236.Can you believe our babies are turning four? 你相信我們的寶寶就要四歲了?
✨turn+n.: to reach or pass a particular age or time 到達,超過(某一年齡或時間)
She turns 21 in June.
她到六月就滿21歲了。
It's turned midnight.
已經過午夜了。
237.You are not preparing these kids for the real world. 你沒給這些小孩展示真實世界的樣子。
✨prepare sb/sth for sb/sth: to make sth/sb ready to be used or to do sth 使做好準備;把……預備好
The college prepares students for a career in business.
這個學院是培養商務人才的。
238....and I'm grading papers. 我正在批作業。
✨grade [v.]: to give a marke/grade to a student or to a piece of their written work 給……評分,給……分數
The best students are graded A. 最優秀的學生評為甲等。
grade作名詞時基本意思是“等級,評級”,給作業或試卷定等級就是給分數,批作業。
239.“從小到大的朋友,一起長大的朋友”怎麼說?
She was my friend growing up.
她是我從小到大的朋友。
240.It's sort of a catch-all for whoever he sees me with. 不論他看到我和誰在一起,他都叫她多迪。
✨catch-all [n.]: a group or description that includes different things and that does not state clearly what is included or not 籠統的一類(或描述)
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