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A teacher from a western country visited a school in an eastern country. In one class, she watched sixty
children as they learned to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big O, __1__ (在黑板上) and sixty children
copied it on their papers. The teacher drew a small O on the top of the first and then put two △△ on top
of it. The children drew__2__ (以同样的方式). The lesson went on until there were sixty-one cats
__3__ (在教室里). Each student's cat looked exactly like the one on the board.
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and __4__ (很惊讶). The teaching methods (ways) were very
much __5__ (不同于) the way of teaching in her country. A children's art lesson in her own country
produced a roomful of pictures, each one is quite different from the __6__ (其它的). Why? What makes
this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, the teacher teaches more than art
or history or language.
In a country such as __7__ (美国) or Canada, students are asked to work by themselves and find
answers themselves. The students are helped to learn to have __8__ (他们自己的主意). In countries
such as China and Japan, students often work together and help __9__ (互相) in the classroom, but the
teachers teach and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the
same textbook. They __10__ (做) the same homework and give the same answers.
1. on the blackboard 2. in the same way 3. in the classroom 4. was surprised 5. different from
6. others 7. the United States 8. their own ideas 9. each other 10. do