-Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday?
-你昨天参加毕业典礼了吗?
-Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers。
-当然,学生们给老师献花的场景真让人感动。
fall short of the expectations of one's teacher
辜负老师的期望
-I think the principal's speech encouraged me deeply and doubled my confidence. The bitterness and tiredness of the past are now transformed into aspiration for the future。
-我觉得校长的演讲深深激励了我,让我信心倍增。过去的那些痛苦艰辛如今都转化成了对于明天的向往。
-I have the same feeling. I thought that I would do my best to study well in the future thus not to fall short of the expectations of my teachers and my parents。
-我也有同样的感受。我想我以后要努力学习,那样才不辜负老师和父母的期望。
*live up to / come up to / meet one's expectations 不辜负某人的期望
stand well with one's teacher
深受老师的好评
-John stands well with his teachers。
-约翰深受老师的好评。
-Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills, so he's popular with all his classmates and teachers。
-是啊。他是个德才兼备的学生,所以很受同学、老师的欢迎。
get a rap on the knuckles from the teacher
受到老师的批评
-He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his homework。
-因为没完成作业,他被老师批评了。
-He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet。