20. A. flew down B. went down C. let out
D. gave out
C
I arrived in the classroom, ready to
share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English
Literature class. Having taught in 1 for 17 years, I had no 2
about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration
for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor
shouted,"4!"
The entire class rose as I entered the
room, and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again, but
once that awkwardness (尴尬) was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought
was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps 7
their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from
a sense of achievement.
My students 8 diaries. However,
as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of
sadness. The first diary said,"Our literature teacher didn't teach us
anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better." Greatly
surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11 theme (主题). "Didn't I teach
them anything? I described the entire philosophical (哲学的) framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for
all the works we'll study in class," I complained. "How 13
they say I didn't teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it 14
became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 15 of my
students. I thought a teacher's job was to raise 16 questions and
provide enough background so that students could 17 their own
conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide 18
information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
19, I also learned a lot, and my experience
with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher, knowing how
to teach in a different culture.