Oliver: 嗨，我是 Oliver。

Helen: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.

Oliver: 地道英語和大家一起學習現代英式英語中經常出現的流行詞匯和實用表達。那Helen, 今天給我們帶來的新詞是什么呢？

Helen: Today we are going to talk about being a teacher’s pet.

Oliver: 這個短語和學校生活有些關系。

Helen: Yes, it’s an expression we often hear in schools, especially among students.

Oliver: 那么請告訴我們 a teacher’s pet 究竟是什么意思呢？

Helen: The definition of a teacher’s pet usually refers to a student who is popular with the teachers, and probably not popular with fellow students.

Oliver: 老師就是 teacher, a pet 就是寵物, 放在一起，這個短語就是說那些老師很喜歡或者說經常能得到老師特別照顧的學生。

Helen: And it’s not a particularly nice phrase to say to someone. It has a negative meaning.

Oliver: 對，這是個貶義的短語，千萬不要用在表揚那些學習好的人啊。小心會惹火上身哦。

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A: How did you do in your essay?

B: I got an okay grade, but Mr Jones gave Sarah Evans top marks though.

A: I’m not surprised, she’s a teacher’s pet, you know. They always give her good marks.

Oliver: 通常來講，如果一個學生在學校表現很好，特別是在主課上表現很好，就很容易得到老師的喜歡。

Helen: Then other students might brand him or her a teacher’s pet.

Oliver: Helen, did anyone ever call you a teacher’s pet?

Helen: Once or twice. I was quite good at maths.

Oliver: And how did you react?

Helen: I just ignored their comments. I think my classmates were just jealous of my results.

Oliver: 嗯，我們今天學到得短語就是老師的寵物。

Helen: A teacher’s pet. You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us next time.

Oliver: 我們下次節目再會。