It was her giggling that drew my attention．Note taking really wasn’t all that funny．
Walking over to the offender, I asked for the
21 ．Frozen, she refused to give it to me．I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet
22 between teacher and student．When she finally
23 it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it”.
It was a hand-drawn
24 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth．I managed to fold it up calmly．My mind,
25 , was working angrily as I struggled not to
26 .
I figured I knew the two most likely candidates for drawing the picture．It would do them some
27 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!
Thankfully, I was able to keep myself
28 .When there were about six minutes remaining, I showed the class the picture．They were all silent as I told them how
29 this was for me．I told them there must be a reason
30 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me．Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom．
As I
31 the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing against you,” or “I’m sorry you were hurt．” Some kids said, “We’re
32 of you．” But two notes, from the girls who I
33 were behind the picture, had a list of issues．I was too
34 , too strict…
Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of
35 my students, I had begun commanding them to
36 ．Where I thought I was driving them to success I was
37 driving them away．
I had some apologizing to do．But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card．The one
38 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke．The one from the girls asked for
39 .
This was a lesson for both the kids and me．Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the
40 .
| 小題1: | | A．note | B．a(chǎn)dvice | C．reason | D．help |
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| 小題2: | | A．battle | B．competition | C．a(chǎn)rgument | D．conversation |
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| 小題3: | | A．took | B．thought | C．turned | D．handed |
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| 小題4: | | A．statue | B．graph | C．picture | D．poster |
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| 小題5: | | A．otherwise | B．however | C．therefore | D．besides |
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| 小題6: | | A．leave | B．cry | C．explain | D．a(chǎn)rgue |
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| 小題7: | | A．good | B．harm | C．favor | D．punishment |
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| 小題8: | | A．a(chǎn)mused | B．controlled | C．uninterested | D．relaxed |
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| 小題9: | | A．meaningful | B．forgetful | C．regretful | D．hurtful |
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| 小題10: | | A．a(chǎn)side | B．a(chǎn)bove | C．beneath | D．behind |
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| 小題11: | | A．wrote | B．finished | C．read | D．collected |
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| 小題12: | | A．proud | B．fond | C．a(chǎn)fraid | D．a(chǎn)shamed |
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| 小題13: | | A．figured | B．promised | C．concluded | D．confirmed |
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| 小題14: | | A．talkative | B．mean | C．clumsy | D．considerate |
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| 小題15: | | A．forcing | B．encouraging | C．comforting | D．teaching |
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| 小題16: | | A．a(chǎn)ppreciate | B．a(chǎn)pologize | C．compromise | D．a(chǎn)chieve |
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| 小題17: | | A．a(chǎn)ctually | B．normally | C．immediately | D．generally |
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| 小題18: | | A．decorated | B．offered | C．signed | D．bought |
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| 小題19: | | A．thankfulness | B．forgiveness | C．compensation | D．communication |
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| 小題20: | | A．friendship | B．education | C．knowledge | D．future |
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f your goals in life ? If so, then maybe it is time to make goals that stretch yourself a bit more. If you have not accomplished your goals in life, then perhaps you have made the mistake of setting too many goals or trying to accomplish them at an unnaturally fast pace.
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to, for he himself is now the top of the class – at the top national university he attends. Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood experience: “Once, on a trip to the sea, my mother and I were lying on the beach. She pointed to the sea and said to me: ‘Do you see the seabirds fighting for food out there? When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The “clumsy” seagulls (海鷗) are far less agile (靈活的) and have to struggle to get away from the wave. But these “clumsy” birds prove to
have the biggest, strongest wings, which open the widest and allow the bird to travel the furthest. When the season changes, they leave for foreign shores, leaving the little birds behind. Son, I have a feeling that you are one of those seagulls.”
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ere is a strange mix of people. B. The restaurants are expensive.
Generous.
for clothes was considered to be an affair of females，while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking clothes consciousness．
collar may be wearing a white shirt，but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups.
they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.