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1、In1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,阅读理解答案 In1974,afterfillingoutfiftyapplications,goingthroughfourinterviews,andwinningoneoffer,IlookwhatIcouldget—ateachingjobatwhatIconsideredadistantwildarea:westernNewJersey.MycharacteristicoptimismwasaliveonlywhenIremindedmyselfthatIwouldbe
2、doingwhatIhadwantedtodosinceIwasfourteen--teachingEnglish. Schoolstarted,butIfeltmoreandmoreasifIwereinaforeigncountry.WasthisruralareareallyNewJersey?Mystudentshaveaweekoffwhenhuntingseasonbegan.IwastoldtheywerealsofrequentlyabsentinlateOctobertohelptheirfathersmakehayonthefarms.I
3、wasayoungwomanfromNewYorkCity,whothoughtthat“Makehaywhilethesunshines”justmeanttohaveagoodtime. But,still,IwasteachingEnglish.Iworkedhard,takinglimeoffonlytoeatandsleep.Andthentherewasmysixth-gradeclass--seventeenboysandfivegirlswhowereonlysixyeany oungerthanme.Ihadaproblemlongb
4、eforeIknewit.Iwasstrugglinginmyworkasayoungidealisticteacher.Iwantedtomakeliteraturecomealiveandlopromotealoveofthewrittenword.Thestudentswantedtothrowspitballsandwhisperdirtywordsinthebackoftheroom. IncollegeIhadbeentaughtthatasuccessfuleducatorshouldignorebadbehavior.SoIdid,confi
5、dentthat,asthetextbookhadsaid,thebadbehaviorwoulddisappearasIgaveraystudentspositiveattention.Itsoundsreasonable,butthetextevidentlyignoredthefactthathumans,particularlyteenagers,rarelyseemreasonable.Bythetimerayboss,whowasalsoraytaskmasterknowntobethestrictest,mostdemanding,mostqui
6、cktofireinexperiencedteachers,cameintotheclassroomtoobserveme,thestudentsexhibitedverylittlegoodbehaviortopraise. Mybosssatinthebackoftheroom.Theboysintheclassweremakinganimalnoises ,hittingeachotherwhilethegirlsfiledtheirnailsorreadmagazines.Ijustpretendeditallwasn’thappening,a
7、ndwentonlecturingandtriedtoasksomeinspiringquestions.Myboss,sittinginthebackoftheroom,seemedtobegrowingbiggerandbigger.Aftertwentyminutesheleft,silently.Visionsofunemploymentmarchedbeforemyeyes. IfeltmildlyvictoriousthatIgotthroughtherestofclasswithoutcrying,butatmynextfreeperiodIh
8、adtofacehim.Iwonder
