Mr.：Please open your books to page 10. (To Mary) Can I help you

M：I'm sorry that I'm late. I couldn't find the room.

Mr.：That's alright. It's the first day of school, after all.1

M：What are we doing

Mr.：I'm asking the class to read page 10 to themselves. Then I'm going to ask some questions about the passage.2

M：May I have a book

Mr.：Here. Write your name inside the front cover.3 Remember that you must return the textbook4 to me at the end of the semester, so keep it in good condition.5

金恩老師：請打開課本第十頁。（對著瑪麗）有什麼事嗎？

瑪麗：抱歉我遲到了。我找不到教室。

金恩老師：沒關係。畢竟，今天是開學第一天。

瑪麗：現在在做什麼？

金恩老師：我要求班上同學自己讀第十頁。然後我要問有關這段章節的幾個問題。

瑪麗：可以發一本書給我嗎？

金恩老師：這本給妳。在封面內寫上妳的名字。記得在期末時，妳必須將這本教科書還給我，所以要好好保管。

單字精解

1.after all  畢竟、終究
例:Don't be too hard on yourself. It is, after all, your first time skating.
不要對自己太嚴苛。畢竟，這是你第一次溜冰。

2.passage （文章的）一節／段
例：On the test, there was a passage that the students had to read before answering some questions.
考卷上有一段文章，學生必須在閱讀完後回答幾個問題。

3.cover  封面；封底& 遮蓋、遮蔽；採訪
the front cover　封面
例：Mom covered Dad with a blanket.
媽媽拿了一條毛毯蓋在爸爸身上。
The reporter covered the Gulf War and won an award for her series of articles.
那位記者採訪波斯灣戰爭，且因她一系列的報導贏得一座獎項。

4.textbook 教科書、課本

5.keep...in good condition　
好好保管／存……
condition  狀態
例：Keep your bike in good condition and you'll be able to ride it for years and years.
好好保管你的腳踏車，這樣你就能夠騎上好幾年。

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Textbooks in American elementary schools and high schools are more or less1 loaned2 to the students. Therefore, it is important that the students keep them in good condition so that other kids can use them again the year after.
  在美國，中小學的教科書都會借予學生。因此，學生有必要妥善保存教科書，這樣，別的小孩在下一學年才能再度使用。

1.more or less　差不多, 幾乎

2.loan  借予