Teachers

1. Learning Lesson 3 Teachers

2. Lesson 3 Teachers Teachers are very important to a person in learning. What is a good teacher like? My portrait of a good teacher is one with pertinence and imagination. Unit 15

3. Work in pairs, talking about the teacher you like best. The questions will help you. • Which of your teachers you have ever had • impresses you most? • 2. What subject does he/she teach? • What was your first impression of the teacher? • What was your formal attitude towards the subject? • What changes took place with the help of the teacher? • In what way did the teacher help you?

4. Read a passage about a teacher to see what kind of teacher he was. made everything interesting with practical examples Jenkins science lazy loved science difficult Graham

5. Read the passage again,and work in pairs, asking and answering questions according to the passage, using the information you have collected. • What kind of student was Graham? • What kind of teacher was Mr. Jenkins in Graham’s eyes? • Why does Graham often think about Mr. Jenkins? • Is Mr. Jenkins still a great help to Graham? How? • How does Mr. Jenkins feel about Graham now? • Why does Mr. Jenkins love teaching?

6. What kind of student was Graham? Graham was a difficult , lazy student.

7. 2. What kind of teacher was Mr. Jenkins in Graham’s eyes? He was a wonderful teacher who could make everything interesting.

8. 3. Why does Graham often think about Mr. Jenkins? He often thinks about Mr. Jenkins because the first time he explained science to an audience. It was Mr. Jenkins who asked him to do it. Now he does it for a living.

9. 4. Is Mr. Jenkins still a great help to Graham? How? Yes. When he’s preparing a programme, he thinks about Mr. Jenkins would done it.

10. 5. How does Mr. Jenkins feel about Graham now? He is proud of Graham now.

11. 6. Why does Mr. Jenkins love teaching? Because a teacher has access to children’s minds when they are open and eager to learn and it’s worthwhile helping to turn a child like Graham into such a successful adult.

12. Test your memory: Complete the following according to the passage from memory. willing I wasn’t a particularly _______ and ___________ student at school. I know I shouldn't’t have been so __________ , but it was probably because I lacked __________. Mr. Jenkins made me ____ that I could do things. I was __________ in astronomy and he asked me to ____ a lesson to the class. That was ______ the first time I ever _____ to explain _______ to an audience. cooperative rebellious confidence feel interested give really tried science

13. Word study Work in groups and guess the meaning of the words and expressions with the help of the context of the text. Inspiration Enthusiasm DemonstrateRebellious Confidence

14. Inspiration Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity. 鼓舞：使人的心灵或情感受到刺激而达到更高层次情感和行动的东西 The condition of being so stimulated. 振奋：受到如此刺激的状况 Enthusiasm Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause. 热情，热忱：对某物或某事的极大热情或兴趣 A source or cause of great excitement or interest. 热衷的事物：激发热情或兴趣的事物

15. Demonstrate To show to be true by reasoning or adducing evidence; prove: 证实，论证：通过推理或引证说明真实性；证明： demonstrate a proposition. Rebellious Prone to or participating in a rebellion: 反叛的：倾向于或参与造反的： rebellious students.

16. Confidence A feeling of assurance, especially of self-assurance. 自信：确信的感觉；尤指自信 The state or quality of being certain: 确信：有把握的状态或性质： I have every confidence in your ability to succeed.

17. Pair work Ask and answer questions according to the text, using the information collected. • How did Mr. Jenkins feel about Graham at first? • What’s the impression of Graham to Mr.Jenkins now? • What are the problems with teaching now? • Why does Mr.Jenkins love teaching?

18. How did Mr. Jenkins feel about Graham at first? Do you know what “difficult” here refers to? He was a bit “difficult”. He was lazy, unwilling to study, not cooperative and rebellious.

19. 2. What’s the impression of Graham to Mr.Jenkins now? Graham is successful and he is proud of having such a student. What does “successful” here refer to? It refers to his science books and his work as a TV presenter.

20. 3. What are the problems with teaching now? There are discipline problems and lack of money.

21. 4. Why does Mr.Jenkins love teaching? It’s a great feeling when he knows he has taught something well and it also makes him proud when he sees his pupils doing well. I feels that he has achieved something.

22. Test your memory Complete the sentences from the passage from your memory. • When Graham came into my class, he was • a bit “_________”. • I say to my wife, “ Oh, look, I ____ to teach him!” • I only wish I was as __________ with all my pupils as with Graham. • My wife often wishes I had chosen a less _________ career. • I feel that I’ve ________ something. difficult used successful stressful achieved

23. Grammar Wish and should have Find sentences in the text and do with them like the modal. My French teacher should have been the same I wish I hadn’t been so rebellious.

24. Assignment Interview your favorite teacher. Ask about his/her feeling of his/her students and attitude towards teaching. Write about your favorite teacher according to the interview and your impression of him/her. Display your work on the bulletin board.