Section Ⅲ Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Pre-reading
对应学生用书P73
[原文呈现] My Teacher
Graham Lawrence,29, science author who gives presentations① on TV②， went to Overton School, 1981-1989.
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I haven't seen Mr Jenkins since I left school but I often think about him. I wasn't very good at most school subjects. I suppose I was a bit lazy and now I wish
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I'd done more work, especially in maths. The only thing I can remember from school
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maths is that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees！ But when I was
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Before Mr Jenkins, science had simply been a subject full of strange words to me. I had no idea what an atom was and I didn't really want to know either! I found it all so boring and difficult. But Mr Jenkins made everything interesting. He used to explain things with lots of practical examples and simplified things that seemed difficult. One day, he took us outside and we built a rocket! I remember that he let me pour some powder into the rocket and then another student lit a flame to set it off. It was great fun.
①presentation n．介绍，说明；讲述，呈现
②画线部分是 Graham Lawrence 的同位语，其中 who 引导定语从句。 ③since 引导时间状语从句，主句用现在完成时。 ④wish 从句使用了虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反。 ⑤angle [′??ɡ?l] n．角 angel n．天使
⑥triangle [′traI??ɡ?l] n．三角形 ⑦add up to 共计；总计达到 add ...up 把……加起来
⑧I can remember 为省略关系词的定语从句，修饰先行词 the only thing; that 引导表语从句。
⑨become interested in ... 变得对……感兴趣 ⑩have no idea 不知道 ?atom [′?t?m] n．原子
?used to do sth. 过去常常做某事 ?that引导定语从句，修饰先行词things。 ?pour [p??] vt.倒，灌 ?powder [′pa?d?] n．火药
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?flame [fleIm] n．火焰，火舌 ?set off 使爆炸；引发 ?fun n．趣味，有趣
fun是不可数名词，不与不定冠词连用，词尾也不加 s。
我的老师
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格雷厄姆·劳伦斯，29岁，在电视上作讲解的科学作家，于1981年至1989年间在奥斐顿中学读书。
自从我离开学校后再也没有见过詹金斯先生，但我经常想起他。我上学时大多数科目都学得不太好，我想我当时有点儿懒，现在我真希望当时能多做些努力，特别是在数学方面。我对学校所学的数学能够记得的唯一的东西是一个三角形的角度总和是180度！但是当我15岁走进詹金斯先生的课堂时，我平生第一次真正地对一门课产生了兴趣。
在詹金斯先生教我之前，科学课对我而言只是一门充满怪异词汇的科目。我不知道原子是什么，而且也真的不想知道！我觉得科学很乏味无聊，又深奥难懂。但是詹金斯先生使一切变得妙趣横生。他总是通过许多实实在在的例子来讲解知识，使看起来难懂的事物简单化。有一天，他带我们到户外，我们自己制作了一枚火箭！我记得他让我把一些粉末倒入火箭，然后另一个学生点火将火箭发射了出去。真是有趣极了。
I know that I wasn't a willing student and I shouldn't have been so difficult 21 because I lacked○22 confidence in myself. Mr at school, but it was probably○
Jenkins made me feel that I could do things. I was interested in astronomy and he asked me to give a presentation to the class. That was really the first time I ever tried to explain science to an audience and now it's my job! Often when I'm preparing a programme, I think about how Mr Jenkins would have done it. Sometimes I wish I 3！ could phone him and ask for his opinion2○
?willing adj.积极肯干的；乐意的be willing to do 愿意做 ?shouldn't have done 本不应该做(而做了) should have done 本应该做(而没做) 21probably adv.很可能，大概 ○
22lack [l?k] vt.缺乏，没有 ○
lack confidence in 对……缺乏信心 lack (for) nothing 没有欠缺
23从句用了虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反。 ○
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我知道上学时我不是一个积极肯学的学生，而且自己本不该那么叛逆，但那很可能是因
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为我缺乏自信。詹金斯先生让我感到我能把事情做好。我对天文感兴趣，于是他让我给全班上一堂课。那真的是我第一次面对听众讲解科学知识，而现在这成了我的工作！现在每当我准备节目时，我经常会想詹金斯先生当时会怎样做。有时我真希望我能给他打个电话问问他的意见！
My Student
Brian Jenkins, science teacher at Overton School.
