英语沙龙：一个好得不能再好的班

A Terrific¹ Class

The first day of school began on a bright note for a teacher who was glancing over the class roll．After each student‘s name was a number，such as 138，140，154 and so on．“Look at these IQs ，”she thought to herself．“They’ve given me a terrific class．”

As a result，the elated teacher worked harder with this class than with her others．She tried new innovations² that she thought would challenge them and hold their interest．And it worked．The class did much better than any of her other classes，which s he had taught in the usual way．Only later did she find out that the figures after each pupil’s name stood for their locker³ numbers．

一个好得不能再好的班

开学第一天，一位老师看了一眼学生名单，对她来说，这一天开始得真令人振奋。每个学生名字后面都有一个数字，如138,140,154等等。“瞧这些学生的智商，”她心中想道。“他们给了我一个好得不能再好的班！”

结果，这位兴奋的老师努力地教这个班，花的精力比教别的班要多。她采用种种创新的教学法，以向学生提出挑战，激发并保住他们的兴趣。她成功了！这个班比其他她用常规教学法教的班的成绩要好得多。直到后来她才发现：每个学生名字后面的数字代表的仅仅是他们各自存物柜上的号码。

1 terrific   

adj.可怕的，极好的，非常的

参考例句：

• The game was terrific.那场比赛棒极了。
• Darren drove at a terrific speed.达伦以惊人的速度驾车。

2 innovations   

改革( innovation的名词复数 )； 新观念； 新事物； 新设施

参考例句：

• The engineer has many technical innovations to his credit. 这位工程师有许多项技术革新的成就。
• This year's copy contains no innovations over those in the past. 今年的版本没有不同于过去的新花样。

3 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。