Whatever question I asked, whatever activity I suggested, her reaction was pretty much the same — she was frozen with horror. She was sent to our private language school after having been the worst in English at her key school with a pretty strict ELT syllabus(教学大纲), with her peers﹙同学﹚ teasing her for her mistakes in English. Moreover, her state school teacher called her name. To make things worse, she was under pressure from her family for getting bad marks in English. She was definitely expecting me to carry on the same way with her.
I have to admit that I had been staring at her with probably the same expression for a while before eventually she handed in an absolutely incredible﹙令人难以置信的﹚ composition which I had previously asked the class to write. It was written in perfect handwriting, was full of clever ideas and had correct paragraphing. The girl got her first excellent mark in English, and I praised her generously and from then on I started using her writing skills to support the others. Before doing an oral retelling of a story, she wrote it down. Before presenting her oral project, she was allowed to do the same thing. The day she first put up her hand to orally answer my question addressed to the class I was incredibly﹙非常﹚ happy.
She taught me how to approach withdrawn students — find the skill which they can excel﹙善长﹚ at, in her case writing, and help the student use it to develop other skills!
【小题1】The writer is probably a teacher .
A.in a language training center |
B.in a private language school |
C.in a state school |
D.in a key public school |
A.incredibly dull | B.hard to cope with |
C.far too lovely | D.pretty confident |
A.she had some special skills |
B.she was good at writing poems |
C.she felt very uncomfortable at her previous school |
D.she is poor at her pronunciation |
A.learned something from the girl student |
B.focused on how to improve oral English |
C.failed to approach the withdrawn student |
D.wasn’t experienced in teaching English |
When the student came in and I walked over to greet him, he said, “Don’t touch me.” He then put his head on his desk and did not seem to listen to a word I said. I did not comfront(使面对) him with the “lie” to the office.
The next day he came into class on time. This time instead of listening or following instructions on keyboarding software, he played Internet games. I walked over to him. He looked at me ready to snap back(没好气地顶撞) at anything I said. I asked him, “Where did you learn to use a computer like that?” he looked at me surprised. I repeated, “You are really good at that. Where did you learn so much?” He began to tell me his father “used to” buy him games to play, but not anymore. I could feel the pain. Instead of blaming him for being off task, I surprised him and praised him for his skills. Then, I asked him to show me what he could do in our software. He was amazed.
On a Friday night at a high school football game, I really got my breakthrough(突破). From about five feet away, in front of his friends he came over to me and gave me a big hug saying, “Hi, Ms. Marie.” We talked for a while and before he walked away, he had hugged me two more times. This was a long way from “don’t touch me” on that first day.
【小题1】How did the boy react(反应) towards Ms. Marie’s greeting on the first day?
A.Gratefully. | B.Coldly. |
C.Respectfully. | D.Amazedly. |
A.the boy was impatient with Ms. Marie’s interruption |
B.the boy was proud to show how to play games |
C.Ms. Marie was curious about the boy’s father |
D.Ms. Marie felt sorry for the boy |
A.she finally learned to play games |
B.she won the boy’s trust in the end |
C.she scored at the football game |
D.she made great achievements in teaching |
Mr. Smith is forty-eight years old. He began to teach in a middle school twenty-four years ago. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He expects his students to be honest and is strict with them. Some of his students become famous people, but they still remember him and often write to him. Of course the old man is proud of it.
This term he began to teach Grade One. Some of the new students were told about him, but the others didn’t know him well. He told them how to be an honest person. He gave them several examples and said, “I hate telling a lie most.”
Before class was over, he told all his students to finish Exercise 7 in Unit 1. The next morning, as soon as he came into the classroom, he asked, “Who’s finished Exercise 7?” A few students put up their hands. He shook his head and said, “Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 7 in Unit 1 or not.”
The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once.
【小题1】What is Mr. Green proud of?A.His students are hard-working. | B.His students often write to him. |
C.He leaches math very well. | D.He is strict with students. |
A.to study hard | B.not to be late for class | C.to be brave | D.not to tell a lie |
A.Because he wanted them to do more exercises. |
B.Because Exercise 7 was very easy for them. |
C.Because he wanted to know if they were honest. |
D.Because the students could do it well. |
A.angry | B.happy | C.sorry | D.bored |
A.For twenty-four years | B.For forty-eight years |
C.For twenty years | D.For thirty-six years |
If you think of the jobs robots could never do, you would probably put doctors and teachers at the top of the list. It’s easy to imagine robot cleaners and factory workers, but some jobs need human connection and creativity. But are we underestimating what robots can do? In some cases, they already perform better than doctors at diagnosing illness. Also, some patients might feel more comfortable sharing personal information with a machine than a person. Could there be a place for robots in education after all?
British education expert Anthony Seldon thinks so. And he even has a date for the robot to take over the classroom: 2027. He predicts robots will do the main job of transferring the information and teachers will be like assistants. Intelligent robots will read students’ faces, movements and maybe even brain signals. Then they will adapt the information to each student. It’s not a popular opinion and it’s unlikely that robots will have the ability to really connect with humans like another human.
One thing is certain, though. A robot teacher is better than no teachers at all. In some parts of the world, there aren’t enough teachers and 9~16 percent of children under the age of 14 don’t go to school. That problem could be partly solved by robots because they can teach anywhere and won’t get stressed, or tired, or move somewhere for an easier, higher-paid job.
Those negative aspects of teaching are something everyone agrees on. Some teachers all over the world are leaving because it is a difficult job and they feel overworked. Perhaps the question is not “Will robots replace teachers?” but “How can robots help teachers?” Office workers can use software to do things like organizing and answering emails, arranging meetings and updating calendars. Teachers waste a lot of time doing non-teaching work, including more than 11 hours a week marking homework. If robots could help teachers with the time teachers spend marking homework and writing reports, teachers would have more time and energy for the parts of the job humans do best.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “diagnosing” in the first paragraph mean?A.Curing. | B.Deciding. | C.Preventing. | D.Avoiding. |
A.transfer all the information to the students | B.make teachers its assistants in class |
C.offer the students special information | D.take the place of real teachers in class |
A.A robot teacher is worse than a human teacher. |
B.A robot teacher can work continuously without any problems. |
C.A robot teacher isn’t necessarily better than a human teacher. |
D.A robot teacher can read students’ ideas better than a human teacher. |
A.They can do all the teaching for the teachers. |
B.They can transfer all the information to the students. |
C.They can organize the teaching activities for teachers. |
D.They can finish the boring and repeated work for the teachers. |
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