Before Graham came into my class, he was very difficult. I had heard stories 4 the about his bad behaviour. Once I caught him and a friend seeing who could spit2○furthest off the school stage! But when he got interested, he changed. The first 5， he was dragging○26 his school bag behind him and day he walked into my class2○27 an experiment to show how the human stomach looking bored, but as soon as I set up○
8 and 9， he works using acid2○an onion2○gave me his full attention. He loved science! He was very bright and should have done much better in all his other subjects. I've read a couple of his books and seen him on TV. I always say to my wife，“Oh look, I used to teach him！”
I wish I was as successful with all my students as I was with Graham. It's 0. There are lots of problems and not enough money. The difficult teaching nowadays3○government should have put more money towards science education. And I wish they would decrease the size of classes — it's not easy doing lessons in laboratories 1 be even worse in the poorer schools! At least32 with with big groups and it must3○○schools like ours, we have laboratories!
3 with less stress34 but I love My wife often wishes that I had chosen a job3○○35 to children's what I do. The thing about being a teacher is that you have access○
minds when they are open and eager to learn. And if what I do as a teacher can help 36 such a successful adult, then I know what I'm doing turn a child like Graham into○7. is worthwhile3○
24spit [spIt] vi.吐口水，吐痰 ○
25the first day ... 为时间状语从句。 ○
26drag [dr?ɡ] vt.拖，拉 ○
27set up 建立，设立 ○
28acid [′?sId] n．酸 ○
29onion [′?nj?n] n．洋葱 ○
30it 是形式主语，真正的主语是 teaching。 ○
31must 表示推测，意为“一定，必定。” 表推测时，must 只用于肯定句。 ○
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32at least 至少 ○
at (the) most 至多，不超过
33wish 从句使用了虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反。 ○
34stress n．压力 ○
stressful adj.压力大的；紧张的 stressed adj.焦虑不安的
35access [′?kses] n．(使用或见到的)机会 ○
have access to 有机会得到/接触/进入 36turn ...into ... 把……转变成…… ○
37worthwhile [?○w??θ′waIl] adj.值得努力的 It is worthwhile{to do sth.doing sth.
＝{To do sth.Doing sth.}is worthwhile.做某事是值得的。我的学生
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布赖恩·詹金斯，奥斐顿中学的科学老师。
格雷厄姆来到我的班以前是个“问题”学生。我对他的恶劣行径早有耳闻。有一次我当场捉到他与一个朋友比赛看谁从学校舞台上吐口水吐得最远！但是当他产生兴趣后，他变了。他第一天走进我课堂时，身后拖着书包，表情厌倦。但是当我用酸和洋葱做实验以表现人的胃是如何工作的时候，他变得全神贯注。他热爱科学！格雷厄姆非常聪明，他本应该把其他所有的科目都学得更好。我读过几本他写的书，也在电视上见过他。我总是对我妻子说：“看哪，我曾经教过他！”
我希望我教的其他所有学生也能像教格雷厄姆这样成功。如今教书不那么容易了，有许多问题，而且经费紧张。政府本该给科学教育多拨些款。我还希望他们能减少班级的人数——在实验室上课时，小组人数过多不太好操作，而且比较穷的学校里情况一定更差！至少在像我们这样的学校里，我们有实验室！
我的妻子常常希望我选择一份压力小点儿的工作，但是我热爱我所做的一切。作为一名老师，你可以在孩子们心灵顿开、渴望学习时进入他们的思想。如果作为一名老师我所做的工作能够帮助将一个像格雷厄姆这样的孩子变成一个如此成功的成年人，那么我知道我所做的一切都是值得的。
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