第一，迷你对话

A: The teacher was too hard on his students, especially on the boys.

老师对学生要求太严厉了，特别是男孩。

B: Yeah, I agree. But some boys were chewing the fat in class.

对，我同意。但是男生在课堂上总是闲聊。

A: The teacher was really annoyed.

老师真的很恼火。

B: But I don't think they should have physical punishment anyway.

但是不管怎么，我觉得他们不应该受到体罚。

A: Maybe you'er right.

也许，你是对的。

第二，地道表达

chew the fat

1. 解词释义

Chew the fat就是“闲扯，闲聊”的意思。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. The older women meet to chew the fat with their neighbors every morning.

这些上了年纪的妇人每天上午和邻居们凑在一起闲聊。

e.g. Uncle George likes to come over to chew the fat every Sunday afternoon.

乔治叔叔每星期天的下午都会过来闲聊一番。

第三，语汇积累

1. be hard on：对......苛刻

e.g. As soon as I had entered the yard, I saw that the storm had been hard on Dollie's flowers.

我一进门就发现这场暴风雨对黛里的花可真不留情。

e.g. Don' t be too hard on the boy ; he didn't mean to do it.

对这个小男孩不要太严厉了,他不是故意这么做的。

2. in class：在课堂上

e.g. Once we caught him dozing off in class.

有一次我们发现他在上课时打盹。

e.g. Children who talk too much in class get under the teacher's skin.

班长随便说话的孩子闹得老师不安宁。