平凡的人:一名小学教师-APrimarySchoolTeacher
一名小学教师
【内容提示】
介绍一位名叫Kate的小学教师。她教三年级，她的学生8—9岁。她担任阅读、书法和算术课的教学任务。她上的课很有趣。其他老师教音乐和体育。有时，她在课堂上还向学生介绍有关历史和其他学科的知识。她努力使学生养成良好的习惯。早晨她七点半到校，比上课时间提前一小时，下午她五点半离校。
【作文示范】
A Primary School Teacher
Kate is a primary school teacher. She teaches in a third grade class with children at the age of eight or nine.
Kate instructs①her pupils in reading, writing, and arithmetic②. (Other teachers teach them music and physical training.)Her teaching manner is very interesting. Sometimes she introduces them to knowledge of history and other subjects. She tries to teach them good study habits.
Kate has a long day. Usually she arrives at school at half past seven, an hour before classes begin. At lunch she eats together with her pupils. After class Kate corrects the pupils homework and prepares her lessons for the next day. She does not leave school until half past five in the afternoon.
Kate is busy with her work all the day.
【词语解释】
①instruct sb. in sth. 给……上……课
②arithmetic[+＇riIm+tik] n．算术；计算
【写法指要】
1）本文也是人物介绍说明文，但与上文有所不同。上文旨在介绍一个人的突出事迹，而本文介绍的是平常人的日常工作情况。正文分两段，第一段概述Kate的工作内容，第二段写她天的工作日程，用的是记叙手法。
2）虽然在“内容提示”中有“其他老师教音乐和体育”之说，但在文章中不能出现。如果写进去这样的内容，在英语修辞上就把它叫做与主题无关的“无关句”（irrelevant sentence）。