I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in the US for 17 years, I had no ____about my ability to hold their attention and to _____on them my admiration for the literature（文学）of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, ― ___!   and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat ___about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness（尴尬）was over, I quickly ____my calmness and began what I thought was a fact –packed lecture, sure to gain their respect – perhaps ___their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a (n) ___of accomplishment (成就).

My students ____diaries. 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 __subject. ―Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework （哲学体系） 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 education were not the same as ___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 also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a ___American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

Daniel angrily stormed out as he learned his parents had had a violent quarrel again. He no longer cared about what happened at home. School didn’t_______and neither did his_______.While he had wanted to be a pilot, it might_______only a dream now. Disappointed and desperate, he_______got into bad habits like smoking a lot, which he thought made him feel relieved. His friends were like him, too, from _______families and they lived a life that left them on the streets often._______, there was no one waiting at home to care! Daniel remembered the_______when he and his friends were_______by the police for getting _______in gang fights or even robberies. Whenever informed about it, his father became speechless while his mother__________in despair all day.__________, Mom’s tears didn’t move Daniel any more for he took it for granted that his parents were__________.

The other day, Daniel saw his neighbor, Rob, __________his feet to school. Rob, disabled, was adopted at a young age. His foster parents (养父母) loved him but didn’t spoil him, always__________him to work harder if he was to__________the rest of the students.

With all his__________, Daniel turned to Rob’s father, Mr. Pattinson, and__________out all his problems. Having listened attentively, Mr. Pattinson said, “I know your parents are suffering a lot but they do love you. So it is your__________to do something for yourself. Using an abnormal family as a(n)__________not to fulfill your ambition is weak. Just as the old saying goes, ’When life hands you a lemon, ask for sugar.’ Cheer up, Daniel and you can also help your family in the__________.”

Daniel looked long and hard at Mr. Pattinson, tears finally returning to his eyes.