Mr.:There are two things that you'll need to know.

M:What are they

Mr.:The school has three lunch periods1, and the kids are divided2 into three groups to go to lunch.

M:Wow!

Mr.:Furthermore3, when you are dismissed4 in the afternoon, you will be divided into two waves.5

M:Two waves

Mr.:The school parking lot6 is not big enough for all the school buses to come in at one time. So only half the buses come in first to pick up the first wave's students.

M:And the other half come in later to pick up7 the second wave.

泰勒老師：有兩件事妳必須知道。

瑪　　麗：哪兩件事？

泰勒老師：學校有三個午休用餐時間，學生分成三組去吃午餐。

瑪　　麗：哇！

泰勒老師：此外，下午放學時，學生也分成兩批。

瑪　　麗：兩批？

泰勒老師：學校停車場不夠大，不能在同一個時間讓所有的校車進來。所以，一半的校車先進來搭載第一批的學生。

瑪　　麗：另一半的校車再進來搭載第兩批。

單字精解

1.period 時段；（學校上課的） 節數
lunch period　午休
例：Robert has calculus for the first period.
羅伯特第一節有微積分的課。
calculus〔婄孲婑紓婖婑婇瑆婖瑆屙〕n. 微積分學

2.divide 分裂，分成
divide A into B　把A分成B等分
例：A day is divided into 24 hours.
一天有二十四小時。

3.Furthermore,S+V　再者／此外，……。
=Moreover, S + V
例：To use the swimming pool, you must pay first. Furthermore, there is a charge for using the lockers.
要使用這座游泳池，你得先付錢。此外，使用衣物櫃還要另外收費。

4.dismiss 下課, 放學
例：High school students are usually dismissed at 4 in the afternoon.
中學生通常在下午四點放學。

5.wave 波浪（本文指「分批」）
例：Wave after wave of angry protestors ran towards the miliary police.
一波波憤怒的抗議者朝著憲兵跑去。

6.parking lot n. 停車場

7.pick up + 人／物／語言　　
搭載某人／拾取某物／學會某語言
例：
Dad picked Nancy up at the airport.
老爸在機場接南西。
He picked up the trash on the sidewalk.
他撿起了人行道上的垃圾。
Connie picked up a little French during her summer vacation in Paris.
康妮暑假在巴黎時學了一點法語。