题型:阅读理解 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
四川省乐山市2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期末教学质量检测试卷
I once had a student who got his finger stuck inside a test tube in science class. It was really quite stuck. I knew something was up when I saw about 12 different shoulders around the room shaking as they heroically tried to hold back their laughter. This young man's finger continued to get whiter and whiter right before my eyes.
Remaining calm, I suggested he carefully rotate (旋转) the tube. It wouldn't move a bit. He tried soap and cold water. Still stuck. Meanwhile chaos was breaking out in my class, as my lesson became completely derailed. Finally, I sent this young man to the secretary, who raised six children of her own. With her in charge, I was completely confident all would be OK.
Forgetting about the lesson of the day, I masterfully got the students back in some degree of order by sharing my own story of getting my knee stuck between the rails of a balcony. Same kind of curiosity, I remembered wondering at the time how far I could thrust (塞) my knee between the rails. Inch by inch, I kept pushing and before I knew it, my knee was stuck swelling right before my eyes and in front of lots of strangers at a popular Las Vegas hotel!
Many of the students listening to my story of humiliation (丢脸) shot up their hands eager to tell their own stories of heads, arms, fingers stuck in places they shouldn't be. The laughter was refreshing while we waited for the finger tube boy to return. We returned to the science lesson on "total internal reflection" carefully now to use the equipment properly.
A few minutes later, the young man came back with a grin ear to ear, test tube unbroken and finger returning to a lovely shade of pink. I just couldn't get mad at this kid. He's only twelve after all. I too got my knee unstuck, but not without a tremendous amount of embarrassment. The excuse for me, however, was not youth but sheer stupidity. I was after all 51 years old when this happened.
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