英语小达人 377 A Math Teacher's Story
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A Math Teacher's Story数学老师的魔法Years ago, I was taking an algebra 1 class over the summer, and had a teacher who liked to reminisce about his past with funny stories. He relates that he had been a math teacher in the Air Force, where it was his duty to force sleepy young recruits to stay awake for an hour of math at 8:00 in the morning in a large, warm, dimly-lit auditorium 2. One day, he came into the auditorium and saw his class even sleepier and less attentive 3 than usual. He realized that something drastic would have to be done.
记得多年前，一位非常喜欢缅怀过去，满腹幽默故事的老师教了我整个夏天的代数课。一次，他讲起了从前执教的经历。他曾是空军部队的数学老师，每天早晨八点要到一个宽敞、温暖而光线昏暗的大礼堂上一个小时的课。他要让那群昏昏欲睡的新兵学生保持清醒，认真听讲。有一天，他刚走进教室就发现学生们睡眼惺忪，无精打采，比平时还糟。他意识到必须采取强有效的措施了。
Now this classroom was very old, and the blackboards, which had been nailed on to the walls with old black iron nails, had become loose over the years. As a result, these black nails jutted 4 almost invisibly from the blackboard and this teacher kept banging his hands on them while erasing 5 the board. He decided 6 to put them to good use.
当时，他上课的教室十分陈旧。黑板是用黑铁钉钉在墙上的，但在使用多年后已经松动了，所以原本突出的黑铁钉现在几乎看不到了，再加上，老师边擦黑板边把钉子往里按紧，这下就更隐蔽了。他决定要好好利用这几样道具。
n.代数学
- He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。
- The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。
n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂
- The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
- The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。
adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的
- She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
- The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。
v.（使）突出( jut的过去式和过去分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出
- A row of small windows jutted out from the roof. 有一排小窗户从房顶上突出来。
- His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied. 他固执地扬起下巴，一副不肯罢休的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.擦掉( erase的现在分词 )；抹去；清除
- He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future. 他象一块海绵，挤出过去，吸进未来。 来自辞典例句
- Suddenly, fear overtook longing, erasing memories. 突然，恐惧淹没了渴望，泯灭了回忆。 来自辞典例句
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