Every mom has a favourite quote and a special tone to scold or teach a lesson to their recalcitrant kids.

每个母亲都有自己一套教训小孩的说辞和口气。

This is not to say that Tim's walking is some clunky metaphor. Mr Ferris is wise enough not to teach a lesson.

这并不是说缇姆的行路癖是一个拙劣的隐喻，菲尔斯先生有足够的智慧使他的作品不流于说教。

Mr Ferris is wise enough not to teach a lesson. Rather, he has teased ordinary circumstances into something extraordinary, which is exactly what we want our fiction writers to do.

费里斯先生很明智，他没有在小说里进行说教，而是通过戏谑的方式将人生中的寻常境况变得不同寻常，而这正是我们希望小说家们都去做的。

A colleague said to me one time, "They don't pay me to like the kids. They pay me to teach a lesson. The kids should learn it. I should teach it. They should learn it. Case closed. ""

一次有个同事跟我说， “我的职责不是喜欢那些孩子们。我的职责是教书。孩子 们就该去学。我管教课，他们管学习。就是这么个理儿。”

I killed him to teach him a lesson.

我杀了他是为了教训他。