Conversation A

　　Andrea and John are walking home from school.

　　Andrea:John, you seem nervous. Is that big guy still bullying you?

　　John:Trevor? Yeah. Today he wanted me to give him some money. He even pushed me when I said no.

　　Andrea:That's terrible! You have to talk to a teacher about this.

　　John:I thought about that, but I'm afraid that everyone will find out and think I'm a coward.

　　Conversation B

　　Andrea:Your safety is more important than what other people think.

　　John:But telling a teacher could make things worse. Trevor warned me not to.

　　Andrea:Of course he did! He doesn't want to get in trouble. Look, if you're still worried, tell the teacher not to mention your name when she talks to him.

　　John:Good idea. But I think I'd like to deal with this on my own.

　　--by Alex Adair




谁是懦夫 向校园暴力说不！
　　Sentence 4U

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　　make (sth.) worse "使(事情)更糟"，例如：

　　A: I hate my hair. I'm going to color it orange.

　　B: Don't! It will only make it worse.

　　A:我讨厌我的头发。我要去把它染成桔黄色。

　　B:不要染！那只会让它(看起来)更糟。

　　安德烈亚与约翰正走在放学回家的路上。

　　安德烈亚：约翰，你看起来很不安。那个大个子还在欺负你吗？

　　约翰：特雷弗吗？是的。今天他要我给他些钱。当我说不时，他甚至推了我。

　　安德烈亚：太糟糕了！你必须和一位老师说说这事。

　　约翰：我想到过，但是我害怕每个人都会知道，并认为我是个懦夫。

　　安德烈亚：你的安全比别人想什么更重要。

　　约翰：但是告诉一位老师会使事情更糟。特雷弗警告我不准说。

　　安德烈亚：他当然会这么说！他并不想惹麻烦。听着，如果你还担心的话，让那位老师在她找特雷弗谈话时，不要提到你的名字。

　　约翰：好主意。但是我想我更愿意自己处理这件事。