【Iarrivedintheclassroom，readytosharemyknowledgeandexperiencewith76studentswhowouldbemyEnglishliteratureclass．HavingtaughtintheUSfor17years，Ihavenodoubtaboutmyabilitytoholdtheirattentionandtoimpressonthem】
Iarrivedintheclassroom，readytosharemyknowledgeandexperiencewith76studentswhowouldbemyEnglishliteratureclass．HavingtaughtintheUSfor17years，Ihavenodoubtaboutmyabilitytoholdtheirattentionandtoimpressonthemmyadmirationfortheliteratureofmymothertongue．
Iwasshockedwhenthemonitorshouted，"standup!"TheentireclassroseasIenteredtheroomandIwassomewhatpuzzledabouthowtogetthemtositdownagain，butoncetheembarrassment（尴尬）wasover，Iquicklyregainedmycalmnessandadmiration．Iwentbacktomyofficewiththerosyglowwhichcamefromastrongsenseofachievement．
Mystudentskeptdiaries．However，asIreadthem，therosyglowwasgraduallyreplacedbyastrongsenseofsadness．Thefirstdiarysaid，"Ourliteratureteacherdidn'tteachusanythingtoday．Perhapshernextlecturewillbebetter．"Greatlysurprised，Ireaddiaryafterdiary，eachexpressingasimilartheme．"Didn'tIteachthemanything？IdescribedtheentireWesternphilosophy（哲学）andlaidthehistoricalbackgroundforalltheworkswewillstudyinclass．"Icomplained．"HowshouldtheysayIdidn'tteachthemanything？"
Itwasalongterm，anditgraduallybecameclearthatmyideasabouteducationwerenotthesameasthoseofmystudents．Ithoughtateacher'sjobwastoraiseinterestingquestionsandprovideenoughbackgroundsothatstudentscoulddrawtheirownconclusions．Mystudentsthoughtateacher'sjobwastoprovideexactinformationasdirectlyandclearlyaspossible．Whatadifference!
However，Ialsolearnedalot，andtheexperiencewithmyChinesestudentshasmademeabetterAmericanteacher，knowinghowtoteachinadifferentculture．
56．Wecanknowthatonthefirstdaythewriter___．
A．feltshedidn'tteachthemmuch
B．wasveryconfidentinherstudents
C．feltveryconfidentinherselfatfirst
D．wasdisappointedatherstudents'performance
57．Atthebeginningofthelesson，thewritergotpuzzledbecauseof___．
A．culturaldifferences
B．students'admiration
C．students'embarrassment
D．thesameexperience
58．Thewriterlearntfromtheirdiariesthatthestudentsw