同學出氣筒
Miss Davidson is a teacher in a middle school. She is on the phone.
戴維森小姐是中學老師，她在講電話。
Miss Davidson: Hello, is this Mr. Cooper?
戴維森小姐：你好，請問是庫伯先生嗎？
Mr. Cooper: Yes, speaking.
庫伯先生：是的，我就是。
電話用語中，Speaking=This is he(she).
Miss Davidson: Hi, this is Miss Davidson, Anita’s teacher. Is this a good time to chat?
戴維森小姐：嗨，我是戴維森小姐，安妮塔的老師。現在方便說話嗎？
chat(v.)聊天
Mr. Cooper: Sure. Is everything all right?
庫伯先生：當然，一切都還好嗎？
Miss Davidson: I’d like to speak with you about Anita’s behavior at school. She has been making fun of some classmates these days, calling them names and saying mean things about how they look.
戴維森小姐：我想和你聊聊有關安妮塔在學校的行為。最近她一直取笑一些同學、辱罵他們，說一些刻薄的話來批評他們的長相。
behavior(n.)行為make fun of sb.取笑某人call sb. names侮辱、謾罵某人
Mr. Cooper: Oh, no! I am very sorry to hear this. My wife and I have been very busy at work, and we haven’t had much time to chat with her about her school life lately.
庫伯先生：噢，不！我很抱歉聽到這個消息，我和太太工作很忙，最近沒有太多時間和她聊聊學校生活。
lately(adv.)近來、最近=recently
Miss Davidson: Well, perhaps Anita has been feeling left out, and she took her anger out on her classmates.
戴維森小姐：也許安妮塔覺得被冷落了，就把怒氣發洩到她同學的身上。
perhaps(adv.)或許、可能=maybefeel left out受到冷落take sth. out on sb.遷怒於某人、拿某人出氣
Mr. Cooper: I’ll talk to her and let her know that bullying is not acceptable and she needs to stop this rude behavior.
庫伯先生：我會跟她談談，讓她知道霸凌是不可接受的，她必須停止這樣無禮的行為。
acceptable(adj.)可接受的stop(v.)停止rude(adj.)無禮的、粗魯的
Miss Davidson: Thank you. I think that would be helpful.
戴維森小姐：謝謝你，我想這會有幫助的。
helpful(adj.)有幫助的
Mr. Cooper: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I’ll make sure to care more about Anita no matter how busy I am.
庫伯先生：謝謝你讓我注意到這個問題，無論我有多忙，我會確保更關心安妮塔一些。
bring sth. to one’s attention讓某人注意到某事，attention(n.)注意
Miss Davidson: I’m glad to hear that. I appreciate your help.
戴維森小姐：很高興聽你這麼說，感謝你的幫忙。
appreciate(v.)感謝、感激