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I arrived in the classroom£¬ready to share my knowledge and experience with 76 students who would be my English literature class.Having taught in the US for 17 years£¬I have no doubt about my ability to hold their attention and to impress on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted£¬“stand up£¡”The entire class rose as I entered the room and I was somewhat confused about how to get them to sit down again£¬but once the embarrassment was over£¬I quickly regained my calmness and admiration.I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a strong sense of achievement.

My students kept diaries.However£¬as I read them£¬the rosy glow was gradually replaced by a strong sense of sadness.The first diary said£¬“Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.Perhaps her next lecture will be better.”Greatly surprised£¬I read diary after diary£¬each expressing a similar theme.“Didn’t I teach them anything£¿I described the entire Western philosophy (ÕÜѧ) and laid the historical background for all the works we will study in class£¬”I complained.“How should they say I didn’t teach them anything£¿”

It was a long term£¬and it gradually became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students.I thought a teacher’s job was to raise interesting questions and provide enough background so that students could draw their own conclusions.My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide exact information as directly and clearly as possible.What a difference!

However£¬I also learned a lot£¬and the experience with my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher£¬knowing how to teach in a different culture.

56£®The writer wants to tell us through his experience that ________.

A£®Chinese students are hard to teach

B£®he has no experience in teaching Chinese students

C£®Chinese students has made him a better American teacher

D£®different countries have different cultures even in teaching

57£®We can know that on the first day the writer ________.

A£®was disappointed at her students’ performance

B£®felt very confident about herself at first

C£®felt she didn’t teach them much

D£®was very confident about her students

58£®At the beginning of the lesson£¬the writer got confused because of ________.

A£®cultural differences

B£®her own embarrassment

C£®students’ embarrassment

D£®students’ admiration

59£®The writer learnt from their diaries that the students wanted to ________.

A£®raise interesting questions

B£®know more about background

C£®draw their own conclusions

D£®know more about exact facts