1.Teacher: Glenn, how do you spell “crocodile”?
Glenn: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L
Teacher: No, that‘s wrong.
Glenn: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
翻译：
老师：格林，你怎么拼写“鳄鱼”？
格林：K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L
老师：不对，错了。
格林：也许吧，但是你问我、我怎么拼的嘛！
2.Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
John: You told me to do it without using tables.
翻译：
老师：约翰，你干嘛趴在地上做乘法题啊？
约翰：你不是说不准用桌子吗……（table有两个意思：乘法表和桌子）
3.Teacher: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn‘t have ten years ago.
Winnie: Me!
翻译：
老师：温妮，说出一样“十年前我们没有、现在很重要”的东西。
温妮：我！
4.Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: H I J K L M N O.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it‘s H to O.
翻译：
老师：唐纳，水的化学公式是什么？
唐纳：H I J K L M N O。
老师：你在说什么呀？
唐纳：昨天你说的啊：“从H到O”（H2O，小鬼理解成H to O了）
5.Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
Maria: Here it is.
Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
Class: Maria.
翻译：
老师：玛利亚，去地图上把北美洲指出来。
玛利亚：在这里。
老师：没错。现在、同学们，是谁发现了美洲呀？
全班：玛利亚
