It is Molly Pollak's secondfloor apartment. Her spare bedroom is filled with decades of classroom1. "Those are all my high school yearbooks," Pollak says. "Those are middle school yearbooks. " Even more shelves are 2 with old lesson plans. "I really need to throw them away," she 3.
But after 40 years' teaching, there's one book Pollak is 4 to throw away. She received it a few months ago, just before her 5 — a bittersweet moment in the life of any teacher. As news of her leaving spread, Ora Bayewitz, one of Pollak's students, reached other ones and 6 them to write in. It was surprising that in the end Pollak got 75 7. many being pages long.
"There are a handful of people that 8 who I am and you are one of them," writes Chris Ryan, one of her students in the 1980s. Others 9 a trying moment, or an academic breakthrough in middle school. Pollak scans through them. "It's 10," she whispers.
When Pollak first read this book, she noticed something: The 11 from Pollak's first year of teaching, and the ones from 40 years later, are very 12. It seemed that where she was teaching didn't 13, because she saw the same theme 14. The theme is like Jackson Krule wrote: "Molly treated us like adults, and 15 us to rise to the occasion."
It is now possible to watch live sport on television on any day of the week, and the present amount of reporting will undoubtedly increase further in years to come. This is certainly having an influence on the live sports events themselves, and there are both benefits and shortcomings to this.
For one thing, with digital broadcasting, there are now more TV channels than there were ten years ago. For another, sport has become an important form of entertainment, attracting both men and women.
What are the benefits of this televised sport? Large football clubs benefit financially (经济上) from TV income and the top players can be well paid. Less popular sports also receive money that can be used in training and advertising. What's more, there is a health benefit to some of the population.
However, there will be some disadvantages if so much sport is on television. Considering football again, many small clubs have suffered financial losses recently, as they cannot compete with the large ones. Fewer people watch live matches nowadays, preferring to watch in the comfort of their living rooms. And ticket prices have risen greatly.
In a word, watching live sport on television has both good and bad effects. Televised sport has created many chances and benefited certain people and clubs very much.
A. Why has there been such growth in televised sport?
B. Why are there so many benefits of watching live sport on television?
C. Televised sport can be helpful in increasing people's value of teamwork.
D. There has been a general fall in ticket sales, especially among smaller clubs.
E. Through televised sport, more people have become interested in actually playing sports.
F. One obvious advantage of televised sport is the money provided by television companies.
G. However, it has also been responsible for changing the nature of live sports events for ever.
Think of London and you will probably remember the bright red double－decker buses. Think of Thailand's capital city, Bangkok, and the noisy tuk－tuks may come to mind. Think of San Francisco and you might see the city's cable cars.
Imagining what these cities would look like without those is difficult. They are symbols of these cities that make them different. However, these city symbols are not always so well loved by their city leaders. City leaders want what is best for their city, which often means the most modern transport.
In Bangkok, city leaders have banned (禁止) tuk－tuks because they consider them noisy and polluting. However, the ban has largely been unsuccessful as it has not changed Thai people's love for the cheap tuk－tuks over taxis.
In London the city's first ever mayor (市长) removed the red double－decker buses, which he thought were old fashioned. His plan worked, but Londoners were unhappy to lose the nice old buses they believed represented the best of their city. They made their unhappiness felt when the mayor came up for re－election. Most Londoners voted for his competitor, who promised to bring the bus back.
As for San Francisco, several cable cars are still in use but mainly as tourist attractions. They are too slow to be used for anything other than scenic trips.
City transport symbols may have a place in their city people's hearts, but it seems they are increasingly out of step with the modern world. As Londoners have proved, their continued life depends on people's willingness to fight for their survival.
