内容正文:
Blog1
I just got a parcel from home! It took about two
Weeks1. arrive, and it was a bit damaged, but it was so nice 2. (get) some sweets and jam from home; I’ve been dying to have some of my favourite sweets, and it’s always nice 3. get mail!
So I 4. (be)here in the jungle for5. a
month now. My secondary school is a bush school.The classrooms are made6. bamboo, with clay
floors and roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes 7. (walk)to school down a dusty track covered in weeds. When I reach the school grounds,I’m greeted 8. a chorus of “good morning ”from the boys. Unlike students in our country, these boys do not wear cotton uniforms, and many of them also have to walk a long way,sometimes9. up to two hours, just to get to school.
There ’s no electricity, running water or even textbooks, not to mention laptops, tablets, or other modern devices! All the students have10. are pencils, rubbers, and paper. I ’m still trying to adapt to these conditions.I’ve had to become much 11 . (imaginative) in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept of 12. (do)experiments. There is no equipment, and since there isn’t even a washroom, if I need water I have to carry it13. my house in a basin! It’s important not to be too rigid about rules here, too.The other day I 14. (show)the boys a
chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture 15. (bubble)out of the test tube spilling everywhere! The class became a circus as the boys, who had never come across anything like his before, started16. (jump)out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students few will ever become chemists and most will be going back to17. (they)villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boys’ lives at all.
Blog2
Last weekend I 18. ( make)my first visit to a remote village, home to one of our students, Tombe.
Another teacher and I19. (walk) for two and a half hours to get there—first, up a mountain from where we had fantastic views, and then down a shaded path to the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tombe ’s mother, Kiak,20. (see)us coming and started crying “ieee ieee ”. We shook hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be related to Tombe.
Tombe ’s father, Mukap, a man with a strong jaw and a wrinkled forehead, led 21. his house, a low,
round bamboo hut with no windows, with a door just big enough to get through, and22. grass sticking out of the roof—this shows it is a man ’s house. Such housing is dark inside so it took time for our eyes to
adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and
there was a platform for Jenny and me to sleep on.
There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut. The only possessions I could see23. (be)one broom, a few saucers, a kettle , cups ,pans, and a couple of
jars.
Mukap built a fire outside and laid stones on it to heat. He then placed the hot stones 24. an empty oil drum with kau kau(sweet potato), ripe corn, and greens. He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam. It25. (smell)delicious. We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire. I loved listening to the family talking softly to each other in their language, even though I could not participate much in the conversation. Luckily, Tombe interpreted for us.
Later, I noticed a can26. (stand) upside down on the grill over the fire. After a while, Tombe threw it out of the doorway. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. His family believes that leftovers attract bad spirits in the night, so any leftover food is dried up in a can and the can is then thrown out of the hut.We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes. My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we dragged ourselves down the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe ’s family.
答案
1.to 2.to get 3.to 4.have been 5 .about 6. of
7.to walk 8.by 9.for 10.are 11.more imaginative
12.doing 13. from 14.was showing 15.was bubbling 16. jumping 17. their 18.made
19.walked 20. saw 21.to 22. with 23. were 24.in
25.smelled 26.standing
学科网(北京)股份有限公司
$$