经典美文：师生之间的正能量

【内容概述】

师生之间的正能量：一个老师眼中的“坏孩子”在老师生日那天用最纯真的方式表达了对老师的尊敬，这出乎老师的意料，也深深触动了老师。从此，孩子和老师的命运都产生了巨大改变。

【美文赏读】

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher - Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn't play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed[1] of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother's perfume(香水)。

Teddy said, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to." After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.

Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy's mind seemed to come alive[2]. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved[3]. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

Six years went by[4] before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).

The story doesn't end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference."[5]

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

【精品注释】

[1] be ashamed of 意为"以……为耻"，"为……感到羞耻"。例如：You should be ashamed of your manners. 你应该为你的坏习惯感到羞耻。

[2] come alive 意为"活跃起来，变得有激情"，尤其适合于描述人由昏迷到清醒，思维由迟钝变敏捷。Alive本身的词义是"活着的"，"有活力的"，一般都作表语使用。

[3] "the + 比较级，the + 比较级"的结构，意为"越……，越……"。如果运用得当，是文章出彩的亮点。例如：The more you have learned, the more you find to learn. 你学到的越多，你发现要学的太多。

[4]go by 此处特指"时间的流逝"，pass和 slip也可以用来描述时间的流逝。例如：The whole afternoon has slipped by, but she is still working on her computer. 一下午时间悄悄过去了，她还趴在电脑前工作。

[5] make a difference 意为"有影响，有关系"。例如：It is your score that will determine the result; whether you have a powerful family makes no difference. 是你的分数会决定结果，家里有没有实力都无所谓。