That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in
for seventeen years, I had no
about my ability to hold their attention and toimpress on them my
for the literature of my mother tongue.
As I entered the room, I was
when the monitor shouted: “Stand up!” The entire class rose, and I was somewhat
about how to get them to sit down again. Once that awkwardness was over, I quickly
my calmness and began what I thought was an informed lecture, sure to gain their respect — perhaps
their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
I asked my students to keep
as homework. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually
by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.
her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a
theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical
for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained. “How
they say I didn’t teach them anything?”
It was a long term, and it
became clear that my ideas about
were not the same as those of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise
questions and provide enough background so that students could
their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide
information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
, I benefited a lot, for my experience with my Chinese students has made me a
American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
小題1: | A.England | B.America | C.China | D.Australia |
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小題2: | A.worry | B.idea | C.doubt | D.skill |
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小題3: | A.profession | B.admiration | C.explanation | D.expression |
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小題4: | A.attracted | B.embarrassed | C.amused | D.shocked |
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小題5: | A.puzzled | B.sure | C.worried | D.curious |
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小題6: | A.reminded | B.returned | C.regained | D.recovered |
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小題7: | A.more | B.even | C.yet | D.still |
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小題8: | A.discussions | B.notes | C.compositions | D.diaries |
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小題9: | A.replaced | B.frightened | C.troubled | D.moved |
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小題10: | A.Later | B.Perhaps | C.Somehow | D.Indeed |
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小題11: | A.common | B.strong | C.similar | D.strange |
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小題12: | A.happenings | B.characters | C.development | D.background |
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小題13: | A.should | B.need | C.will | D.must |
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小題14: | A.immediately | B.certainly | C.simply | D.gradually |
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小題15: | A.admiration | B.question | C.education | D.conclusion |
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小題16: | A.difficult | B.interesting | C.essential | D.general |
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小題17: | A.draw | B.find | C.search | D.offer |
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小題18: | A.special | B.standard | C.exact | D.serious |
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小題19: | A.Therefore | B.However | C.Then | D.Though |
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小題20: | A.richer | B.happier | C.friendlier | D.better |
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