BBC Real English – Swot 书呆子

　　Diarmuid: I wasn’t very good at maths.

　　Feifei: So I see. Let’s have another… Science: “This lazy boy is a disgrace to the school uniform!”

　　Diarmuid: That teacher never liked me.

　　Feifei: Diarmuid 的学习成绩报告单上老师的评语实在是惨不忍睹。 It seems you were an awful student.

　　Diarmuid: Well, it’s true I was never a swot.

　　Feifei: A what?

　　Diarmuid: A swot. S.W.O.T. Swot. That’s our Authentic Real English word of the day. Can you guess what it means?

　　Feifei: Well, since you say you were not a swot and you got very bad grades at school, I would say that a swot is a very good student.

　　Diarmuid: You’re right. A swot is a student who spends all their time studying, or swotting.

　　Feifei: Swot 书呆子。

　　Diarmuid: Yes, but be careful because being a swot usually means that other students don’t like you.

　　Feifei: Swots 通常什么都不做，一身心只顾学习，也就是我们说的两耳不闻窗外事，一心只读圣贤书。他们在学校不受那些不爱学习的学生欢迎，同时也招来大家对他们成绩的嫉妒。

　　Example

　　A: Look at this old photo of our class at school.

　　B: Oh yes, there’s Simon Studious. He was such a swot. I wonder whatever happened to him.

　　A: I heard he started his own software company; he’s a multi-millionaire now.

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