❷Do you want to be a teacher

By Bill Schulz/闫卫辉（译）

◆语篇导读

你想过今后当名教师吗？你的父母希望你今后当名教师吗？读一读这篇短文，然后一起讨论一下吧！

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.”

◆词语积淀

a majority of大部分

voter/΄vəʊtə(r)/n.选举人；投票人

sit around闲坐

paycheck/΄peɪt∫ek/n.收入

in addition to除……之外

extra/΄ekstrə/adj.额外的；附加的

embarrass/ɪm΄bærəs/v.使窘迫

despite/dɪ΄spaɪt/prep.尽管；即使

◆典句赏析

1.A majority of Americans said they would not want their children to become teachers.大多数美国人都说他们不希望自己的孩子成为教师。

want sb.to do sth.是常见的固定搭配，意为“想让某人做某事”，sb.为宾语,动词不定式作宾语补足语。注意区别固定搭配want to do sth.（想去做某事），其主语常指人，动词不定式作宾语。

【即时尝试】我想让你去看看大海。_

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.他会从一处赶到另一处——为一个短期的小组讲课或组织一个课程计划，或给学生提供数学方面的特殊帮助。

现在分词短语teaching...、organizing...、giving...作伴随状语，动词和逻辑主语之间是主谓关系。伴随状语修饰动词，表示该动作与谓语动词同时进行。

【即时尝试】老师手指着黑板上的句子，生气地说着。___

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.他曾经在办公室里用洗衣机清洗过整个班的外套，因为这样他就不会让一个外套很脏的孩子感到难堪了。

whose coat was dirty是由关系代词whose引导的定语从句，修饰先行词kid。whose引导定语从句时，可以指代人或者物，在从句中作定语，所以whose必须接名词，表示所属关系。

【即时尝试】玻璃碎了的那个屋子正在维修。_

4.When you help the kid that really wants to learn...当你帮助一个真正想学习的孩子时……

that引导的从句是定语从句，此从句修饰先行词kid；此时that在定语从句中作主语，相当于who。

【即时尝试】昨天来我们学校的那个人是个著名的物理学家。__

译文助读

大多数美国人都说他们不希望自己的孩子成为教师。

然而，各地的教师都说，如果美国人——家长和选民——真正了解了学校和教师，他们就会加入这个话题。

一些人认为教师“整个夏天都在闲坐着领工资”。全职老师劳森抱怨道，这可不是他。除了在课前和课后的课程工作外，他还在暑期学校教书。去年夏天他还在另一个地方加班。

劳森无所不能。他会从一处赶到另一处——为一个短期的小组讲课或组织一个课程计划，或给学生提供数学方面的特殊帮助。他和学校的社工一起家访；他在停车场指挥交通；他曾经在办公室里用洗衣机清洗过整个班的外套，因为这样他就不会让一个外套很脏的孩子感到难堪了。

尽管如此，或者可能正因为如此，他说出了一个几乎所有与《今日美国》网络团队共度一天的老师会说的话：他热爱他的工作。“我不想去其他任何地方。当你帮助一个真正想学习的孩子，当这个孩子说出：‘我明白了’，这才是你余生所要做的。”