【推荐1】We had just completed a unit on community heroes, and my kindergarten(幼儿园) class homework was to draw their favorite   hero. Each child was busy ______ colorful drawings. However, one little boy named Cameron was having difficulty with the homework. He was on the autism spectrum(自闭症谱系) but that made no ______ to me or his classmates. We all loved him just the way he was.

I sat and watched as Austin, another little boy, ______ Cameron. Austin had a wonderful way of interacting with Cameron, and helped him ______ his hero. Within a few minutes, Cameron began drawing blue lines on his paper.

______, it was time for everybody to ______ their hero pictures. I listened carefully to each student’s ______ of his or her hero. It was finally Cameron’s ______ to share his hero. Cameron stood up and ______ his drawing in front of his face. He then said it was a picture of me and I helped him learn things. When Austin shared his picture, I was ______ it would be a policeman, but he _____   me when he held up a picture of Cameron. He said Cameron was his ______ because he had a sickness that made it ______ to learn, but he was like Superman and was really smart.

What had started out as a simple ______ on community heroes had tuned into a moment that changed my understanding of teachers’ ______. Teachers should lead their children in discovering their own amazing qualities and helping them find their inner superhero.

【推荐3】I have always been hard­working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making _______.

_______ has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while _______, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were _______.When they came, I would _______ my hand. Answering them _______ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be _______ －to be right every time.

As it turned out, living up to this standard was _______.In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a _______ answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something   ________   had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was________. The beautiful castle that I had built up ________ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became   ________.Even if I may have known the answer, I was   ________ to take the risk of damaging my self­confidence any more.Noticing my ________, my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning ________ they can point out our weaknesses and help us ________.I should set up the principle of   ________ mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ________.School is not a place to________   but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.

【推荐1】I'm standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl with laughter. They won't listen to me. I never wanted to________. I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were________ of teachers.

My efforts at teaching were________. When the bell finally rang, I________ to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren't________. “That's 4B, the worst class in the school.”

But I couldn't give up. I________ formal lessons. Instead, I brought topics for class________. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had________ their parents. They paid attention and________ about their lives. I was very interested,________, I had them write about themselves. As time went on, their articles became a________ between us. I admired their humor, toughness and insight, and I think they________ my interest in their lives.

The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End, I asked if they'd like to see the musical. They thought I was joking and did not take it________, since no teacher had ever________ taking them out. A few weeks later, 4B and I were sitting in a theater. They________ the music and the characters. It was the highlight of their year, and they talked about it for days.

Near the end of________, someone knocked on the door of the staff room. The two most rebellious(叛逆的) girls in 4B were there-- with flowers. I was________ to know I had touched their lives, but they had also touched mine. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with________.

When I returned to Australia several years later, I still________ to be a writer. Teaching wasn't the end of my writing career, it was the________.

【推荐2】Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more _____waiting for the final school bell. Upon its ______everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David   

David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _____what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so _____for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David ______.I can still remember he was always ______a smile and willing to help. He always _____after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He______just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly_____home   

Weeks passed and the _______over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of_____before the holiday break. I smiled in _______as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David _______standing by my desk.

“I have something for you” he said ______from behind his back a small box. ______it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my ______I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face add back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s______”   

“Oh no it isn’t” said David “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”   

Tears filled my eyes ________I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given_________to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ________the little empty box set on my desk

【推荐3】I decided at age 10 that I was going to be a teacher because I ___________ superpowers. When I was in primary school, I could clearly see that some of my teachers had superpowers because I was always the quietly observant one, ___________ things.

Our English teacher could magically transport us to different worlds every day, simply by reading stories to us from books we would otherwise never ___________ . This was our secret because fifth graders were considered too old to have stories read out to them. Then our headmaster, a teacher as well, ___________ everything about every child. You couldn’t ___________ his laser-like (激光般的) eyes that could see right into you — through flesh, bones and all. And our geography teacher could _________ the invisible (隐形的). I remained rather quiet and unnoticeable. _____________ , she would spot me. The unspoken _______________ in her superpowered eyes told me: “I see you, I know you, I understand you.”

