How to Be a Teacher

秦艺

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，一般与for或of连用。

例如：His capacity for language is wonderful.他学语言的能力极强。

The hall has a capacity of five hundred people.这个会堂可以容纳五百人。

（2）enliven vt.使活泼/生动/有生气。

例如：Stimulating interest begins with enlivening class atmosphere.激发学生兴趣从活跃课堂气氛开始。

（3）principal adj.主要的，重要的。

n.校长，委托人，主犯，本金。

例如：Our principal problem is lack of time.我们的主要问题就是缺少时间。

He is going to fill the position of principal of that middle school.他将去担任中学校长的职务。

I will have to consult my principals before l can give you an answer on that.我必须同我的委托人磋商后才能就这个问题给你答复。

Indeed his son was the principal in the crime.他的儿子才真正是这件罪行的主犯。

划线句分析：

【翻译】与此相关的就是包容力。并非是对于错误的包容，而是对于人性中的软弱与幼稚的包容，这也是促使人们，尤其是儿童，去犯错的缘由。

【解析】此句中的capacity后的介词短语of what is wrong被not否定，真正的定语是but后的of the weakness and immaturity，of human nature充当weakness and immaturity的定语，指人性的软弱与幼稚；which引导的定语从句再来解释说明这种软弱与幼稚恰好就是导致人们尤其是儿童不断犯错的根源。

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，这是人性的软弱与幼稚。此处用形容词。

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点可知。

5.those to whom subjects are taught由第六段第三句的第三点可知。

6.full and active cooperation由第六段最后一句中through可知，教师与学习者之间应有充分并积极的合作。endprint