C:Mary, this is your homeroom. It's 213. Remember that.
M:What's a homeroom
C:You sit in there, listen to the morning announcement with other kids, and then you go to your classes.
M:Cindy, I'm scared.
C:But I have to go to my homeroom.
M:Do we have the same classes today
C:No.
M:Do you think the school can put us in the same homeroom
C:Stop worrying, Mary. You'll do just fine.
辛蒂:瑪麗,這是妳的集合教室,二一三教室。要記住。
瑪麗:什麼是集合教室?
辛蒂:妳坐在教室裡面,和別人一起聆聽晨間宣布事項,然後再去上妳的課。
瑪麗:辛蒂,我好害怕。
辛蒂:但是我得去我的集合教室啊。
瑪麗:我們今天有沒有相同的課呢?
辛蒂:沒有。
瑪麗:妳認為學校可不可能把我們編在同一班集合教室?
辛蒂:瑪麗,別再擔心了。妳不會有問題的。
單字精解
1.homeroom 集合教室
2.listen to + N 聆聽……
例:Jeff turned on the radio to listen to the news.
傑夫打開收音機收聽新聞。
3.announcement 宣布、聲明(通常與make並用)
例:The boss made an important announcement this morning.
老闆今天早上做了一項重要的宣布。
4.scared(感到)害怕的
例:The scared boy hid in the closet.
那名害怕的男孩躲在衣櫥裡面。
5.stop + Ving 停止做……
例:Would you stop worrying about me
你可不可以不要操心我的事?
6.You'll do just fine. 妳(你)不會有問題的。
例:A: I'm nervous about my job interview.
對於我的工作面試,我很緊張。
B: You'll do just fine.
你不會有問題的。
Power Up! 動力補給站
The morning announcement is the school's own morning news service. It has the results of the school's athletic games, any upcoming academic, athletic, and social activities, and in general, things that students need to know before the first period begins.
晨間宣布事項是校方早晨的消息廣播。有運動比賽的成績結果、即將舉行的學術活動、體育活動及社交活動;總而言之,就是開始上第一節課前學生需要知道的事項。