Theotherday,Ireceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…ItwassignedMargaretLeibfried,whowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoap
Theotherday,Ireceivedamostunexpectedmessageinresponsetooneofmyessays:Iamsoproudofyouandallyouhaveaccomplished.Isharedyouropinion…
ItwassignedMargaretLeibfried,whowasmyEnglishteacher—ateacherwhoappearedatavital(关键)pointinmylifeandhelpedmebelievethatIcouldbecomeawriter.
Thirtyyearsago,Ienteredhighschoolasanintrovert(性格内向的人)madeallthemoreshybecauseIwastheschool’sonlynonwhitestudent.Ialwaysfeltindangerofbeingsweptawaybyaseaoftallwhiteathletes.Ispentalotoftimealone,readingandwritingstories,hopingtoescapebeingteased.
Ms.LeibfriedtaughtAmericanliteratureandcompositiongrammar,whichinvolvedtheusualmemorizingvocabulary,butalso,thrillingly,readingnovels.
Thrillingtome,thatis.Manyofmyclassmatesexpresseddislikefornovelsbecausetheywere“notreal.”Foronce,Ididn’tcarewhattheythought.Ms.Leibfriedseemedtonoticemyinterestinbothreadingandwriting,andshetookthetimetomakemefeellessshy;sheevenofferedmereadingsuggestions,likeoneofherfavoritenovels,“TheBellJar.”
Thatyear’sbigprojectwasabookreport,tobereadaloudtotheclass.However,Ms.LeibfriedsuggestedIdosomething“alittledifferent.”Insteadofareport,Ichoseapassagefrom“TheBellJar”thatIconsideredasthebesttorecite.
Themorningofthepresentations,IremembermyhandssweatingsobadlyasIwalkedtothefrontoftheclassthatIkeptmyhandscrossed,soIwouldn’twipethemonmyblouse.
WhenIfinished,tomysurprise,theclassapplauded.“Mariehaspickedoutaparticularlysensitivepieceofwritinganddelivereditbeautifully,”Ms.Leibfriedsaid,smiling.Ifelt,maybeforthefirsttime,confident.
小题1:Whatwastheauthor’shighschoollifelikebeforeshemetMs.Leibfried?A.Lonely.B.Exciting.C.Wild.D.Busy小题2:InParagraph5,theauthormainlytellsus .A.howshecaredwhatherclassmatesthoughtB.whenshebecameinterestedin“TheBellJar”C.whymanyofherclassmatesdislikednovelsD.howMs.Leibfriedhelpedandencouragedher小题