远大前程 great expectations

true story 真实故事
A student of mine once came up to me after class and told me about some trouble that he was having with the class.His next sentence took me by surprise though:“teacher, don't expect me too much.”I told him that he shouldn't skip class just because he was having difficulties,it was then that I found out his meaning was“don't expect too much of me”.
我的一个学生曾经在课后前来告诉我他听课有点困难。他接下来的一句话让我大人吃一惊:"teacher, don't expect me too much.(老师，以后我可能很少来上课)”我告诉他不能仅仅因为觉得吃力就逃课。后来我明自了他的意思:"don't expect too much of me. (别对我期望太高)”

知识扩展

与“expectation”相关的词汇：
goal —n.目的，目标
barged —n.目标，对象
dream —n.梦想
aspiration —n.热望，渴望
focus —n.(兴趣活动等的)中心;焦点;焦距
pressure —n.压力
motivation —n.动机
determination —n.决心，果断

延伸点：
great expectations was a novel written by the famous English writer, Charles，in 1860/1861.《远大前程》为著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯于1860年和1861年所著。)