pay attention to one's teacher

　　注意聽老師講課

　　-Pay more attention to your teacher when having a class。

　　-上課的時候你應該注意聽老師講課。

　　-I want to, but I can't concentrate on the subject。

　　-我也想啊，但我就是沒法把注意力集中在課上。

　　flock around one's teacher

　　聚集在老師周圍

　　-The children flocked around their teacher。

　　-孩子們都聚集在老師周圍。

　　-They were attracted deeply by the story the teacher told。

　　-他們被老師講的故事深深吸引了。

　　explain something to one's teacher

　　向老師解釋某事

　　-I was absented from class yesterday because my mother was ill。

　　-我昨天沒來上課是因為我媽媽病了。

　　-You should have explained that to your teacher。

　　-你應該向老師解釋這事的。

　　buy one's teacher a present

　　給老師買禮物

　　-Tomorrow is Teachers' Day。

　　-明天是教師節(jié)。

　　-I suggest you buy your teacher some presents. What do you think?

　　-我建議你給老師買些禮物，你說呢？

　　present flowers to one's teacher

　　給老師獻花

　　-Did you attend the graduation ceremony yesterday?

　　-你昨天參加畢業(yè)典禮了嗎？

　　-Sure. It was moving that students presented flowers to their teachers。

　　-當然，學生們給老師獻花的場景真讓人感動。

　　fall short of the expectations of one's teacher

　　辜負老師的期望

　　-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。

　　-我覺得校長的演講深深激勵了我，讓我信心倍增。過去的那些痛苦艱辛如今都轉(zhuǎn)化成了對于明天的向往。

　　-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。

　　-我也有同樣的感受。我想我以后要努力學習，那樣才不辜負老師和父母的期望。

　　*live up to / come up to / meet one's expectations 不辜負某人的期望

　　stand well with one's teacher

　　深受老師的好評

　　-John stands well with his teachers。

　　-約翰深受老師的好評。

　　-Yes. He's a student with excellent morals and academic skills, so he's popular with all his classmates and teachers。

　　-是啊。他是個德才兼?zhèn)涞膶W生，所以很受同學、老師的歡迎。

　　get a rap on the knuckles from the teacher

　　受到老師的批評

　　-He got a rap on the knuckles from the teacher for not finishing his homework。

　　-因為沒完成作業(yè)，他被老師批評了。

　　-He deserved it. He spent the whole night on the Internet。

　　-活該，誰讓他整晚都在上網(wǎng)。

　　*(give somebody/get) a rap on/over/across the knuckles - (to give somebody/receive) strong criticism for something (給某人以／受到)嚴厲譴責，厲聲訓斥

　　respect one's teacher

　　尊敬老師

　　-We should respect our teachers. You shouldn't have answered your teacher back in class。

　　-我們應當尊敬老師，你不該在課上同老師頂嘴。

　　-It was an impulse. I couldn't stand her。

　　-那是一時沖動，我實在受不了她。

　　acknowledge one's debt to one's teacher

　　感謝老師

　　-Congratulations! You finished top in the final examination。

　　-恭喜恭喜！你在期末考試中取得了第一名。

　　-Thank you very much. I don't know what to say. I want to acknowledge my debt to my teacher first。

　　-謝謝，我都不知道說什么了。首先我得感謝老師。

（來源：滬江英語）