Unit 1 课时作业9-【红对勾讲与练】2022-2023学年新教材高中英语必修第一册(人教版2019)

UNIT 1　TEENAGE LIFE　　　　　　　 课时作业 9 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　Ⅰ. 阅读理解 My teacher, Mr August J. Bachmann, was the most impressive teacher I ever had. I had gotten into trouble in his class: Another student had pushed me for fun, and I became angry and began to hit him. Mr Bachmann stopped the fight, but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple question, “Penna, why are you wasting your life? Why aren􀆳t you going to college?” I didn􀆳t know anything about colleges or scholarships. No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a future. That day, instead of rushing off for lunch, he stayed and explained possible education options to me. At the end of our talk, he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962 at Emerson High School in Union City, New Jersey. Well, 55 years have passed, and what have I done with the knowledge he gave me? I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29. I taught English and social studies and then moved up the chain of command from teacher to headmaster. I􀆳ve sat on the board for Magnet Schools of America and represented that organization at the United Nations. I􀆳ve won a number of great educational awards. But where would I be if a truly caring teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me? It was without question only his confidence in me that helped me forward. I have repaid his kindness hundreds of