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最新新编英语教程3李观仪全部课文

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MyFirstJob

WhileIwaswaitingtoenteruniversity,IsawinalocalnewspaperateachingpostadvertisedataschoolinasuburbofLondonabouttenmilesfromwhereIlived.Beingveryshortofmoneyandwantingtodosomethinguseful,Iapplied,fearingasIdidso,thatwithoutadegreeandwithnoexperienceofteachingmychancesoflandingthejobwereslim.

However,threedayslateraletterarrived,summoningmetoCroydonforaninterview.Itprovedanawkwardjourney:

atraintoCroydonstation;aten-minutebusrideandthenawalkofatleastaquarterofamile.AsaresultIarrivedonahotJunemorningtoodepressedtofeelnervous.

Theschoolwasadreary,gabledVictorianhouseofredbrickandwithbigstaringsash-windows.Thefrontgardenwasagravelsquare;fourevergreenshrubsstoodateachcorner,wheretheystruggledtosurvivethedustandfumesfromabusymainroad.

Itwasclearlytheheadmasterhimselfthatopenedthedoor.Hewasshortandrotund.Hehadasandy-coloredmoustache,afreckledforeheadandhardlyanyhair.Hewaswearingatweedsuit—onefeltsomehowhehadalwayswornit—andacrosshisamplestomachwasloopedasilverwatch-chain.

Helookedatmewithanairofsurpriseddisapproval,asacolonelmightlookataprivatewhosebootlaceswereundone."Ahyes,"hegrunted."You'dbettercomeinside."Thenarrow,sunlesshallsmelledunpleasantlyofstalecabbage;thecream-printedwallshadgoneadingymargarinecolor,exceptwheretheywerescarredwithinkmarks;itwasallsilent.Hisstudy,judgingbythecrumbsonthecarpet,wasalsohisdiningroom.Onthemantelpiecetherewasasaltcellarandpepper-pot."You'dbettersitdown,"hesaid,andproceededtoaskmeanumberofquestions:

whatsubjectshadItakeninmyGeneralSchoolCertificate;howoldwasI;whatgamesdidIplay;thenfixingmesuddenlywithhisbloodshoteyes,heaskedmewhetherIthoughtgameswereavitalpartofaboy'seducation.Imumbledsomethingaboutnotattachingtoomuchimportancetothem.Hegrunted.Ihadsaidthewrongthing.TheheadmasterandIobviouslyhadsingularlylittleincommon.

Theschool,hesaid,consistedofoneclassoftwenty-fourboys,ranginginagefromseventothirteen.Ishouldhavetoteachallsubjectsexceptart,whichhetaughthimself.FootballandcricketwereplayedinthePark,amileawayonWednesdayandSaturdayafternoons.

Theteachingset-upappalledme.Ishouldhavetosplittheclassupintothreegroupsandteachtheminturnatthreedifferentlevels;andIwasdismayedatthethoughtofteachingalgebraandgeometry—twosubjectsatwhichIhadbeencompletelyincompetentatschool.WorseperhapswastheideaofSaturdayafternooncricket.ItwasnotsomuchhavingtotrampamilealongthedustystreetsofCroydon,followedbyacrocodileofsmallboysthatIminded,butthefactthatmostofmyfriendswouldbeenjoyingleisureatthattime.

Isaiddiffidently,"Whatwouldmysalarybe?

""Twelvepoundsaweekpluslunch."BeforeIcouldprotesthegottohisfeel."Now,"hesaid,"you'dbettermeetmywife.She'stheonewhoreallyrunsthisschool."

Thiswasthelaststraw.Iwasveryyoung:

theprospectofworkingunderawomanconstitutedtheultimateindignity.

TheInterview

Themanwholookedlikeaterriersaid:

"You'reBlakey,areyou?

Takeaseat."

Blakeytookaseat.

"Iseeyoutookyour'A'levelsinEnglish,FrenchandHistory,andcontinuedwiththeArtsatuniversity."TheterriermanlookedupfromBlakey'sapplicationform."What,"heaskedmildly,"haspromptedyoutowanttochangetomedicine?

"

"Well,"Blakeysaid—feelinganythingbutwell—"I'vealways,evenatschool,beeninterested,butitwasabigdecisiontotake,andIwasn'tsureatthetimeIhadtherighttemperament."Thepanelofthreemadenocomment,andtheirsilenceremindedhimhe'dnotyetansweredtheirquestion."Ireallywantedtowrite."

Themannexttotheterrierclearedhisthroat."Sothefactisyou'dratherbeawriterthanadoctor?

"

"Notnecessarily,"Blakeysaid."Itmighthavebeentrueonce,butforsometimenowmymind'sbeensetonbecomingadoctor."

"Butyouarecapableofachangeofheart."Therewasalongpause.

"I'msorry,"Blakeysaid,startled,"didyoumeanthatasaquestion?

"

"Well?

"themansaid,raisinganeyebrow.

"No,Idon'tthinkIamatall."

"AndyouleftUniversitywithouttakingadegree.Isthatright?

"

"Yes."

"Whywasthis?

"

"Lookingback,"Blakeysaid,"IreckonItookontoomuch,toomanyactivities."

"Couldyouexplaintouswhattheseactivitieswere?

"

"Iproducedseveralplaysforthecollegedramaticsociety,"（whichwastrue）"IspokeatUniondebates"（alsotrue）"anddidabitofsocialwork"（whichwasn't）.

Thethirdmemberofthepanelfrowned."Socialwork?

"hesaid,asifitweresom