14-06-30 A Thanksgiving Day editorial(社论) in the newspaper told of a school teacher who asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had...
14-06-16 It is June. The sun is in the sky, it is immense hot. Josie is bored with school. She prefers to be at the beach with the tide. She cannot sit in her seat. She cannot stop talking. While the teacher writes on the board, Josie gets up and talks to on...
14-06-12 One day in class, the teacher assigned his students to write a composition - if I Am a Manager. All the students began to write except a boy. The teacher went to him and asked the reason. I am waiting for my secretary, was the boy's answer. 一天课上...
14-06-12 Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, You and She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate;...
14-05-19 The school girl was sitting with her feet streched far out into the aisle, and was busily chewing gum, when the teacher espied her. Mary! called the teacher sharply. Yes, Madam? questioned the pupil, Take that gum out of your mouth and put your feet...
14-05-19 My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom. What kind of bird? my sister asked. I didn't see the bird, ma'am, only the nest, replied the child. Then, can yo...
14-03-12 A keen young teacher wanted to introduce her class to the glories of classical music, so she arranged an outing to an afternoon concert. To make the occasion even more memorable, she treated everyone to lemonade, cake, chocs and ices. Just as the pa...
14-03-12 Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths? Gerald: I'd much rather have the half. Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why. Gerald: Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths. 老师:你愿意要半...
14-01-24 A long time ago, there was a young man called Wang Qi. When he heard that there were many immortals in Mount Lao, he went there at once. 从前,有一个年轻人名叫王七,听说崂山上有很多仙人,就前往崂山访道。 There was a Daoist who still looked young alt...
14-01-22 Flipped classroom (or flip teaching) is a form of blended learning in which students learn new content online by watching video lectures, usually at home, and what used to be homework (assigned problems) is now done in class with teacher offering mo...