平凡的人:一名小學(xué)教師-A Primary School Teacher
一名小學(xué)教師
【內(nèi)容提示】
介紹一位名叫Kate的小學(xué)教師。她教三年級，她的學(xué)生8—9歲。她擔(dān)任閱讀、書法和算術(shù)課的教學(xué)任務(wù)。她上的課很有趣。其他老師教音樂和體育。有時(shí)，她在課堂上還向?qū)W生介紹有關(guān)歷史和其他學(xué)科的知識。她努力使學(xué)生養(yǎng)成良好的習(xí)慣。早晨她七點(diǎn)半到校，比上課時(shí)間提前一小時(shí)，下午她五點(diǎn)半離校。
【作文示范】
A Primary School Teacher
Kate is a primary school teacher. She teaches in a third grade class with children at the age of eight or nine.
Kate instructs①her pupils in reading, writing, and arithmetic②. (Other teachers teach them music and physical training.)Her teaching manner is very interesting. Sometimes she introduces them to knowledge of history and other subjects. She tries to teach them good study habits.
Kate has a long day. Usually she arrives at school at half past seven, an hour before classes begin. At lunch she eats together with her pupils. After class Kate corrects the pupils homework and prepares her lessons for the next day. She does not leave school until half past five in the afternoon.
Kate is busy with her work all the day.
【詞語解釋】
①instruct sb. in sth. 給……上……課
�、赼rithmetic[+＇riIm+tik] n.算術(shù)；計(jì)算
【寫法指要】
1）本文也是人物介紹說明文，但與上文有所不同。上文旨在介紹一個(gè)人的突出事跡，而本文介紹的是平常人的日常工作情況。正文分兩段，第一段概述Kate的工作內(nèi)容，第二段寫她天的工作日程，用的是記敘手法。
2）雖然在“內(nèi)容提示”中有“其他老師教音樂和體育”之說，但在文章中不能出現(xiàn)。如果寫進(jìn)去這樣的內(nèi)容，在英語修辭上就把它叫做與主題無關(guān)的“無關(guān)句”（irrelevant sentence）。