【Iarrivedintheclassroom，readytosharemyknowledgeandexperiencewith76studentswhowouldbemyEnglishliteratureclass．HavingtaughtintheUSfor17years，Ihavenodoubtaboutmyabilitytoholdtheirattentionandtoimpressonthem】

　　Iarrivedintheclassroom，readytosharemyknowledgeandexperiencewith76studentswhowouldbemyEnglishliteratureclass．HavingtaughtintheUSfor17years，Ihavenodoubtaboutmyabilitytoholdtheirattentionandtoimpressonthemmyadmirationfortheliteratureofmymothertongue．

　　Iwasshockedwhenthemonitorshouted，"standup!"TheentireclassroseasIenteredtheroomandIwassomewhatpuzzledabouthowtogetthemtositdownagain，butoncetheembarrassment（尴尬）wasover，Iquicklyregainedmycalmnessandadmiration．Iwentbacktomyofficewiththerosyglowwhichcamefromastrongsenseofachievement．

　　Mystudentskeptdiaries．However，asIreadthem，therosyglowwasgraduallyreplacedbyastrongsenseofsadness．Thefirstdiarysaid，"Ourliteratureteacherdidn'tteachusanythingtoday．Perhapshernextlecturewillbebetter．"Greatlysurprised，Ireaddiaryafterdiary，eachexpressingasimilartheme．"Didn'tIteachthemanything？IdescribedtheentireWesternphilosophy（哲学）andlaidthehistoricalbackgroundforalltheworkswewillstudyinclass．"Icomplained．"HowshouldtheysayIdidn'tteachthemanything？"

　　Itwasalongterm，anditgraduallybecameclearthatmyideasabouteducationwerenotthesameasthoseofmystudents．Ithoughtateacher'sjobwastoraiseinterestingquestionsandprovideenoughbackgroundsothatstudentscoulddrawtheirownconclusions．Mystudentsthoughtateacher'sjobwastoprovideexactinformationasdirectlyandclearlyaspossible．Whatadifference!

　　However，Ialsolearnedalot，andtheexperiencewithmyChinesestudentshasmademeabetterAmericanteacher，knowinghowtoteachinadifferentculture．

　　56．Wecanknowthatonthefirstdaythewriter___．

　　A．feltshedidn'tteachthemmuch

　　B．wasveryconfidentinherstudents

　　C．feltveryconfidentinherselfatfirst

　　D．wasdisappointedatherstudents'performance

　　57．Atthebeginningofthelesson，thewritergotpuzzledbecauseof___．

　　A．culturaldifferences

　　B．students'admiration

　　C．students'embarrassment

　　D．thesameexperience

　　58．Thewriterlearntfromtheirdiariesthatthestudentsw