【雙語閱讀】一生中最好的老師TheBestTeacherInMyLife

1、雙語閱讀最好的老師 The Best Teacher In My LifeThere is a story from many years ago of a p rimary school teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thomp son. And as she stood in front of the 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked her students and said tha

2、t she loved them all the same.這個故事說的是多年前一名叫湯普森夫人的小學老師，在開學第一天的時候，她站在五年級全班學生面前，對孩子們?nèi)隽艘粋€謊。像大多數(shù)老師一樣，她看著同學們，說她會一視同仁地愛他們每一個人。But that was impo ssible because there in the front row, slu mped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.但這是不可能的，因為前排座位上就坐著個萎靡不振的小男孩，他叫特迪斯托達德。Mrs.Tho mp son had watched

3、Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn ' t play well with the other children, his clothes were messy and constantly need a bath. And ,Teddy could be unpl easant.湯普森夫人去年就開始留意特迪，發(fā)覺他不大和其他孩子一起玩耍，衣衫不整，身上總是很臟，而且，特迪還不討人喜歡。It got to the po int where Mrs. Thomp son would actually take delight inm

4、aking his papers with a broud red p en, making bold Xs and then pu tting a “ F” at the top of his papers. At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to relieve each child ' s past records and she put Teddy' soff until last.湯普森夫人甚至喜歡上用粗紅筆在特迪的考卷上打上些大大的叉，并在卷子上方寫個大大的“ F”。湯普森夫人執(zhí)教的

5、學校要求老師閱覽每個孩子的檔案，她把特迪的放在最后才看。However, when she relieved his file, she was in a surprise, Teddy ' s first grade teacher wrote,” Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good mannershe is a joy to be around. ”可是，她翻閱特迪的檔案時，不禁大吃一驚。特迪一年級老師的評語是：“特迪是一個聰明的孩子，笑口常開，作業(yè)工整，禮

6、貌待人與他在一起很開心?！盚is second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates. But he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle. ”二年級老師的評語是：“特迪是個優(yōu)秀的學生，同學們都很喜歡他。但是，他母親得了絕癥，他很苦惱，家里生活肯定也很艱難?！盚is third grade teacher wrote, “ His

7、 mother' s death has been hard on him.He tried to do his best but his father doesn ' t show much interest in him, and his home life will steps aren ' t taken.”他三年級老師的評語是：“他母親去世對他打擊很大。盡管他試圖努力表現(xiàn)，但他父親不大理會，家庭問題失控加劇。”1 / 6雙語閱讀Teddy' s fourth grade teacher wrote, “ Teddy is withdrawn and d

8、oesn ' t show much interest in school. He doesn ' t have many friends and sometimes slee ps in class.”他四年級老師的評語是：“特迪性格孤僻，有厭學情緒。他朋友不多，有時候上課睡覺。”By now, Mrs. Thomp son realized the p roblem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas p resents, wr

9、apped in beautiful paper and tied with p retty ribbons, exce pt forTeddy' s. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag.看到這里，湯普森夫人明白了問題所在，她為自己感到羞愧。當同學們送給她圣誕禮物時，她更無地自容了。那些禮物都用漂亮的包裝紙包著，扎著美麗的彩帶，惟有特迪的例外。他的禮物是用雜貨袋上弄F來的厚厚的棕色紙粗陋地包著的。Mrs.Tho mp son op ened

10、it in the middle of the other p resents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of p erfume. But she stifled the children ' s laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, pu tt

11、ing it on, and dabbing some of the p erfume on her wrist. Teddy stayed after school that day just long enough to say, “ Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my mom used to. ”在一堆禮物中間，湯普森夫人拆開了特迪送的禮物。當她看到里面放的是一串少了珠子的萊茵石手鐲，還有1/4瓶香水的時候，有些孩子開3 / 6始笑出聲來。湯普森夫人制止了孩子們的嘲笑，并大聲贊嘆手鐲是多么漂亮。她戴上手鐲，還在手腕處噴了點兒香水。那

12、天放學以后，特迪斯托達德留下來對湯普森夫人說：“湯普森夫人，您今天身上的味道像我媽媽。”After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On the very day, she quit teaching reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Instead she began to teach children how to be a man.孩子們走后，她哭了至少一個小時。也從那天起，她不再單純教閱讀、寫作和算術(shù)，而是開始教孩子們?nèi)绾巫鋈恕rs.Tho mp son p aid p ar

13、ticular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he respo nded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.湯普森夫人特別關(guān)注特迪。在她的悉心教導(dǎo)下，他的思維似乎變得敏捷起來。她越鼓勵他，他的反應(yīng)就越快。到了年底，特迪已在全班名列前茅。A year later, s

14、he found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.年后，湯普森夫人發(fā)現(xiàn)門下有張?zhí)氐蠈憗淼谋銞l，說她仍然是他碰到的最好的老師。Six years later went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she w

15、as still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.又過了 6年，她又收到了特迪的短箋，說他以全班第三名的成績高中畢業(yè)，而她仍然是他遇見的最好的老師。Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that he would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. Then four more years past and yet another letter came. This time he expl

16、 ained that after he got his bachelor' s degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer the letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.又過了 4年，她又收到特迪的來信，說他很快就要以優(yōu)異的成績大學畢業(yè)。又一個4年，又來了一

17、封信。這次他解釋到，拿到學士學位后，他繼續(xù)深造去了。他在這封信中說明，她依然是他一生中最好、最喜歡的老師。不過，這次他的署名長了一點，信的落款是：西奧多-F斯托達德醫(yī)學博士。The story doesn' t end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he' d met his girl and was going to be married. He expl ained that his father had died a couple of yeas ago and h

18、e was wondering if Mrs.Tho mp son might agree to sit in the pl ace at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course Mrs.Tho mp son did.故事并沒有就此結(jié)束。你瞧，那年春天，又來了一封信。特迪在信上說，他交了女友，倆人就要結(jié)婚了。他解釋說，他爸爸幾年前就去世了，所以他想知道在他們的婚禮上，湯普森夫人是否愿意做在他母親的位子上。湯普森夫人當然愿意了。5 / 6At the wedding ceremony,they hugged each other, and Dr.Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson ' s ear, “Thank you Mrs.Thompson for believing in me, thank you so much for making me feel imp ortant and showing me that I could make a difference. ”婚禮上，他們互相擁抱，斯托達德博士對湯普森夫人耳語道：“湯普森夫人，謝謝您對我的