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(xué)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(xué)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(dān)任中學(xué)校長的職務(wù)。

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(fù)。

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(guān)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(dāng)weakness and immaturity的定語，指人性的軟弱與幼稚；which引導(dǎo)的定語從句再來解釋說明這種軟弱與幼稚恰好就是導(dǎo)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(xué)習(xí)者之間應(yīng)有充分并積極的合作。endprint