23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention.
# E$ a& z: T! ]. F N5 d" O B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.# L+ u6 N7 @2 C& U
C) It strengthens her relationship with students.; e, D1 G8 d. M
D) It enables her to understand people better.
0 q0 A4 L% T# |; c; u$ n 24.A) Passively.
0 L, P! v& A! U6 ]# N) m B) Positively.9 N( t8 r. _ l1 n4 W
C) Skeptically.* l( W7 [' H! ^- _# z, P2 n9 K
D) Sensitively.
- g& \2 Z+ u' b1 e( Y+ d 25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.
2 F0 A2 L. X: o9 k" c B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.
7 j o# f5 S5 R& S; \" B C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.
/ t4 M5 J' x; q4 W0 n D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.
q8 c' y* e' n/ _1 j! a. {; f M: So, Claire, you’re into drama!$ W6 ?. C d7 t7 ^- C3 s5 v
W: Yes, I have a master’s degree in drama and theatre. At the moment, I’m hoping to get onto a Ph. D program.
1 L3 S/ v$ w; f5 |; _/ z$ V M: What excites you about drama?
' [- q7 n+ P9 O- W6 v" c$ i( U W: Well, (23) I find it’s a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. So usually I can understand what people are saying even though they might be lying.
4 v1 s1 V' h; H j$ B M: That would be useful.0 e- P& x/ w' } ?. u- F$ x
W: Yeah, it’s very useful for me as well. (24)I’m an English lecturer, so I use a lot of drama in my classes such as role plays. And I ask my students to create mini-dramas. They really respond well. At the moment, I’m hoping to get onto a Ph. D course. I’d like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theatre to the world’s attention. I don’t know how successful I would be, but here’s hoping.5 W. O7 j: C2 j
M: Oh, I’m sure you’ll be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?
* |8 |" B' U, }! p8 a7 v8 L- t: ? W: Ah, stage fright! Well, many actors have that problem. I get stage fright every time I’m going to teach a new class. The night before, I usually can’t sleep.
8 O/ i( N0 a2 v; c# ]" B M: What? For teaching?
Q& w# N& E1 @3 ?2 c% m W: Yes. I get really bad stage fright. (25) But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. Then I just feel like: Yeah, this is what I mean to do. And I’m fine.
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0 j, _! H4 {2 q M: Wow, that’s cool! |