pay attention to one's teacher注意听老师讲课

    -Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class. -上课的时
候你应该注意听老师讲课。

    -I want to， but I can't concentrate on the subject. -我也想啊，但
我就是没法把注意力集中在课上。

    flock around one's teacher聚集在老师周围

    -The children flocked around their teacher. - 孩子们都聚集在老师周
围。

    -They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told. -他们被
老师讲的故事深深吸引了。

    explain something to one's teacher向老师解释某事

    -I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill. -
我昨天没来上课是因为我妈妈病了。

    -You should have explained that to your teacher. -你应该向老师解释
这事的。

    buy one's teacher a present 给老师买礼物

    -Tomorrow is Teachers' Day. - 明天是教师节。

    -I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think？

    - 我建议你给老师买些礼物，你说呢？

    present flowers to one's teacher给老师献花

    -Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday ？

    - 你昨天参加毕业典礼了吗？

    -Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers.
- 当然，学生们给老师献花的场景真让人感动。

    fall short of the expectations of one's teacher 辜负老师的期望

    -I think the principal's speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my
confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed
into aspiration for the future. - 我觉得校长的演讲深深激励了我，让我信
心倍增。过去的那些痛苦艰辛如今都转化成了对于明天的向往。

    -I have the same feeling. I thought that I would do my best to study
well in the future thus not to fall short of the expectations of my teachers
and my parents. - 我也有同样的感受。我想我以后要努力学习，那样才不辜负
老师和父母的期望。

    *live up to / come up to / meet one's expectations不辜负某人的期望

    stand well with one's teacher 深受老师的好评

    -John stands well with his teachers. -约翰深受老师的好评。

    -Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills， so
he's popular with all his classmates and teachers. -是啊。他是个德才兼
备的学生，所以很受同学、老师的欢迎。

    get a rap on the knuckles from the teacher受到老师的批评

    -He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his
homework. - 因为没完成作业，他被老师批评了。

    -He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet. -活该，
谁让他整晚都在上网。

    * （give somebody/get ） a rap on/over/across the knuckles -（to give
somebody/receive） strong criticism for something （给某人以／受到）严
厉谴责，厉声训斥

    respect one's teacher 尊敬老师

    -We should respect our teachers. You shouldn't have answered your
teacher back in class. -我们应当尊敬老师，你不该在课上同老师顶嘴。

    -It was an impulse. I couldn't stand her. - 那是一时冲动，我实在受
不了她。

    acknowledge one's debt to one's teacher 感谢老师

    -Congratulations！ You finished top in the final examination. - 恭
喜恭喜！你在期末考试中取得了第一名。

    -Thank you very much. I don't know what to say. I want to acknowledge
my debt to my teacher first. -谢谢，我都不知道说什么了。首先我得感谢老
师。