时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:胡敏托福词汇记单词


英语课

  167. The prince and pauper 1 of pedagogy教育领域内的王子和乞丐 pathetic-penchant 2

There once was a teacher whose pedagogy was the peak of instruction. Peerless in his pedagogic performance, he felt that his students were his patrons and that it was his patriotic 4 duty to pave the educational path for pupils.

However, the principal of the school, whose pathetic penal 5 pedagogy was to patrol the classrooms and punish the pupils, didn’t even have a paucity 6 of talent. The penalties ranged from pelting 7 the students with pebbles 9 to having his pet parrot peck at them. Despite these peculiarities 11, he was the patriarch of the teaching staff at the school.

One day, having a penchant for peering into classrooms, the principal, accompanied by his pet parrot, came upon the classroom of the teacher. Feeling that the students were answering the teacher peculiarly, the principal entered the classroom and began pelting the pupils with pebbles, saying. “It is my patriarchal duty as the principal of this school to punish pupils for peculiar 10 answers.” The peerless teacher was non-plussed and replied, “I love my country, and I love my students. I am a patriot 3, and I must pave the way for my students.” Sensing hostility 12, the principal’s pet parrot pounced 13 on the teacher and began pecking. The principal urged him on, “Get him! Get him!” The teacher, while trying to ward 14 off the parrot’s attack, managed to shout out, “Pupils are our patronage 15, and we must pave the way! Pave the way!” The principal retorted, “Don’t give me such patronizing rhetoric 16. Attack! Attack!”

The pupils, unable to bear seeing their favorite teacher being attacked, came to his rescue. They pulled the parrot off, picked the principal up, and threw them both out the window. They said to their teacher, “Sir, you are truly wonderful. With regard to pedagogy, you are the prince and the principal is the pauper.”

pathetic adj.哀婉动人的,引起怜悯的,可鄙的

patriarch n.家长,族长

patriarchal adj.家长的,族长的

patriot n.爱国者

patriotic adj.爱国的

patrol n.巡逻,巡逻队

patron n.(对艺术等的)赞助人,资助人,顾客

patronage n.赞助,惠顾

patronizing adj.摆出恩赐态度的,要人领情的

paucity n.小量,缺乏

pauper n.贫民,乞丐

pave vt.铺设,为…铺路

peak n. 山顶,顶峰,最高点,顶端

pebble 8 n.小鹅卵石

peck v.啄,啄起

peculiar adj.(人,地点,时间等)特有的,专有的,奇怪的,异常的

peculiarly adv.特有地,特别地

peculiarity 17 n.特性,怪癖

pedagogic adj.教育学的

pedagogy n.教育学,教学法

peer v.凝视,窥视n.同辈,同等的人

peerless adj.出类拨萃的,无可匹敌的

penal adj.刑罚的,刑法上的

penalty n.处罚,罚款

penchant n.爱好,嗜好



n.贫民,被救济者,穷人
  • You lived like a pauper when you had plenty of money.你有大把钱的时候,也活得像个乞丐。
  • If you work conscientiously you'll only die a pauper.你按部就班地干,做到老也是穷死。
n.爱好,嗜好;(强烈的)倾向
  • She has a penchant for Indian food.她爱吃印度食物。
  • He had a penchant for playing jokes on people.他喜欢拿人开玩笑。
n.爱国者,爱国主义者
  • He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
  • He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
adj.刑罚的;刑法上的
  • I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
  • He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。
n.小量,缺乏
  • The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的。
  • The results are often unsatisfactory because of the paucity of cells.因细胞稀少,结果常令人不满意。
微不足道的,无价值的,盛怒的
  • The rain came pelting down. 倾盆大雨劈头盖脸地浇了下来。
  • Hailstones of abuse were pelting him. 阵阵辱骂冰雹般地向他袭来。
n.卵石,小圆石
  • The bird mistook the pebble for egg and tried to hatch it.这只鸟错把卵石当蛋,想去孵它。
  • The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
[复数]鹅卵石; 沙砾; 卵石,小圆石( pebble的名词复数 )
  • The pebbles of the drive crunched under his feet. 汽车道上的小石子在他脚底下喀嚓作响。
  • Line the pots with pebbles to ensure good drainage. 在罐子里铺一层鹅卵石,以确保排水良好。
adj.古怪的,异常的;特殊的,特有的
  • He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
  • He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。
n. 特质, 特性, 怪癖, 古怪
  • the cultural peculiarities of the English 英国人的文化特点
  • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 );猛扑;一眼看出;抓住机会(进行抨击)
  • As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开
  • The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
  • During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时,我要点根火把,抵挡蚊虫。
n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场
  • Though it was not yet noon,there was considerable patronage.虽然时间未到中午,店中已有许多顾客惠顾。
  • I am sorry to say that my patronage ends with this.很抱歉,我的赞助只能到此为止。
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语
  • Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗?
  • Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后,他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
n.独特性,特色;特殊的东西;怪癖
  • Each country has its own peculiarity.每个国家都有自己的独特之处。
  • The peculiarity of this shop is its day and nigth service.这家商店的特点是昼夜服务。
学英语单词
Acronema astrantiifolium
Ajā', Jibāl
ample room
annealed polyethylene naphthalate
anr-pc
April Fools' Days
banana hammock
basal hypothallus
be loud in one's praises
Bihār, State of
buccal armature
building material consumption norm
busy-back
butane vaporphase isomerization
cardiac contractility
club room
cnemidophorus tesselatuss
co-parents
commercial storage translation network
control of silviculture
conversion gain
ctenophoric
cytosine-c
delayals
denoiser
dentosurgical
depersonalization disorder
detection phase
discounting
discous
dispersing auxiliary
dynamic scattering device
dyscognitive
ecoconscious
Euomphalacea
exta
extraneous quantitative information
float chamber cap
forestkeeper
gats
glamazons
good-reasons theory
grant-equivalent
harnesseth
helmen
high heat
hormonagoga
hospitator
hydropults
hydroxytyramine
JLOC
karate
kick-boxings
Lamorinda
magnetoscale
majority function
Malawali, Pulau
Marvin, Lee
mecholy
method of time determination by star transit
nararno
national expenditure
nitrendipine
noncommunists
nursing interventions
oestre
official number
parenterals
percussive movement
photoperiodical response variety
Pittosporum adaphniphylloides
planetary scale
playstations
polygonatum commutatums
pov
price rigidity in the downward
rain lamp
Rasmussen syndrome
relational scheme set
restate
rosemarkies
sarreverence
savedness
seaside mahoe
secondary compensator
self-report personality inventory
sexual anorexic
soapsuds
solid rudder frame
solitary tinamous
somatocentric
special steel for making instruments
St-Martin-Valmeroux
stock insurer
tenderonis
themto
tracheloscapular
tube transformer
variable-structured system
vasquine
water-garden
weather-proofing