美语情景对话 第666期:Teachers 教师

Todd: So, you know, you have a very small school. Have you ever worked for a large school before?

托德：你办了一家小型学校。你以前在大型学校工作过吗？

Conrad: Yes, I've worked basically every different type of school possible to work here in Japan, starting with the kindergarden, junior high, senmongakko. I was at a university for four years and I also did a little bit of intensive English camps just a couple of years ago.

康拉德：有，我基本上在日本各种不同类型的学校工作过，从幼儿园、高中到职业学校，我都工作过。我曾在大学任教四年，几年前我也在强化英语训练营工作过。

Todd: So you said senmongakko. What's that?

托德：你刚说到了职业学校，那是什么？

Conrad: That's a kind of technical or vocational college. It's a two year school.

康拉德：类似于技术或是职业学校。是两年制学校。

Todd: OK.

托德：好。

Conrad: Yeah, I forgot to mention that I also taught at business company classes and of course, ei-kaiwa or language school here, too.

康拉德：哦，我刚才忘了说我还在商业公司的课程上当过老师，当然也在日本的语言学校任过教。

Todd: OK, do you think that, you know, when you have your own... from a teaching point of view, when you have your own school, is the instruction different for a small language school compared to a big language school?

托德：好，你认为，有了自己的……从教学的角度来说，你开办了自己的学校后，你认为小型语言学校和大型语言学校的教学指导有区别吗？

Conrad: Well, the instruction is just depending on the teacher I think, and right now I'm the only full-time teacher and, you know, the guest teachers who do come, I know them personally so I know that the students always have a very qualified teacher and maybe that may be different because you know, sometimes at a big school it's hard to really monitor the teachers that you hire and even monitor what they are doing in the classroom.

康拉德：我认为教学方法取决于老师，现在我是唯一一个全职老师，你知道我会邀请一些客座讲师来授课，我认识这些客座讲师，所以我知道给学生们讲课的是称职的老师，这可能是不同点，因为有时大型学校很难监督所聘请的老师，更别说监督这些老师在课堂上的讲课内容了。

Todd: Right. Now, when you talk about a good quality teacher, for you what makes a good quality teacher?

托德：好。刚才你谈到了高素质的老师，你认为高素质的老师要具备什么特质？

Conrad: Well, I think personality is very important for one thing, but also I think students need and want a teacher who has experience teaching English. Some of my friends back home tend to think it's easy to just be a native English speaker and teach English, which is really not the case, so I value an experienced teacher and someone who's also studied a little about it and has a TEFL certificate or something like that.

康拉德：嗯，我认为品格非常重要，当然学生们需要的是拥有英语教学经验的老师。我家乡的一些朋友往往认为母语是英语的人叫英语非常容易，但其实并不是这样，我看重老师的经验，还有学习过教学知识的人，最好有英语教师资格证之类的证书。

Todd: Well, good luck with your school, Conrad. I hope it's a big success.

托德：祝你的学校好运，康拉德。我希望你的学校能大获成功。

Conrad: Thanks, Todd. Thank very much.

康拉德：谢谢你，托德，非常谢谢你。

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重点讲解：
1. t of view 考虑角度；判断方法；
例句：Looked at from that point of view, the job becomes easy.
从那个观点看，这工作就容易了。
2. compared to 与…相比；和…比起来；
例句：Compared to many people,she was indeed very fortunate.
和许多人比起来她确实是很幸运的。
3. depend on 取决（于）；有赖（于）；
例句：Wage rates depend on levels of productivity.
工资水平取决于生产量的多寡。
4. tend to do sth. 往往会；经常就；
例句：I tend to think that she is right.
我倾向于认为她是对的。