第一，迷你對話
A: The teacher was too hard on his students, especially on the boys.
老師對學生要求太嚴厲了，特別是男孩。
B: Yeah, I agree. But some boys were chewing the fat in class.
對，我同意。但是男生在課堂上總是閒聊。
A: The teacher was really annoyed.
老師真的很惱火。
B: But I don't think they should have physical punishment anyway.
但是不管怎麼，我覺得他們不應該受到體罰。
A: Maybe you'er right.
也許，你是對的。
第二，地道表達
chew the fat
1. 解詞釋義
Chew the fat就是“閒扯，閒聊”的意思。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. The older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbors every morning.
這些上了年紀的婦人每天上午和鄰居們湊在一起閒聊。
e.g. Uncle George likes to come over to chew the fat every Sunday afternoon.
喬治叔叔每星期天的下午都會過來閒聊一番。
第三，語彙積累
1. be hard on：對......苛刻
e.g. As soon as I had entered the yard, I saw that the storm had been hard on Dollie's flowers.
我一進門就發現這場暴風雨對黛裡的花可真不留情。
e.g. Don' t be too hard on the boy ; he didn't mean to do it.
對這個小男孩不要太嚴厲了,他不是故意這麼做的。
2. in class：在課堂上
e.g. Once we caught him dozing off in class.
有一次我們發現他在上課時打盹。
e.g. Children who talk too much in class get under the teacher's skin.
班長隨便說話的孩子鬧得老師不安寧。
