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Hitchhiking(搭车旅游)
When I was in my teens(十几岁)and 20s, hitchhiking was a main form of long-
distance transport.The kindness or curiosity of strangers_________(1)me all over
Europe,North America,Asia and southern Africa.Some of the lift-givers became friends,
many provided hospitality_________(2)the road.
Not only did you find out much more about a country than__________(3)traveling by
train or plane,but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish
up that night.Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture.It has books and songs
about it.So what has happened to_________(4)?
A few years ago,I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a
newspaper.___________(5)of people from all over the world responded with their view on
the state of hitchhiking,
"If there is a hitchhiker's_______(6)it must be Iran,"came one reply.Rural
Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking,_________(7)was
Quebec, Canada一 "if you don't mind being berated(严厉指责)for not speaking French."
But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world, the
_________(8) feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed(消亡).
With so much news about crime in the media,people assumed that anyone on the open
road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger. But do we________(9)
to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift?
In Poland in the 1960s,____________.(10)a Polish woman who e-mailed me,"the
authorities introduced the Hitchhiker's Booklet.The booklet contained coupons for drivers,
so each time a driver_________(11)somebody,he or she received a coupon.At the
end of the season,_________(12)who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded
with various prizes.Everybody was hitchhiking then."
Surely this is a good idea for society.Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking
down_________(13)between strangers.It would help fight_________(14)warming
by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels.It would
also improve educational standards by delivering instant_________(15)in geography,
history,politics and sociology.
__________(14)
A.global
B.total
C.entire
D.whole
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My Life at Renda
I learned very quickly that being a teaching assistant(T
A)at the University of Iowa would be different from a teacher at Renmin University.______(46)Eyes staring,mouths open, students examining my big nose,hands nervous,people whispering while I wrote my name on the blackboard.
At Iowa,when my first classes began,half my students still hadn't arrived.When everyone finally found a seat,ringing cellphones and loud yawns(哈欠)interrupted my opening remarks.
It is not that American students were disrespectful.______(47)They were,however,far more skeptical than the students I had at Renda. The truth is I couldn't fault them for their skepti- cism.Undergraduates at large US universities-especially freshmen and sophomores-often have several classes a semester handled by TAs.In some.cases,the TA sets the course content. ______(48)Most have good intentions,but only a few are as effective as flesh-and-blood pro-fessors.
Every teacher has to confront obstacles to learning-no matter what the culture.Students who talk during lectures,students who cheat,students who question the grade they get for a paper or project-dealing with these is all part of the job.______(49)
The difference,I think,is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pride.______(50) I had a responsibility to teach them,of course,but I had to do so indirectly-as a guide who himself had a few things to learn from the students.
______(50)
A.Back at Renda,I had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B.In my students' minds,I had little to offer them,except perhaps some sample questions for the mid-term exam.
C.In others,the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D.I encountered these in China,and I faced them in the US.
E.On the other hand,being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F.Most were polite,or at least,indifferent.