英文故事剧 老师(The Teacher)

教育家陶行知先生曾说过：“在教师手里操着幼年人的命运，便操着民族和人类的命运。”

在很多时候，老师的一点点鼓励、一点点嘉许，就能对孩子的心理产生不可磨灭的影响。可以说，老师所决定的，绝对不仅仅是学生们少年时期的几个无关紧要的分数，而是孩子们的心理、未来和命运。

关注我爱英语网的读者中，有为数不少的教师网友。也许日复一日单调的教学生活已经磨灭了你的激情，但是请记住，在你的肩上还有一份责任：珍爱每一位学生。

Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the first day of school. She looked at her pupils and said that she loved them all the same, that she would treat them all alike. But that was impossible because there in front of her was a little boy named Teddy.

Mrs. Thompson noticed that Teddy's clothes were dirty. Because Teddy was a sullen¹ little boy, no one else seemed to enjoy him either.

Mrs. Thompson was required to review each child's records. When she opened Teddy's file she was surprised.

His first-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright, inquisitive² boy. He is a joy to be around." His second-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well-liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal disease." His third-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy continues to work hard but his mother's death has been hard on him." Teddy's fourth-grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn³ and doesn't show much interest in school."

By now Mrs. Thompson realized the problem. And Christmas was coming fast.

Her children brought her presents, all in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy. His present was clumsily wrapped in a brown paper bag. Mrs. Thompson opened it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone⁴ bracelet⁵ with some of the stones missing and a bottle of perfume that was one-quarter full.

The girl's biggest weakness had become her biggest strength.

She stopped the children's laughter and exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing⁶ some of the perfume on the other wrist. Teddy stayed behind just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my mom used to."

On that very day, Mrs. Thompson quit teaching reading, and writing, and speaking. Instead, she began to teach children. She paid particular attention to one they called "Teddy." The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year he had become one of the best students in the class and he had also become the "pet" of the teacher who had once vowed⁷ to love all of her children exactly the same.

1 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

2 inquisitive   

adj.求知欲强的，好奇的，好寻根究底的

参考例句：

• Children are usually inquisitive.小孩通常很好问。
• A pat answer is not going to satisfy an inquisitive audience.陈腔烂调的答案不能满足好奇的听众。

3 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

4 rhinestone   

n.水晶石，莱茵石

参考例句：

• She often wears that cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.她经常戴那个廉价艳丽的水晶手镯。
• Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing,当她发现一个缺了几颗人造钻石的手镯时，有些孩子鄙笑起来。

5 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。

6 dabbing   

石面凿毛，灰泥抛毛

参考例句：

• She was crying and dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. 她一边哭一边用手绢轻按眼睛。
• Huei-fang was leaning against a willow, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. 四小姐蕙芳正靠在一棵杨柳树上用手帕揉眼睛。 来自子夜部分

7 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。