒錯!事實上她只是因為想上學就被極端份子槍擊。
哇!太扯了吧。不過如果我寫不完這些數學,我還不如被槍擊算了,因為我們老師會很生氣。
好啦。讓我看完這篇文章。然後我會幫你檢查「你」寫好的答案。所以繼續加油吧!
- subject [ˋsʌbdʒɪkt] n.
學科,科目 - tired of
厭倦... - sick of
厭惡... - attitude [ˋætətjud] n.
態度 - attack [əˋtæk] v.
攻擊 - article [ˋɑrtɪk!] n.
文章,論文 - may as well
不如,還是...的好 - upset [ʌpˋsɛt] adj.
生氣的 - get on with
(中斷後)繼續做 - Give me a break!
饒了我吧!幫幫我吧!