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　　In college, I wanted to be a math teacher．After completing four years of math courses, it was time to find a 　　1　　．I wanted to teach in a big city at a nice school．But I quickly discovered there was a lot of 　　2　　 for teaching jobs．Finally my father suggested that I interview at a school in a very small town．The position there was for an English teacher! I went to the interview to 　　3　　 my dad．To my surprise, the headmaster offered me the job immediately．I accepted it because I needed a job．

　　When I arrived at the school in the fall, there was a new headmaster．He didn’t know 　　4　　 I was! Then I learned that I had to create a curriculum(课程)for each of my five classes．I didn’t know where to start．I was also asked to coach basketball and be the school drama(戏剧)director．And I had 　　5　　 taken a drama class! This was a little school, but it was a 　　6　　 job．

　　During my first year, I almost lived at school．I worked hard creating lesson plans and holding basketball and play practices．Many students came from single-parent families．A lot of them didn’t 　　7　　 about school．Some of them were at our school because they had been kicked out of other schools．I felt very young and inexperienced．

　　Even though I didn’t have much experience, I was full of encouragement and ________ love．And that’s what I gave my students．I tried to make my classes fun and interesting．Once my students knew that I 　　8　　 teaching them, they behaved better．My students became so dear to me that I couldn’t imagine teaching 　　9　　 else．I remember one student couldn’t 　　10　　 breakfast．So I always gave him some bread on his way out of my class．He 　　11　　 all of his classes but mine．I think it was because I took the time to show him I 　　12　　 cared．

　　Now when I think of my first teaching job, I have many pleasant stories．And even though the job took a lot out of me, it was really an unforgettable experience in my life．

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　　Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous scientists in this century．He was born in 1942．he’s a world well-known on space and time．Stephen is researching some very big questions, such as：How did the universe begin? How will it end?

　　Stephen was a student at Oxford University．He studied math and science．Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick．He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, “He has only two more years to live．” As a matter of fact, the doctors were wrong－he didn’t die．He can’t walk now but he uses a wheelchair(轮椅)．He can’t feed himself and get in or out of bed himself．But he refused to give in to the condition．He talks with the help of a computer．After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University．Three years later, in 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy(哲学)．

　　Because of his serious health problems, it was difficult for him to draw diagrams(图表)or to write．So he started to think in pictures．With this new way of thinking, he became one of the most famous scientists in the world．In 1891, he met the Pope(教皇)in Rome．They talked about his ideas．Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time．It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages．He was once invited to China, he impressed us with his self-confidence, humorous and witty(风趣的)conversation．

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