My school
makes students take one religion (宗教) class every year. But religion is really hard, especially with
Mr Frank Smith for a teacher.
Mr Smith
is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache (胡子). He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes
with long white socks. My friends say he looks like a cat.
In his
class, we did yoga (瑜珈) and
meditation (冥想)
(actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted
some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and
movies about Tibetan Buddhism (藏傳佛教), God,
and so on.
It was fun
sometimes. However, the course (課程) was
quite hard when it came to tests. The girls often worked until one or two
o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad
scores.
When our
test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments (補(bǔ)考作業(yè)). Once I got a B,
which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my
grades.
As a
matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests. The tests were
just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays (文章). But his assignments usually included
a speech in class.
I was not
afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the
information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and
several hours to prepare. I knew my presentation (課堂展示) was good, because I
saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me. He gave me an A at last.
After
finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of some
vocabulary. But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my
whole life. That is: no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it,
and then our work will pay off.
1.The
religion class is hard because Mr Smith _______.
A. uses
strange ways to teach in his class.
B. never
gives good scores, however hard you try.
C. gives
difficult tests and make-up assignments.
D. likes
students to make good presentations.
2. How
could students get good scores in Mr. Smith’s class?
A. Work
hard by studying late into the
night.
B.
Remember all of the vocabulary.
C. Pay
attention and take notes in class.
D. Do well
on the make-up assignment.
3.From the
course, the writer learned that ____.
A. people
should always be given a second chance
B. people
should always put their hearts into their work
C. it is
good to do yoga and
meditation
D. it is
good to choose strict teacher