How to Be a Teacher

秦藝

Questions

1.Plain-looking teachers can also be admired by their students if they have________________.

2.A teacher should be tolerant because humans tend to be________________.

3.A teacher who is_______________________will be able to make his lessons more lively.

4.Since teaching is a job no one can be perfect at，it is necessary for teachers to keep improving their knowledge of the subjects they teach and their________________.

5.Teachers' most important object of study is________________.

6.Education cannot be best acquired without________________between the teacher and the learner.

Word Bank

（1）capacity n.人或物的容納或吸收能力，一般與for或of連用。

例如：His capacity for language is wonderful.他學語言的能力極強。

The hall has a capacity of five hundred people.這個會堂可以容納五百人。

（2）enliven vt.使活潑/生動/有生氣。

例如：Stimulating interest begins with enlivening class atmosphere.激發(fā)學生興趣從活躍課堂氣氛開始。

（3）principal adj.主要的，重要的。

n.校長，委托人，主犯，本金。

例如：Our principal problem is lack of time.我們的主要問題就是缺少時間。

He is going to fill the position of principal of that middle school.他將去擔任中學校長的職務。

I will have to consult my principals before l can give you an answer on that.我必須同我的委托人磋商后才能就這個問題給你答復。

Indeed his son was the principal in the crime.他的兒子才真正是這件罪行的主犯。

劃線句分析：

【翻譯】與此相關的就是包容力。并非是對于錯誤的包容，而是對于人性中的軟弱與幼稚的包容，這也是促使人們，尤其是兒童，去犯錯的緣由。

【解析】此句中的capacity后的介詞短語of what is wrong被not否定，真正的定語是but后的of the weakness and immaturity，of human nature充當weakness and immaturity的定語，指人性的軟弱與幼稚；which引導的定語從句再來解釋說明這種軟弱與幼稚恰好就是導致人們尤其是兒童不斷犯錯的根源。

Keys

1.great personal charm由文章第二段第二句可知。

2.weak and immafure由第三段的第二句可知，這是人性的軟弱與幼稚。此處用形容詞。

3.a bit of an actor由文章第四段第三、第四句可知。

4.teaching methods由第六段第三句的第二點可知。

5.those to whom subjects are taught由第六段第三句的第三點可知。

6.full and active cooperation由第六段最后一句中through可知，教師與學習者之間應有充分并積極的合作。endprint