By Bill Schulz/閆衛(wèi)輝（譯）

◆語篇導(dǎo)讀

你想過今后當(dāng)名教師嗎？你的父母希望你今后當(dāng)名教師嗎？讀一讀這篇短文，然后一起討論一下吧！

A majority ofAmericans said they would not want their children to become teachers.

Yet teachers everywhere say that if only the American people—the parent and thevoter—really understood schools and teachers,they'd join the topic.

Some people think teachers“sit aroundall summer,collecting apaycheck”.Lawson,a full-time teacher,complains it's not him.In addition toworking in both the beforeschool and after-school programs,he teaches in summer school.And last summer he took onextrahours at another place.

Lawson can do everything.He moves from room to room,teaching a class or organizing a lesson plan for a short-term group or giving students special help with math.He visits homes with the school social worker.He directs traffic in the parking lot.He once used the washing machine in his office to clean the coats of an entire class so he wouldn'tembarrassthe one kid whose coat was dirty.

Despiteit all or maybe because of it,he voices a view made by every teacher with whom a USA TODAY network team spent the day:He loves his job.“I wouldn't like to go anywhere else.When you help the kid that really wants to learn,when the kid says,‘I got it,’that's something you take with in the rest of your life.”

◆詞語積淀

a majority of大部分

voter/?v??t?(r)/n.選舉人；投票人

sit around閑坐

paycheck/?pe?t∫ek/n.收入

in addition to除……之外

extra/?ekstr?/adj.額外的；附加的

embarrass/?m?b?r?s/v.使窘迫

despite/d??spa?t/prep.盡管；即使

◆典句賞析

1.A majority of Americans said they would not want their children to become teachers.大多數(shù)美國人都說他們不希望自己的孩子成為教師。

want sb.to do sth.是常見的固定搭配，意為“想讓某人做某事”，sb.為賓語,動詞不定式作賓語補(bǔ)足語。注意區(qū)別固定搭配want to do sth.（想去做某事），其主語常指人，動詞不定式作賓語。

【即時嘗試】我想讓你去看看大海。_

2.He moves from room to room,teaching a class or organizing a lesson plan for a shortterm group or giving students special help with math.他會從一處趕到另一處——為一個短期的小組講課或組織一個課程計劃，或給學(xué)生提供數(shù)學(xué)方面的特殊幫助。

現(xiàn)在分詞短語teaching...、organizing...、giving...作伴隨狀語，動詞和邏輯主語之間是主謂關(guān)系。伴隨狀語修飾動詞，表示該動作與謂語動詞同時進(jìn)行。

【即時嘗試】老師手指著黑板上的句子，生氣地說著。___

3.He once used the washing machine in his office to clean the coats of an entire class so he wouldn't embarrass the one kid whose coat was dirty.他曾經(jīng)在辦公室里用洗衣機(jī)清洗過整個班的外套，因?yàn)檫@樣他就不會讓一個外套很臟的孩子感到難堪了。

whose coat was dirty是由關(guān)系代詞whose引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾先行詞kid。whose引導(dǎo)定語從句時，可以指代人或者物，在從句中作定語，所以whose必須接名詞，表示所屬關(guān)系。

【即時嘗試】玻璃碎了的那個屋子正在維修。_

4.When you help the kid that really wants to learn...當(dāng)你幫助一個真正想學(xué)習(xí)的孩子時……

that引導(dǎo)的從句是定語從句，此從句修飾先行詞kid；此時that在定語從句中作主語，相當(dāng)于who。

【即時嘗試】昨天來我們學(xué)校的那個人是個著名的物理學(xué)家。__

譯文助讀

大多數(shù)美國人都說他們不希望自己的孩子成為教師。

然而，各地的教師都說，如果美國人——家長和選民——真正了解了學(xué)校和教師，他們就會加入這個話題。

一些人認(rèn)為教師“整個夏天都在閑坐著領(lǐng)工資”。全職老師勞森抱怨道，這可不是他。除了在課前和課后的課程工作外，他還在暑期學(xué)校教書。去年夏天他還在另一個地方加班。

勞森無所不能。他會從一處趕到另一處——為一個短期的小組講課或組織一個課程計劃，或給學(xué)生提供數(shù)學(xué)方面的特殊幫助。他和學(xué)校的社工一起家訪；他在停車場指揮交通；他曾經(jīng)在辦公室里用洗衣機(jī)清洗過整個班的外套，因?yàn)檫@樣他就不會讓一個外套很臟的孩子感到難堪了。

盡管如此，或者可能正因?yàn)槿绱?，他說出了一個幾乎所有與《今日美國》網(wǎng)絡(luò)團(tuán)隊共度一天的老師會說的話：他熱愛他的工作?！拔也幌肴テ渌魏蔚胤?。當(dāng)你幫助一個真正想學(xué)習(xí)的孩子，當(dāng)這個孩子說出：‘我明白了’，這才是你余生所要做的?！?/p>