Unit 9 Lesson 53 Working in Groups

"OK class," says Ms. Liu.

“好，同学们。”刘老师说道，

"It's time for our group project. Let's get to work!"

“小组任务的时间到了。我们开始吧！”

Yi Han is the leader of one group.

一涵是小组的组长。

She is not looking forward to working with her group

她并不期待着小组活动，

because a boy named Li Tian is always absent from the group meetings.

因为叫李天的男孩总会缺席小组的会议。

He doesn't follow the rules, and he refuses to do any work.

他不遵守规则，还拒绝参加任何小组活动。

This slows the whole group down.

这样一来就使整个小组都慢下来。

Yi Han considers telling Ms. Liu about these problems, but she doesn't want to get Li Tian in trouble.

涵考虑告知刘老师这些难题，但是，她不想让李天有麻烦。

Instead, she decides to talk to him

相反，她决定和李天谈一谈，

and find out what the problem is.

并找出中间的问题。

She says, "Everyone is working hard on our project.

她说，“我们每个人都很努力地完成任务。

But so far, you have done nothing.

可是，到目前为止，你没有做任何事情。

Is there something wrong?"

有什么问题吗？”

Li Tian is quiet for a few seconds,

李天沉默了几秒钟，最后说，

and finally says, "It's not that I don't want to be in the group.

“并不是我不想成为加入小组（活动）。

Sometimes, I don't really understand the things we're learning.

有时候，我真的没有理解我们所学的内容。

I know it's not fair,

我知道这不公平，

but I don't want to say something stupid, so I do nothing."

可是我不想说出什么愚蠢的话，因此我没做任何事。”

Now Yi Han understands. Li Tian isn't lazy -

现在一涵明白了。李天不是懒惰--

he just needs help! "From now on," she says,

他只是需要帮助！“从现在开始，”她说道，

"I will do my best to help you feel more confident.

“我将尽我最大努力帮你，让你感到更自信。

Then you can do your share, and it will be fair for everyone."

那么你就能做你该做的那部分了，这样对每个人都公平了。”

"Thank you! I'll try hard to do my part," says Li Tian.

“谢谢你！我会努力做好我的那部分的。”李天说道。

Yi Han feels happy.

一涵感到非常高兴。

She realizes that talking about problems is better than keeping them as secrets.

她意识到谈论问题比让问题成为秘密会更好。