As I learned from them, the _____________ of a primary school educator is to teach children, not subjects. What seems ________________ to me is that all those teachers calmly create ______________ in their ordinary classrooms. No one ever noticed that they were so creative in shaping young human beings.

Teaching is not just a job — it is a science and an art and it demands emotional labour and input. When I ________________ after teaching for three decades, what gives me ________________ is remembering the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher. When I meet others who ________________ to gain superpowers, like the brand-new teacher struggling to perfect her skills, or the one in a rural school traveling seventy kilometers each day just for the pupils, I feel ________________ to belong to the same group.

【推荐3】I was driving on the freeway when I noticed heavy clouds roll in. A storm was coming. The rain began beating ______ against my car windows, making driving impossible. I ______ onto the shoulder of the road and stopped. The rain ______ me of Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina struck when I was nine years old. I had worried it would strike us in Houston. It missed us, but other cities were not so lucky. I remembered watching the ______. A reporter stood inside the Houston stadium, ______ people. Many wore dirty and ______ clothes, and some had no shoes on their feet. I noticed a little boy behind the reporter ______ an old teddy bear. Watching him, I knew I had to do something.

The next day, my friends ______ me for our volunteer club and we came up with a plan. We wanted to ______ toys and give them to the kids at the stadium, which would bring some ______ into the lives of these families. We ______ the word to the school and other organizations. Three days later, the donation boxes were overflowing with new toys! When we ______ the stadium with our gifts, children ______ toward us from all directions, smiles lighting up their faces.

Suddenly, a phone call brought me back to the present. To my joy, the storm had ______. “Hector, we have more ______ of yesterday’s tornado.” “Well, I’ve brought clothes I’d like to donate to them. The storm stopped me, but I’ll be there soon!”

【推荐2】It’s strange, but I don’t really remember about the hurricane itself. It all happened so _________ I was sitting in my room when the roof（屋顶）just flew off. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been and I was very _________. Without a roof, staying inside was really _________. It was August, so it was really hot and it smelled so _________ everywhere! Living in the open air, we became breakfast, lunch and dinner for the mosquitos（蚊子）. We had lost our home and everything in it. But as Mom kept on _________ us, we were all together and safe. Mom’s words made us feel _________. I remember us all lying under the midnight sky and looking up at the stars. Even though we had lost a lot, moments like those gave us _________ for the future.

Although it was only a few days before we were _________, it felt like months. We were taken to another town in a faraway county. Now, one year has passed and I’m back home in New Orleans. We are working together to _________ our homes and our lives. Now we have another chance to look up at the stars of New Orleans, their beauty inspiring us and giving us __________ to move on.

【推荐3】For me, dream was one thing, and schooling was quite another. My family was too poor to cover my tuition. Finally, with others’ help, I attended a state university. However, I_______needed more money to pay for my other expenses, so I found a part-time job,_______ test tubes in the science department. By then I believed that every dirty test tube I washed meant I was one step closer to my_______ .

When working as a substitute teacher (代课教师) in the local area, I learned they were planning to_______the biology teacher I had substituted for. I was sure the_______ was meant for me. However, the principal said, “You’re too _______. We want someone older — with more_______ .”

I cried all the way to work, disappointed and_______. Suddenly, a stranger who I met by chance asked me what had happened. I told him how much I wanted to _______and how upset I was to be________because of my age. Then I also shared some of my thoughts with him. He ________me, “Never lose heart. I believe you can make it.” The next morning my phone rang. It was the principal calling to offer me the________ position. I was totally________and asked him why. He explained, “You made quite an impression on the chairman of our Board of Directors. He ________that you should have this position.” A few weeks later, I stood by the door of my classroom, welcoming my________on their first day of school. When they were settled, I said with a smile, “Open your books. ”