到底誰在考試？
Grace and Ken are tired parents. Their kids, Leo and Amy, have final exams next week. Grace and Ken are sitting at the kitchen table late at night, drinking coffee and talking about their stressful but funny week.
葛瑞絲和肯是疲憊的父母。他們的孩子，里歐和艾咪，下週要期末考。深夜裡，葛瑞絲和肯正坐在餐桌旁喝咖啡，聊著這週充滿壓力卻又搞笑的點滴。
stressful(adj.)充滿壓力的、令人緊張的stressed(adj.)感到壓力的under stress在壓力下relieve／reduce stress緩解壓力
Grace: I am so tired! Tutoring Leo for his math exam is harder than my real job.
葛瑞絲：我好累！輔導里歐的數學考試比我的正職工作還難。
tutor(v.)(一對一)教授(n.)家教tutor sb. in／on sth.指導某人在某個領域的學習
Ken: I feel your pain. I helped Amy with her science. She stared at the book for one hour, but she was only looking at a picture of a cute dog on the cover!
肯：我懂你的痛。我幫艾咪複習自然科學。她盯著書看了一個小時，但她其實只是在看封面上一隻可愛小狗的照片！
pain(n.)痛苦sharp pain劇痛in pain處於痛苦中a pain in the neck(口語)非常令人討厭的人或事help sb. with sth.幫助某人做某事stare at…(長時間)盯著～
Grace: Oh dear! Last night, I asked Leo to write English sentences. He wrote “I like to sleep” ten times. He said he was trying to save time!
葛瑞絲：天啊！昨晚我叫里歐寫英文句子。他把「我喜歡睡覺」寫了十遍。他還說他這是在省時間！
ask sb. to VR要求某人做time(n.)時間、次、回、倍倍數+比較級+than…是～的幾倍twice(predeterminer)兩倍(adv.)兩次
Ken: Well, at least he wrote something. But you know, preparing for exams is also hard for us. I forgot how to do long division. I had to search Google to check his homework!
肯：呃，至少他有寫點東西。不過你知道嗎，準備考試對我們來說也很難。我都忘記長除法怎麼算了。我還得去谷歌搜尋來檢查他的作業！
prepare for…為～做準備division(n.)除法search for sth.／sb.尋找某人或某物search a place搜查某個地方
Grace: Haha, me too! I feel like we are the ones taking the exams. My heart beats so fast when I look at their test papers.
葛瑞絲：哈哈，我也是！我覺得考試的人好像是我們。我看著他們的考卷時，心跳都跳得好快。
beat(v.)(規律地)跳動、敲擊、打敗beat sb.／team打敗某人或隊伍
Ken: Exactly. But we must stay patient. Last night, I almost lost my temper when Leo lost his eraser for the fifth time.
肯：沒錯。但我們必須保持耐心。昨晚里歐第五次弄丟橡皮擦時，我差點就要發脾氣了。
patient(adj.)有耐心的patience(n.)耐心lose patience失去耐心try one’s patience考驗某人的耐心lose one’s temper 發脾氣
Grace: I know. But then Amy gave me a hug and said, “Mom, thank you for helping me.” That made all the stress go away.
葛瑞絲：我知道。但後來艾咪給了我一個擁抱，並說：「媽媽，謝謝妳幫我。」那一刻所有的壓力都消失了。
thank sb. for sth.因某事而感謝對方stress(n.)壓力go away消失
Ken: Yes, they are still sweet kids. After next Friday, the exams will be over. Let’s take them to get ice cream to celebrate.
肯：沒錯，他們依然是可愛的孩子。下週五過後，考試就結束了。我們帶他們去吃冰淇淋慶祝吧。
celebrate(v.)慶祝celebrate with sb.和某人慶祝celebrate by V-ing以～方式慶祝
Grace: Great idea! And then, we can sleep for twelve hours!
葛瑞絲：好主意！然後，我們可以睡個十二小時！
hour(n.)小時