2017届高三英语一轮滚动测试：30 The power of nature_高考复习指南

2017届高三英语一轮滚动测试：30 The power of nature

　　bracelet with some stones missing, and a bottle with onequarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed(大声说) how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing(涂) some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy stayed after school that day and said, “Mrs.Thompson, today you smelled just like my mom used to.” After the children left, she cried. On the very day, she quit teaching reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Instead she began to teach children.

　　Mrs.Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. By the end of the year, Teddy had become the best in the class. A year later, she found a note from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. Six years later she got another note from Teddy saying that he had finished high school. Four years later, she got another letter, saying that he would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. Then four more years another letter came. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer—the letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

　　There was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he'd met his girl and was going to be married. He was wondering if Mrs.Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. At the wedding ceremony, Dr.Stoddard whispered in Mrs.Thompson's ear, “Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.” Mrs.Thompson, tears in her eyes, whispered back.She said, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.”