CollegeEnglish2006.3MyTeachingPractice湖北师范学院外语系杨绵Teachingpracticeisthecompulsorycoursebeforeworking1.Asastudentisgoingtograduate,teachingpracticeplaysanimportantroleinmylife.2Itislikeasongfullofsorrowandjoy,stillberestedinmymindandnevermoveaway.3ThefirstdayIcametotheschooltogetintouchwiththeheadmasteraccompaniedbymymother.Theheadmasterwasamiddle-agedmaninmediumsize,4hewasfat,hisstomachlookedlikeaballoon.Attheverysightofhim,Ifeltverydisappointedanddis-pleased.Iwasafraidhehadsomeprejudiceagainstme.Imadeabriefintroductiontohim.NotuntilIhadfinishedmyspeech,hetoldmetogobackhomeandhewouldgivemewhatIwantattheendoftheteachingpractice.5Onhearingthat,myfaceturnedred,Ididnotwanttosayawordanymore.Thecoldaircrappedovermybodyfromhairtotoe.6Ijuststoodtherelikeacudgel.7Myearscouldnothearanything,myeyescouldseenothingandmylegscouldmovenowhere.Iwasinfulltears.8About20minuteslater,mymothertoldmetofollowhim.Hewasunwillingtoagreetomymother’srequest.Then,Imetwithmytutor—MissCai,averykindteacherwithrichteachingexperience.Mostofthestudentswerefromthevillagesaroundtheschool.Theaverageageofthem9wasabout12.MissCailedmeintotheclassroom.Isaw,allofthemwerefullofcuriosity.10Theygazedatme,fromtheheadtothefoot.Thebadmoodpreventedmefrommakingintroductiontothem.11Iwalkeddowntheaisle,thenIsatonachairatthebackoftheclassroom.MissCaicontinuedthelesson,butthestudentsturnedaroundandlookedatmefromtimetotime.Astimewentby,theygotfamiliarwithme.12Theybegantoaskmesomequestions:suchas“Whereareyoufrom?”“Whydoyoucomehere?”13“Canyousingasongforme?”...andsoon.Theywereveryinnocent,IfoundIwasveryhappywhenIstayedwiththem.Someboyswereverynaughty,theylikedtochatinclass.Iwasveryangryandaskedthemtostandinthefrontstage.Theystoodthereandkepttheireyesstaringatthefloor,asiftherewasalargesumofmoneythere.Whensomestudentscameacrossmeonmywayhome,theyalwayssaidhellotome.Iwasproudofbeingateacheratthattime.Now,Icomebacktotheuniversityasastudent,Iseemyteachersagain.Iunderstandbeingagoodteachermustbefullofresponsibility,knowledgeandlove.14IamwillingtodevotemylifetothiscareersoImakeadecision:tobeagoodteacherinthenotfarfuture.15542006.3CollegeEnglishSimon’sComments:Simon’sRevisedComposition:MyTeachingPracticeThisisanicepieceofwritingwhichdescribesthestudent’sexperiencewell.Itiswellstruc-turedandclear.Theonlyrealproblemswithitarethefollowingfourtypesofminorerrors.Thefirsttypeofminorerroristhatofmissingwordsorunnecessaryadditionalwords.(1)shouldbe‘...beforestartingwork’.(2)shouldbe‘Asastudentwhoisgoingtograduate’and(11)‘Thebadmoodpreventedmefrommakinganintroductiontothem’.Unnecessaryadditionalwordsorgrammarcanbeseenin(10)‘Isaw,allofthemwerefullofcuriosity’,wherethecommaafter“saw”isunnecessaryand(14)‘Iunderstandbeingagoodteachermustbe...’,whereweshouldcrossouttheword‘being’.Thesecondtypeoferrorisunnaturalwordorder.(4)shouldbe‘Theheadmasterwasamedium-sizedmiddle-agedman’.(9)shouldbe‘Theiraverageagewasabout12’.Thisisacommonmistakeforstudentstomakeandshouldbenotedandavoided.ThethirdtypeoferrorisunnaturalEnglish.(6)‘Thecoldaircrappedovermybody’.Crapped?Crapisaverbornounmeaningtodefecate(排便)ordefecation.Itisaswearwordandshouldnotbeused.Perhapsthestudentmeant‘crept’or‘swept’.Pleasebesuretocheckyourspelling!(7)‘Ijuststoodtherelikeacudgel’.Acudgelisabluntinstrumentusedforbeatingpeople,mainlyduringtheMiddleAges.Idon’tknowwherethisstudentgotthisphrasebutitisratherstrange.Abetterwordwouldbe‘statue’or‘stone’.With(8)itwouldbebettertosay‘Iwasinfloodsoftears.’(12)shouldbe‘...theybecamefamiliarwithme’.Thefourthtypeoferrorisgrammaticalerrors.(3)shouldbe‘Itislikeasongfullofsorrowandjoy,stillrestinginmymindandnevermovingaway’.(5)shouldbe‘beforeIfinishedmyspeech,hetoldmetogobackhome...’Therearealsosomeerrorsoftense.(3)shouldbe‘Whyhaveyoucomehere?’and(15)‘...soIhavemadeadecision...’AsIhavesaidbefore,theessayis,apartfromtheaboveerrors,basicallysound.Inmyre-writingoftheessay,Iadjustedsomeofthesentencesandphrasingtomakethemmorenatural.Thewriterof-tenusesshortsentencesinarowwhichgivestheimpressionofemphasis.AtpointswhereIfeelthisisinappropriateIhavealsomadesomechanges.Teachingpracticeisthecompulsorycoursebeforestartingwork.Asastudentwhoisgoingtograduate,teachingpracticeplaysanimportantroleinmylife.Itislikeasongfullofsorrowandjoy,stillrestinginmymindandnevermovingaway.OnthefirstdayIwenttotheschooltoseetheheadmaster,accompaniedbymymother.Theheadmasterwasamedium-sizedmiddle-agedman.Hewasfatandhisstomachlookedlikeaballoon.55CollegeEnglish2006.3①announcer:(电台、电视台的)广播员,播音员,节目主持人;②host:电视等的节目主持人;③compere:(尤英)节目主持人;④anchor:又作anchorperson,anchorman,anchorwoman(尤美)广播、电视新闻节目的主持人。