23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention.
' B7 ?# Y* d/ R9 L1 U, s/ m B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.
. ]6 y, C2 Z, d$ e: c1 m( D C) It strengthens her relationship with students.) C6 t! f7 ~/ b! q! v
D) It enables her to understand people better.6 g* E; d f: |6 p, O C0 ?
24.A) Passively. _: Z# ]' B( N: d* s7 \
B) Positively.4 p U/ {# _, b) `9 n
C) Skeptically.7 h# Q5 M# j* i2 w5 J5 n3 Q2 J8 Q" M
D) Sensitively.
$ \7 w9 `4 {! z 25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.
! Q) G b& i: `$ I" v3 I) ~ B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.
9 ]) Z/ o3 T; C( Z$ v" J C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.
. K( X. S: d! e, ?( c D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.
9 d1 {! g. r2 u8 P8 o9 s( z6 Z M: So, Claire, you’re into drama!
1 Q% z6 W# N: R 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.
: z9 {) m5 v1 F9 J X" D$ U8 i M: What excites you about drama?/ ]! K" f. ^1 _+ m+ G- [7 A* x
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.0 q+ F/ k5 v3 L& I4 e7 n! @4 P& z
M: That would be useful.
0 d- | V6 y6 _0 c1 R+ P 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.
: Y" y; B' @9 l) Z ]* @' I M: Oh, I’m sure you’ll be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?/ M; q4 w9 {0 P
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.; e+ G! j2 K) ]4 \. \
M: What? For teaching?5 t9 k# J l% f
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." c# A" Y: }7 m, Y. u8 z! Q
% O( H7 T' ]* [4 U+ w& l) u8 ^: F M: Wow, that’s cool! |