Poor results, bored kids and worsening discipline,
教学效果差，学生无聊，纪律越来越差
the Chinese teachers are struggling to keep control of the class.
中国老师们难以控制课堂
This one.
这个
Excuse me. Which number is this?
看这里，这个数是几
17. How do you read it? 17
17. 中文怎么读 17
And breaks their table!
桌子坏了
Someone breaks their table again!
又有人把桌子弄坏了
Excuse me, you two.
哎哎哎，你们俩
I'm showing you something and you didn't show me your manners.
我正在讲课，你们很没礼貌
With the final exam just three weeks away,
还有三周就要期末考试了
if things don't improve, the Chinese teachers are facing certain defeat.
情况如果不好转，中国老师们一定会输
No talking, no questions now. No.
现在别说话，别问问题，安静
Ms Yang has called an emergency summit at the house where the teachers are staying.
杨老师在老师们的住处召开紧急会议
My concern is that one or two naughty students really can slow your lesson pace
我担心一两个淘气的学生会严重拖慢课堂进度
then, you know, you plan what you want to do
比如说，虽然你计划得很好
but in the end you may have only delivered half of it, for instance.
但到最后很可能只讲了一半的内容
If that's the case, we won't be able to finish all the syllabus in time.
要是这样的话，我们就不能按时完成教学大纲
The biggest challenge for us now is to manage the class
我们最大的难题就是管理课堂秩序
because the students are very easy to be distracted and very chatty sometimes.
因为学生有时候很容易搞小动作或者讲悄悄话
I will move Sophie to the front.
我会让苏菲坐到前面去
You know, she always sits like this.
她总是这样坐着
Yes.
对
Every time I see that I say, "Put down your feet," and she does it.
每次看到我就提醒她，"把脚放下去"，她照做
When I look back, she's put them up again.
但我一回头，她就又把脚盘上去了
In this culture, maybe it's OK to challenge an authority,
这里的文化或许是允许他们挑战权威
it's OK to speak to the elder person or to the teachers, to the old, to the head teachers, maybe, you know,
允许他们对长辈，老师，老人，校长
to authority that way, so no-one says, "How dare you!"
和权威人士这样说话，所以没人会说"你好大的胆子"
They all, "Yeah, Miss, she's my friend. She didn't talk, it's me, it's me. Don't blame her." They protect each other.
他们都说 "老师，我朋友没说话，是我说的，是我说的，别怪她" 他们互相保护
I do not want to let our Chinese school down.
我不想我们的中式学校输
I don't want my students underperforming too badly.
不想让我的学生成绩差得太多
I do not wish that to happen.
我不想看到这样的结果
