"Mrs Harvey is out on a business trip today,"the principal（校长） said. Now they might not have that Maths test（测试） this morning. Alma thinks that news is just1 Then a new teacher walks into the room. When Alma sees2 , she feels embarrassed（尴尬的）.
"That's your dad?"3 Cary. "Yes, it is,"Alma answers.
"He is wearing a funny T-shirt,"Cary says. "Yes, he is,"Alma says.
Alma's father, Mr Alvarez, says 4 to everyone. He writes his name on the blackboard. Then he smiles and says,"I know you are going to take a Maths test this 5 . But tests aren't fun."
The kids all look at each other.
"6 let's sing songs!"Mr Alvarez says.
Then the class sing songs. They tell stories, have a snack, and Mr Alvarez shows them7 to make hats out of coloured paper.
"Your dad is great!"Cary tells Alma."School is so much better now for he's our teacher."But Alma looks 8 .
On the way home, Alma says, "Dad, but we need to learn."
"I know, but I want your classmates to 9 me,"her dad says.
"Just be yourself,"Alma says, "and they will like you."
The next day. Mr Alvarez dresses like a 10 ."Today we will get back to learning,"Alma's dad tells the class. "But don't worry. Learning can be fun."Alma smiles.
Mrs Liu is from Wenshan, Yunnan. She is an English teacher in a middle school. She likes singing folk（民间的） songs very much and she can sing very well. But this time, she sings a different song.
So many of the students don't like to learn them. To let her students learn them well, she sings a Yunnan folk song in her class. But the lyrics（歌词） of the song are English grammar points（语法点）.
They learn to sing it from Mrs Liu.
"We have great fun singing the song,"a boy in Mrs Liu's class says. "At the same time, we can learn grammar points. "
"Mrs Liu is so nice,"a girl says." My classmates and I want to say thanks to her."
Mrs Liu is happy. She wants to sing more folk songs with grammar points for her students.
A. It 's really interesting for me B. She always helps us with English C. Music is Mrs Liu's favourite subject D. Mrs Liu is the students'favourite teacher E. Mrs Liu 's students like the folk song very much F. English grammar points are difficult for her students G. To help her students relax, she likes to sing songs for them in class |
