Each of the students in our class       great interest in English and they each       a copy of A New English-Chinese Dictionary.

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　　Some years ago, I was called to replace a teacher who was ill．I prepared some warm-up activities and went to the 　　1　　 school．It was a small class．One of the students called my 　　2　　 in a special way with her interest in learning．When it was time to 　　3　　 the listening skills, I played a CD, and asked some to answer questions．They seemed to be a bit 　　4　　, and said in low voices to one another“English is so difficult…”I 　　5　　 that as a great moment to inspire(鼓舞)them to learn．Remembering the motto“What we 　　6　　 doing becomes easier, as our abilities increase”, I 　　7　　 them to listen carefully to that particular track．

　　I played it four more times, and 　　8　　 one of them shouted：“Now I understand it clearly!”Another said：“You had 　　9　　 the track, I thought!It is so 　　10　　 to follow!”I can't describe how I felt．I asked them to do the same with each track of the CD as their 　　11　　．They were all excited and promised to do it later．

　　After 　　12　　 the material, I was leaving the 　　13　　 when I noticed the girl who I referred to 　　14　　 in her chair．I called her by name．When she turned around, I was surprised：She was 　　15　　 by herself!

　　“What's happened?”I asked．“Something 　　16　　 that I said?”She replied：“Yes, something you said made me weep．　　17　　 nothing wrong with that．For the first time someone made me believe that I 　　18　　 speak English!”That was amazing!I thanked her for those moving words, and got downstairs, trying to hold the 　　19　　…Every time I feel tired of my job, inspiring stories like that remind me that 　　20　　 is really, really worthwhile…