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课件网) Unit 1 RELATIONSHIPS LESSON 1 TEACHERS 1.Pair Work Talk about the qualities that you think teachers need. Use the phrases below to help you. ACTIVATE AND SHARE 2. Read the two texts. Who wrote the texts What are they mainly about Why were they written READ AND EXPLORE My Teacher I haven’t seen Mr Jenkins since I left school, but I often think about him. I wasn’t very good at most school subjects before I met Mr Jenkins. I suppose I was a bit lazy, especially in maths. The only thing I can remember from school maths is that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees! But when I was 15 and went into Mr Jenkins’ class, I really became interested in a subiect for the first time. Before Mr Jenkins taught me, science had simply been a subject full of strange words to me. I had no idea what hydrogen was, and I didn’t really want to know, either! I found it all so boring and difficult. But Mr Jenkins made evervthing interesting. He used to explain things which seemed difficult with lots of practical examples and in simple language. One day, he took us outside. and we built a rocket! I remember that he let me pour some fuel into the rocket, and then another student lit a match to set it off. It was great fun. I know that I wasn’t a willing student, but l wasn’t slow to earn new things, The proplem was that I lacked confidence in myself. Mr Jenkins made me feel that I had my own strengths. I was interested in the study of the stars and planets and he asked me to give a presentation to the class. That was really the first time I tried to explain science to an audience and now it’s my job! Often when I’m preparing a programme, I think about how Mr Jenkins would have done it. Sometimes I think, if only I could call him and ask for his opinion! Graham Lawrence, a science writer The texts’ writers are Graham Lawrence and Brian Jenkins. Graham was once Mr Jenkins’ student. They talk about the memories that they have of each other. The texts were written because the student and the teacher remembered how they influenced each other. Read “My plete the information. He’s a bit lazy. Science had been a subject full of strange words to him. He didn’t want to know what hydrogen was. He found science boring and difficult. He lacked confidence in himself. He explained things with lots of practical examples and in simple language. He took students outside, and they built a rocket. Mr Jenkins asked Graham to give a presentation to the class. Graham began to explain science to an audience. My Student I’ve read a couple of Graham’s books and seen him on TV. I always say to my wife,“Oh look, I used to teach him!”I remember Graham was very difficult before he came into my class, I had heard stories about his bad behaviour, Once I caught him and his friends seeing who could jump the farthest off the school stage! But when he got interested, he changed. The first day he walked into my class, he ... ...
