博士英语课程

Text 1

Oral Practice：

Past tense: When I first started learning English, my teacher was very strict with us. He often corrected our mistakes and rarely

praised us. This made me nervous and not willing to

speak a lot.

Present tense: Looking back, I feel that a language teacher should not be too strict with beginners. Based on my personal

Text 2

Oral Practice：

I remember a teacher I had at primary school who was wonderful. From the first day she was friendly and kind towards the students, who were eight years old. But she was also strict. I mean, on the first day, she took out this old fashioned strap and banged it on the desk and we all got such a fright, but she was just trying to show us she was in control. She wasn’t really that scary although she was quite short and she spoke in aloud voice. Everybody called her Mrs T.

She taught us for every subject, so she taught us English, maths, writing, and actually I can’t remember what else!

Recite：

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just

for the week, not just for the month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint.