文档介绍：Warming-up Exercise
1. The author gave a wrong answer to the question asked by her teacher Mrs. Cooper.
2. Mrs. Cooper was asking her students to work hard when she said “We are all here to learn"
3. The author was very poor when she got married. (T)
T
F
(She was blaming them for laughing at the author.)
4. She wished to go to university because she wanted to get a good job to support her family.(F)
(She wished to go to university because she wanted very much to be a teacher just like Mrs. Cooper.)
5. She attended classes at night after work.(F)
(She attended classes in the mornings before work.)
7. It took her 7 years to finish her university study and obtain her degree. (T)
8. The principal of Coleman Place Elementary School had worked at Larrymore. (T)
9. The author got a job as a teaching assistant at Coleman Place Elementary School. (F)
(The author got a job as a fifth-grade teacher at Coleman Place Elementary School.)
Unit 3 Children’s Education
Language Points
1 . fix:look steadily (at sb.)
Examples:
---The driver fixed his eyes on the road ahead.
----The young mother fixed her soft brown eyes on her little baby.
2 . severe:
(1)strict or harsh in attitude or treatment
----Don't be too severe on him---he's still a child.
-------My math teacher is so severe that I'm scared of him.
(2)very bad,intense
----During the great depression,the country faced severe economic problems.
-----Hurricane Katrina caused severe damage to New Orleans City Park . 90 percent of the park was under anywhere from one to ten feet of water.
3 . outstanding: unusually good;excellent
-----Peter is an outstanding athlete and is sure to win the match.
-----All the listeners were impressed by the blind singer's outstanding performance.
4. mechanic: worker skilled in making,using,or repairing machines,vehicles,and tools
Examples:
------My father is a very good elevator mechanic.
------If you smell something unusual in the car,gas burning,for instance,call our mechanic.
5. get by