Here I want to try to give you an answer to the question: What personal qualities are desirable in a teacher
Probably no two people would (1) exactly similar lists, but I think the following would be generally (2) . First, the teacher’s personality should be pleasantly (3) and attractive. This does not rule out people who are physically (4) , or even ugly, because many such have great personal (5) But it (6) rule out such types as the (7) , melancholy, frigid, sarcastic, frustrated, and overbearing: I would say too, that it (8) all of dull or purely negative personality. Secondly, it is not merely desirable (9) essential for a teacher to have a genuine (10) for sympathy—a capacity to tune (11) to the minds and feelings of other people, especially, to the minds and feelings of children. (12) related with this is the capacity to be (13) —not, indeed, of what is wrong, but of the frailty (意志薄弱) and immaturity of human nature which (14) people, and again especially children, to make mistakes. Thirdly, I (15) it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This does not mean being a saint. It means that he will be aware of his intellectual strength, and (16) , and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which his life shall be (17) There is no contradiction in my going on to say that a teacher should be a (18) of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to (19) an act—to enliven a lesson, correct a fault, or (20) praise.Children, especially young children, live in a world that is rather larger than life. A.draw up B.put down C.make out D.hand in