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A teacher from a western country visited a school in an eastern country. In one class, she watched sixty
children as they learned to draw a cat. The teacher drew a big O, __1__ (在黑板上) and sixty children
copied it on their papers. The teacher drew a small O on the top of the first and then put two △△ on top
of it. The children drew__2__ (以同样的方式). The lesson went on until there were sixty-one cats
__3__ (在教室里). Each student's cat looked exactly like the one on the board.
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and __4__ (很惊讶). The teaching methods (ways) were very
much __5__ (不同于) the way of teaching in her country. A children's art lesson in her own country
produced a roomful of pictures, each one is quite different from the __6__ (其它的). Why? What makes
this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, the teacher teaches more than art
or history or language.
In a country such as __7__ (美国) or Canada, students are asked to work by themselves and find
answers themselves. The students are helped to learn to have __8__ (他们自己的主意). In countries
such as China and Japan, students often work together and help __9__ (互相) in the classroom, but the
teachers teach and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They have to learn the
same textbook. They __10__ (做) the same homework and give the same answers.
