The morning passing period

Question

During the morning passing period, I was relieved when one of my high school student, Krista, came into my room.

請問句子中的"the morning passing period" 是啥意思？

Answer 1

在美國高中, 不同的課程要到不同的教室上, 像有實驗室, 美術教室, 音樂教室, 文學教室, 體育館等. 課程A下課後, 學生就會轉往另一個教室上課程B. 而換教室的緩衝時間叫 passing period, 應該像台灣學校的 "下課10分鐘 (或20分鐘)的時間".

可參考下列網址中的一篇短文:

(http://www.ilib.cn/A-hwyy200701020.html)

The passing period. A bell that notifies all that there is five minutes to get to your next class. These are routine in daily highschool life for me. The bell rings, I go to my locker I go to class, I fall asleep and forty five minutes later it starts all over again until two fifty in the afternoon. But every now and then, I have a passing period worth writing about.

而morning passing period 就是指上午的下課時間吧.


另外, 請參考美國某一高中一天的課程時間表

7:10 - 7:59 Zero Period
8:00 First Bell
8:15 - 9:04 1st Period
9:04 - 9:09 Passing Period
9:09 - 9:58 2nd Period
9:58 - 10:20 Activity Period
10:20 - 10:25 Passing Period
10:25 - 11:14 3rd Period
11:14 - 11:19 Passing Period
11:19 - 12:41 4th Period
11:14 - 11:52 A Lunch
12:08 - 12:46 B Lunch
12:41 - 12:46 Passing Period
12:46 - 1:35 5th Period
1:35 - 1:40 Passing Period
1:40 - 2:29 6th Period
2:29 - 2:34 Passing Period
2:34 - 3:23 7th Period
(http://www.salemschools.com/~shshome/shsinfo/normal.htm)

他們中間的下課時間就只有5分鐘.

2008-03-25 16:10:03 補充：
所以原文的意思是:
當Krista在上午的下課時間去找她老師時, 老師看到她後才放下心來. (可能老師原本在擔心Krista).

Answer 2

這句話寫錯了喔

我的一個學生 應該是 one of my students - "students" 要加s喔

如果是要說 "上午的某一節課" 可以說 during one the of morning sessions "一堂"課 可以用session或period來數

字面上看來 這句話應該是 "我的學生Krista早上來找我 讓我終於放下心來" 的意思 relieved有放心的意思 如果只是要說 "高興 " 那麼用glad這個字就好囉