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1、MyFirstJobWhileIwaswaitingtoenteruniversity,IsawinalocalTheInterviewnewspaperateachingpostadvertisedataschoolinaThemanwholookedlikeaterriersaid:"You'reBlakey,suburbofLondonabouttenmilesfromwhereIlived.areyou?Takeaseat."BeingveryshortofmoneyandwantingtodosomethingBlakey
2、tookaseat.useful,Iapplied,fearingasIdidso,thatwithoutadegree"Iseeyoutookyour'A'levelsinEnglish,FrenchandandwithnoexperienceofteachingmychancesoflandingHistory,andcontinuedwiththeArtsatuniversity."Thethejobwereslim.terriermanlookedupfromBlakey'sapplicationform.However,t
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4、mile.AsaresultIarrivedonalways,evenatschool,beeninterested,butitwasabigahotJunemorningtoodepressedtofeelnervous.decisiontotake,andIwasn'tsureatthetimeIhadtherightTheschoolwasadreary,gabledVictorianhouseofredtemperament."Thepanelofthreemadenocomment,andbrickandwithbigst
5、aringsash-windows.Thefrontgardentheirsilenceremindedhimhe'dnotyetansweredtheirwasagravelsquare;fourevergreenshrubsstoodateachquestion."Ireallywantedtowrite."corner,wheretheystruggledtosurvivethedustandfumesThemannexttotheterrierclearedhisthroat."Sothefactfromabusymainr
6、oad.isyou'dratherbeawriterthanadoctor?"Itwasclearlytheheadmasterhimselfthatopenedthedoor."Notnecessarily,"Blakeysaid."ItmighthavebeentrueHewasshortandrotund.Hehadasandy-coloredonce,butforsometimenowmymind'sbeensetonmoustache,afreckledforeheadandhardlyanyhair.Hebecoming
7、adoctor."waswearingatweedsuit—onefeltsomehowhehad"Butyouarecapableofachangeofheart."Therewasaalwayswornit—andacrosshisamplestomachwaslongpause.loopedasilverwatch-chain."I'msorry,"Blakeysaid,startled,"didyoumeanthatasaHelookedatmewithanairofsurpriseddisapproval,asaquest
8、ion?"colonelmightlookataprivatewhosebootlaceswere"Well?"themansaid,raisinganeyebrow.undone."Ahyes,"hegrunted."You'dbe