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October 5 is World Teachers' Day. It is a day when students all over the world say thank you to the teachers who (1)______ them most.
Bill Gates is a good example. His maths teacher (2)______ him to push himself a little bit harder. His drama teacher helped him (3)______ a love of the stage. 'They made Microsoft possible,' Gates said.
Oprah Winfrey feels the (4)______ way about her teacher, Mrs Duncan. 'I felt I could take on the world,' she said. 'Teachers create a spark for learning that (5)______ with you from then on.' For some children, a teacher is the only (6)______ adult in their life.
The writer Antwone Fisher had a difficult childhood, and he found it hard to open up to adults. But his primary school teacher, Mrs Profitt, was the first adult he ever (7)______. 'She spoke to all of us with respect,' he said.
That is (8)______ UNESCO celebrates teachers every year. UNESCO wants us to remember that education is a basic human right. Today, 264 million children still cannot go to school because there are not (9)______ teachers. World Teachers' Day reminds us that a good teacher can give a child not just knowledge, but (10)______.
1. A.influenced B.followed C.protected D.remembered
2. A.warned B.forced C.encouraged D.promised
3. A.lose B.discover C.hide D.buy
4. A.wrong B.only C.final D.same
5. A.stays B.ends C.disappears D.returns
6. A.wealthy B.famous C.busy D.caring
7. A.refused B.feared C.trusted D.admired
8. A.how B.why C.where D.when
9. A.good B.young C.enough D.strict
10. A.money B.homework C.rules D.hope
词汇短语精讲
1. say thank you to 向……说谢谢，向……表示感谢
例句：It is a day when students all over the world say thank you to the teachers who influenced them most.
提示：thank you 在此是固定名词性表达，介词 to 引出被感谢的人；同类：say sorry to sb.（向某人道歉）、say hello to sb.（向某人问好）
2. take on the world 迎接世界的挑战；充满信心地面对一切
例句：'I felt I could take on the world,' she said.
提示：take on 本义为「承担、接受（工作或责任）」，此处是熟词生义，引申为「迎接（挑战）」；同类：take on a new challenge
3. from then on 从那时起，从那以后
例句：'Teachers create a spark for learning that stays with you from then on.'
提示：from then on 表示「从过去某一时刻往后的持续」，常与一般过去时或一般现在时连用；与 from now on（从现在起）相对
4. open up to （向某人）敞开心扉，说出心里话
例句：The writer Antwone Fisher had a difficult childhood, and he found it hard to open up to adults.
提示：open up 本义为「打开（门、容器）」，此处是熟词生义，引申为「敞开心扉、说出心里话」；介词 to 引出倾诉的对象（人），故用 open up to sb. 表示「向某人敞开心扉」；若要说「坦率地谈某事」，则用 open up about sth.。
5. a basic human right 一项基本人权
例句：UNESCO wants us to remember that education is a basic human right.
提示：human right 是可数名词，泛指一类权利时常用复数 human rights；basic 与 right 搭配表示「基本权利」
句子精讲
1. Bill Gates is a good example.
结构：主语 Bill Gates + 系动词 is + 表语 a good example，是「举例」句型：先用一个人物点出例证，再用后面的句子展开具体事实。
语法：主系表结构 + 举例句型 ___ is a good example
仿写：写作文举例时，先用「人名/事物 + is a good example.」单独成句，再用下文展开：My English teacher is a good example. She makes every class interesting. 若要说明「某方面的例子」，用 ___ is a good example of ___。
2. That is why UNESCO celebrates teachers every year.
结构：主语 That（指代上一段的三个师生故事）+ 系动词 is + 表语从句 why UNESCO celebrates teachers every year；why 在表语从句中作原因状语，说明「这就是……的原因」。
语法：why 引导的表语从句（That is why + 句子）
仿写：用「That is why + 句子」承接上文、点出结果或结论：I read English news every day. That is why my reading is getting better. 注意 That is why 后接结果，That is because 后接原因。
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