23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention.* f* E+ O4 v; g0 u
B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.: `+ ?3 |" D6 E% e8 h/ }1 y8 a! H
C) It strengthens her relationship with students.
2 C; u' ~! R/ N& }* y. f D) It enables her to understand people better." a5 i+ K+ A- Q# a: G/ |6 c" w
24.A) Passively.
2 N3 Z5 Y5 Y. z+ c B) Positively.
6 J; ?/ }/ F+ x: f# ` C) Skeptically.! _& X# n3 Z( _5 Z0 b+ V
D) Sensitively.
. q1 b* T0 j1 g9 o' B! \1 g 25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.
- S2 a% L- x& b B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it. }) N( H, U& E) \# w
C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.& `2 `* {# n$ b6 T) i7 u+ a, Z5 K
D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.
$ k$ D0 Y% Z/ Z* Z1 G M: So, Claire, you’re into drama!
3 U! I3 f. W# Y+ ]/ W 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.
; u, M! H9 @9 D; } M: What excites you about drama?
" T7 G1 ~ n- X( N2 Q 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.! Z, {; I% h$ `- W; d& M
M: That would be useful.* F* D- ]# L& ]" E7 T9 t
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.8 ^- I6 W6 k9 J6 A7 J4 t* }" G
M: Oh, I’m sure you’ll be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?5 c O. E; h a5 i
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.) \, ~7 K$ J& q( `, Y. Y. c' M' B
M: What? For teaching?
9 F) \2 o/ {3 G4 T1 h 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.- x6 p2 B! r& J1 W9 |
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M: Wow, that’s cool! |