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Section Ⅲ Using language
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HOW DO I KNOW MY STUDENTS?
❶As an educator①, people often ask me how I know what is going on② in the minds of my students. Many students are quite shy and don't speak all that③ much.At the same time④, in a classroom of more than forty students, it is hard to have many oneonone conversations with each person.So, how can I really know what makes each student tick⑤?
My answer? I look at their body language.
❶是一个复合句。句中how和what都是引导宾语从句。
It is easy to recognise⑥ when students are interested in a lesson.Most tend to⑦ look up and make eye contact⑧.When I make a joke, they smile.When I talk about something difficult, they look confused⑨.I know when students are really interested, however, because they lean forward and look at me.People have a tendency⑩ to lean towards whatever they are interested in.❷So if a student has his head lowered⑪ to look at his watch, it implies⑫ he is bored and just counting the minutes for the class to end. If two friends are leaning their heads together, they are probably writing notes to each other.Of course, not everyone who looks up is paying attention in class.Some students look up, but there is an absence of eye contact.Their eyes barely⑬ move, and they always have the same distant⑭ expression on their faces.It is as though they are asleep with their eyes open.
❷是一个复合句。句中if引导条件状语从句, implies后省略了引导宾语从句的that。
Some students are amused by⑮ something else.They spend all their time looking anywhere but⑯ at me.Then again, some students' favourite activity is daydreaming.❸With their chins on their hands, they occupy⑰ themselves by staring⑱ out of the window or up at the ceiling⑲. They are certainly interested in something, but who knows what.The main thing is reminding distracted⑳ students that they need to pay attention in class.
❸句中With their chins on their hands为with复合结构作伴随状语, 此处为with+名词+介词短语结构。
❹While it is easy to perceive when students are interested, bored, or distracted, it is sometimes much harder to dis