时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读


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[00:00.87]A Teacher’s Lesson 教师的一课


[00:06.88]As Mrs. Thompson, an elementary scool teacher, 


[00:10.76]stood in front of her 5th grade class on the first day of school,


[00:14.97]she told the children a lie. Like most teachers,


[00:19.03]she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.


[00:23.19]But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped 1 in his seat, 


[00:29.21]was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.


[00:32.39]Mrs. Thompson noticed that Teddy didn't play well with the other children, 


[00:37.60]that his clothes were messy.


[00:39.16]And Teddy could be so unpleasant 


[00:42.08]that she would find it a pleasure to put a big “F” on his papers.


[00:47.99]At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, 


[00:50.94]she was required to review each child's past records


[00:54.78]and she found that Teddy was a bright child, 


[00:58.16]but became withdrawn 2 after his mother’s death.


[01:01.13]By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem.


[01:05.39]She began to pay particular attention to Teddy.


[01:08.68]As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive.


[01:13.05]The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded.


[01:16.88]By the end of the year, 


[01:18.53]Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.


[01:22.35]Years after Teddy’s graduation, Mrs. Thompson got a letter,


[01:27.38]saying that Teddy would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors 3.


[01:32.20]Then four more years passed and yet another letter came.


[01:36.25]The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had.


[01:41.93]But now his name was a little longer—


[01:44.89]the letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M.D.


[01:49.04]There was yet another letter that spring.


[01:51.89]Teddy said he'd met this girl and was going to be married.


[01:55.83]He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago


[01:59.66]and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding


[02:05.13]that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom 4.


[02:08.30]Of course, Mrs. Thompson did.


[02:10.71]At the wedding, they hugged each other, 


[02:13.78]and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear,


[02:17.27]“Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me.


[02:21.10]Thank you so much for making me feel important 


[02:24.55]and showing me that I could make a difference.”


[02:27.23]Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back.


[02:31.27]She said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. 


[02:35.17]You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference.


[02:38.83]I didn't know how to teach until I met you.”




1 slumped
大幅度下降,暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 ); 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
  • Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
  • The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上,疲惫得睡着了。
2 withdrawn
vt.收回;使退出;vi.撤退,退出
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
3 honors
n.礼仪;荣典;礼节; 大学荣誉学位;大学优等成绩;尊敬( honor的名词复数 );敬意;荣誉;光荣
  • He aims at honors. 他力求名誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We did the last honors to his remains. 我们向他的遗体告别。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 groom
vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁
  • His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
  • George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作,乔治已在接受专门的培训。
学英语单词
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17-hydroxycorticosteroid
40
absorbent papers
Actinidia polygama
alphanumeric characters
another story
aquileges
Armenophobes
bassen'd
basting brush
berberidaceaes
biennia
Brinell microscope
bung down
chewing insect
co2 incubation
computer simulation for dyeing process
Coogoon R.
Cuttack
definite proportion
dicranella rufescence (dicks.) schimp.
esse
evomitation
EWNP
exhalants
extruded aluminum
final-salary
friction gearing
general bill of lading
germon
grouping of population
hairspring type
helianthus laetifloruss
heterodimerises
high level efficiency
Home Bias
in a ratio of
jumping wheel jumper
keep one's eye upon
kind of work
kiss of life
labeled common block name
liquid penetration inspection
Lučani
m.c.
Machiavel
Malyy Yenisey
mammy wagon
matrix in block form
metaremarks
misrouteing
Mitomi
modal notation
modulo reduction
monniker
multicuspid teeth
national enquiry
olibene
optimal control equation
orbital branch
outsiderhood
overhead counter shaft
overmodulated
pantograph frame
penirolol
plant lectin
plate and tube condenser
plea to indictment
Porm
potassium octaborate
preachership
purpura of the newborn
resmelting
rockallia jongkuei
rustle ... up
sacred kingfisher
sand preparation plant
Sao Jorge do Limpopo
screamadelicas
secting
seppanen
series-parallel starter
shift register generator
shoal detector
social indicators movement
Spurway syndrome
stair turret
steady-state approximation
surface shape
tall gallberry hollies
temporal and spatial variation
tetraphenylborates
throat-paint
to snake
triethylammonium
Tussabid
usles
veggiedog
vestibular branches
yellow trefoil