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我由于无法解决很多工作上和生活上的难题，因此我上课时满脸愁容。学生们都十分关心我，我便在STS中跟他们多谈一些关于自己的事。
TEACHER'S
Dear students,
Many of you asked me why I was so unhappy; many of you told me that I looked terrible when I was unhappy or angry; many of you said that I made many other people unhappy when I was unhappy. Anyway I am sorry; I am terribly sorry! I don't know what to say; I don't know how to say it; I don't know how much I should say.
Well, this is ME:
1．Every day I have to get up at about six o'clock, get changed in about ten minutes and then rush back to school.
2． I should prepare the teaching materials, mark exercise books, and have my breakfast between seven and eight.
3． I then get up to the TV Room in the hall to read one or two newspapers with a few students and have a little exercise for about ten minutes. (This is the most enjoyable time to me.)
4． I come down to take a roll-call and then start to have classes, normally five to six classes in the morning.
5． Some classes are extremely exhausting because the students are walking all over me, i.e., I cannot make them behave well.
6． From one to one thirty, I try to have a little rest while I was doing the marking.
7． I go up to the staff canteen for ten minutes to have a quick lunch and then I am back again for more marking.
8． I go up to take the afternoon roll-call and quickly come back for some more marking or to read the STSs and write down my words. (This is the second most enjoyable time to me.)
9． On some weekdays I have to rush to theChinese University of Hong Kong to do my assignments in the library or attend classes.
10． When I get back home, I have dinner with my wife and my kids.
11．After dinner, I take my kids out for a good walk.
12． I play with them for a while and then see them to bed.
13． When they are all asleep, I start to write up my STS for the day or do something urgent.
14． Before I go to sleep, I sit on the bed andthink about problems-problems with my students, with my fellow colleagues, with our school, with my kids, with myself, …usually with no solutions. Then I sleep.
Dennis
用分号将并列的句子隔开，比用句号更有感染力。
terribly是副词，意思是“非常”，用来修饰形容词sorry，有负面含意。
留意不同用法：
· everyday（形容词） life =每天生活
·live happily every day（副词）=每天快乐地生活
get changed的意思是“更换衣服”。
rush比run更能说明匆忙的程度。
have实在是一个多用途的动词。它可解作“吃/喝”，如 have my
breakfast或 have a drink；也可解作“进行（某活动）”，如：
· have a little discussion
· have a rest
· have a prayer
take a roll-call改用 take attendance较恰当，因为现在很多老师点名时都不会读出全班学生的名字。
exhausting 是形容词，意思是“极其疲倦的”。
i.e.的意思相等于tht is，用来进一步说明自己的意思。
留意make的正确用法：
· make them to behave ×
· make them behaving ×
· make them behave √
do 这个单词已被普遍应用：
· do the shopping
· do the washing
· do the checking
这里的 my words可以用 what I wantto say代替。
enjoyable跟pleasurable的意思相同。
weekdays是指星期一至星期五的日子。
这里的assignments跟homework的意思相近。但前者是可数名词，而后者是不可数名词。另外，assignments还可解作“任务/职责”，而 homework只解作功课”。
单单说After，…在语法上是错误的。
留意see的不同解释：
·see her to the airport =送她到机场
·see him out of the school = 送他离开学校
·see them to bed = 看他们上床睡觉
something没有复数。若要强调是“数”件紧急的事情，应写作do some urgent things。
LANGUAGE
The role of experiences & feelings
我们常以为语言能力强的人便能写出优异的文章，事实并非如此。写文章的主要目的是传情达意，没有什么经历、情感和思想的人，难以写出好文章。因此，要写好一篇文章，除了语言能力外，人生经验、情感和见识也是相当重要的因素。就以本单元的STS为例，我能在20分钟之内把文章写完，这并不是因为我的想像力特别丰富，而是因为我经历了很多，想倾吐出来的也很多。因此，学生们在写作的时候，要尽量将自己的经历写出来，把情感抒发出来。请看本单元的例子。
EXAMPLE
Many of you asked me why I was so unhappy; many of you told me that I looked terrible when I was unhappy or angry; many of you said that I made many other people unhappy when I was unhappy.
写不愉快的经历和被埋怨的感受。
EXAMPLE
Every day I have to get up at about six o'clock, get changed in about ten minutes and than rush back to school.
抒发忙碌的经历和不安的情绪。
EXAMPLE
I then get up to the TV Room in the hall to read one or two newspapers with a few students and have a little exercise for about ten minutes. (This is the most enjoyable time to me.)
抒发忙里偷闲的经历和快乐的心情。
有些学生的STSs特别长，原因十分简单：他们经历多、感受多，因此有很多心里话需要抒发出来。请在以下的STSs中找出促使他们告诉我各自经历的原因。 | 
