Last summer, I volunteered to work as an English teacher in a primary school for children of migrant 去年夏天，我自愿在一所外地农民工子弟小学当起了一名英语教师。 To be accurate, I didn’t I was dragged （ literally）确切的说，我并不是自告奋勇去参加的。我其实是被拽着参加的。（从字面上说） When my friend first hit upon the idea of this project, I was all against it:"What? To spend my vacation standing in the heat,当我的朋友首次提出参加这个计划时， 我是完全反对的：“什么？让我整个暑假冒着酷暑， Yelling at a bunch of nine-year-olds who couldn’t even speak proper Mandarin Chinese? And besides, there`s no pay for my No, I am definitely not ”对着一帮9岁大的小孩大声嚷嚷，他们甚者连普通话都说不标准。 而且我的辛苦工作是无偿服务。不，我绝对不会去的。”But my friend twisted my arms to have me join 但是在朋友的坚持下，我还是去了。 Unexpectedly, the feist lesson I taught turned out a lesson for 出乎意料的是，我的第一节课却变成了我的一课。 The moment I stepped into the shabby classroom, I was touched dy the loud, respectful voices in unison: “Good morning, teacher!"当我踏进那间破旧的教室，我被一阵充满敬意，整齐的喊声深深打动了。“老师，早上好！”Instead of fooling around, the chilend were thirsty for knowledge and efficient in absorbing everying I was able to give 这些孩子没有四处打闹，对知识如饥似渴的他们有效地吸收我交给他们的知识。 This made me despise myself for I hadn’t even prepared for the 让我鄙视自己，因为我事前根本没有备课。 During the break, I leaned over the squeaky desk, chatting with a sweaty boy in the front row:"Without air-conditioning, it`s really hot Are you tired?"课间休息时，我靠在一张吱吱作响的桌子旁，与前排一位满头大汗的男孩子聊天：“这里没有空调，实在太热了，你感到热吗？”"Not at all," said he, shaking his "It`s fine My Dad builds asphalt That is really tiring and "“一点都不，”他摇摇头说，“这里很好。我爸爸在修沥青公路。那里才是真的又热又累人。”
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