1. Reading and vocabulary
Module 2
Reading and vocabulary

2. Reading

3. What do you think about the position of teacher?
If you are a teacher, how do you deal with the relationship with students?

4. Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.
--- Plato, Ancient Greek philosopher

5. Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education: dancing with the feet, with ideas, with works, and ,need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?
--- Friedrich W. Nietzsche, German philosopher

6. For a cultivated man to be ignorant of foreign languages is a great inconvenience.
--- Anton P. Chekhrv, Russian dramatist

7. And gladly would learn, and gladly teach.
-- Chaucer,
British poet

8. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
-- H. B. Adams, American historian
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of children tends towards the formation of character.
-- Hosea Ballou British educator

9. Zhang Lili is a teacher at the No
Zhang Lili is a teacher at the No. 19 Middle School in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province. She sustained serious injuries after saving two students from being hit by an oncoming bus on May 8, 2012.
She was named “most beautiful teacher” by netizens.

10. Li Guilin and his wife Lu Jianfen have been teaching in an elementary school hanging from a cliff for 18 years.

11. Xu Benyu
a volunteer teacher
honoured as one of CCTV’s “People Who Moved China, 2005”

12. Tan Qianqiu
a teacher at Dongqi Middle School, in Deyang City, Sichuan Province
He used his body to shield four students from a collapsing roof in Wenchuan Earthquake.

13. What personal qualities do you think a good teacher should have?

14. Work in pairs and talk about your favorite teacher.
You may start like this: One of my favorite teachers is Mr / Miss ____. He / She is a math / English / … teacher. He / She looks _____. I like him / her very much because _________.

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16. There are three teachers mentioned in the passage. Look at the pictures. What are your first impressions of the three teachers?

17. young
beautiful
kind

18. serious
strict

19. young
good-looking
energetic

20. Listen to the text.
What is the main idea of the passage My New Teachers?

22. What is the main idea of the passage My New Teachers?
The passage introduces three new teachers and the students’ impressions of them.

23. Match the paragraphs with their mean ideas.
Mr. Wu is a good teacher because he is good-looking, energetic and humorous.
Para. 1
Mrs. Li is a good teacher because she is kind, patient and tolerant.
Para. 2
Mrs. Chen is a strict but good teacher because her teaching is well organized and clear.
Para. 3

24. Read the text again and get more detailed information.
Detailed reading
Read the text again and get more detailed information.

25. Text analysis
Name
Subject
Person-ality
Examples
Mrs Li
Explain
grammar
clearly,
avoid
making
students
feel stupid.
kind,
patient
English

26. Name
Subject
Person-ality
Examples
Mrs Chen
Not smile
much,
none dare
to be late,
explain
exactly
what is
happening.
serious,
strict,
organi-
ed and
clear
Physics

27. Name
Subject
Appea-ance
Perso-nality
Examples
Mr Wu
Talk loudly
and fast,
wave his
hands
about a lot,
tell jokes
sometimes.
Energ-
etic,
amus-
ing
28,
good-
looking
Chinese

28. 1. Which teachers do students like a lot?
Reading Comprehension
1. Which teachers do students like a lot?
Mrs Li, Mr Wu.
2. Who is a very good teacher but is
serious and strict?
Mrs Chen.
3. What subject do you think Mrs Li is
teaching?
English.

29. 6. What subject does Mrs Chen teach?
4. What’s that girl’s first impression of
Mrs Li?
Her first impression of Mrs Li was that she was nervous and shy.
5. What do students think of Mrs Chen?
She’s very strict and serious and doesn’t smile much.
6. What subject does Mrs Chen teach?
Physics.

30. 7. Why do most students in the class like Mrs. Chen?
Her teaching is well organized and clear.
8. What subject does Mr Wu teach?
Chinese.
9. How old is Mr Wu and how is he?
He is about 28. He is energetic and rather good-looking.

31. 10. Is Mr Wu liked by his students?
Yes.
11. What does he do when he gets excited?
He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited.
12. What does he do when his students get tired?
He tells jokes when the students get tired.

32. Of the three teachers, which one do you like best? Why?

33. Enjoy a song I Turn to You.
We can always turn to you, our beloved teachers.

34. 从课文中找出以下单词或短语 first impression 第一印象 nervous 紧张的 avoid 避免 avoid doing
hate making mistake 讨厌犯错
so that 所以，为了
make progress 取得进步
strict 严格的

35. appreciate 欣赏
well organized 有条理的，
as a result 因此
do well in 做的好
Chinese literature 中国文学
good –looking 长的好看
amusing 有趣的
tell jokes 讲笑话