哥伦布英语 第 9 课：Guidelines for Doing Schoolwork 做作业的指导方针

My school had a policy about homework. 我的学校有一项针对作业的政策。

Students should not spend more than ninety minutes per night doing homework. 学生每天晚上做作业的时间不应该超过九十分钟。

This is how I use the time for my work. 以下就是我如何为完成作业而使用这九十分钟的。

Fifteen minutes looking for assignment; 花十五分钟找作业；

Eleven minutes calling a friend for the assignment; 花十一分钟打电话向同学问作业；

Twenty three minutes explaining why the teacher is mean and does not like teenagers; 花二十三分钟抱怨老师为什么总是那么讨厌，为什么不喜欢我们这些十几岁的孩子；

Eight minutes in the bathroom; 花八分钟在洗手间里；

Ten minutes getting a snack; 花十分钟找小吃；

Seven minutes checking the TV Guide; 花七分钟查看电视节目预告；

Six minutes telling my parents that the teacher never explained the assignment; 花六分钟告诉父母，老师从没解释过所布置的作业；

Ten minutes sitting at the kitchen table waiting for Mom or Dad to do the assignment. 花十分钟坐在餐桌旁等妈妈或者爸爸来做作业。