Mr. Harris taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave _____ a talk about an animal called „birdcat‟，which died out during the Ice Age . He passed around a skull(头骨) as he talked. We all took notes carefully and ______(late) we had a test .
When he returned my paper the next day, there was _____ big red ”X” through each of my answers. I had failed! There had to be some mistake! I ________(write) down exactly what Mr. Harris said .Then I learned that everyone in the class had failed. What had happened?
„Very simple,‟ Mr. Harris said. He had made up all that „birdcat‟ „There had never been any such animal. The information in our notes was therefore______(correct) . Did you think you would get good marks for those answers?‟
Mr Harris said he hoped we would learn something ______ this lesson. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. In fact no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to speak up _______ we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.
________ to now I ha ven‟t made any great _______(science) discoveries, _______ Mr. Harris‟s class gave me and my classmates something just as important: To look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.
Mr. Harris taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave _____ a talk about an animal called „birdcat‟，which died out during the Ice Age . He passed around a skull(头骨) as he talked. We all took notes carefully and ______(late) we had a test .
When he returned my paper the next day, there was _____ big red ”X” through each of my answers. I had failed! There had to be some mistake! I ________(write) down exactly what Mr. Harris said .Then I learned that everyone in the class had failed. What had happened?
„Very simple,‟ Mr. Harris said. He had made up all that „birdcat‟ „There had never been any such animal. The information in our notes was therefore______(correct) . Did you think you would get good marks for those answers?‟
Mr Harris said he hoped we would learn something ______ this lesson. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct. In fact no one is. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep and to speak up _______ we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.
________ to now I ha ven‟t made any great _______(science) discoveries, _______ Mr. Harris‟s class gave me and my classmates something just as important: To look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.