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ActressJiangYiyanvolunteersasateacherAChineseactresshasmadetheheadlines—notonthescreen,butasavolunteer①teacherinaremote②mountainvillage.JiangYiyan,hasspentnearly10yearssince2006asavolunteerteacherinBamacounty,GuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.Jiang'svoluntaryworkremainedunknowntothepublicuntilrecentlyadocumentary③onherworkhasbeenwatchedbymanypeople.The17minutefilmisaninterviewwithJiangandshowsherexperienceasaparttimevolunteerteacherattheschool.Thoughsomecriticized④herfordrawingattentiontoherselfbyworkingasavolunteer,manypraisedherforhergooddeeds.ManyschoolsinChina'sleastdevelopedareaslackteachersdueto⑤lowpayandpoorlivingconditions.Inthepastfewyears,collegegraduates,voluntaryorganizations⑥andcharitygroupshavebeenencouragedtoworkasvolunteersintheschools.Thetalented⑦actresswasborninShaoxing,ZhejiangProvince,in1983.SheenteredBeijingFilmAcademyin2002andgraduatedin2006.JiangrosetofameforherroleintheTVdramaWeHaveNowheretoPlaceYouthshownin2007.Herexcellentperformancesinvariousfilmshavegainedpublicacceptance⑧.JiangYiyanisalsoawriterandhaspublishedherliteratureworkIAmClimberLittleJiang.[多积词汇]①volunteern.志愿者②remoteadj.遥远的③documentaryn.纪录片④criticizev.批评⑤dueto因为；由于⑥organizationn.组织⑦talentedadj.有天赋的；有才能的⑧acceptancen.接受[读文清障][原文呈现]SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—PrereadingALETTERHOMEDearRosemary，Thanksforyourletter,whichtookafortnight①toarrive②.Itwaswonderfultohearfrom③you.①fortnight/'fɔːtnaIt/n．两星期②which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰yourletter。③hearfrom接到……的信[读文清障][原文呈现]Iknowyou'redyingto④hearallaboutmylifehere,soI'veincluded⑤somephotoswhichwillhelpyoupicture⑥theplacesItalkabout⑦.Youaskedaboutmyhighschool.Well,it'sabushschool—theclassroomsaremadeofbambooandtheroofs⑧ofgrass.④(be)dyingto极想；渴望⑤includev．把……列为……一部分⑥picture此处作动词，意为“想象”。⑦which引导限制性定语从句，修饰somephotos，其中还包含了一个省略了that/which的定语从句Italkabout。⑧roof/ruːf/n．屋顶；车顶[读文清障][原文呈现]Ittakesmeonlyafewminutestowalk⑨toschooldownamuddy⑩track⑪.WhenIreachtheschoolgroundstherearelotsof“goodmornings”formefromtheboys.Manyofthemhavewalkedalongway,sometimesupto⑫twohours,togettoschool.⑨Ittakessb.sometimetodosth.做某事花费某人多少时间。⑩muddy/'mʌdI/adj.泥泞的；泥土般的⑪trackn．小道；路径；车辙；踪迹⑫upto多达；高达一封家书[第1～2段译文]亲爱的罗斯玛丽：谢谢你的来信，这封信花费了两星期才到。接到你的信真是太高兴了。我知道你急于了解我在这儿的生活情况，所以我在信中附有几张照片，这将帮助你想象出我所谈到的地方。你问起我的中学情况。嗯，它是一所丛林学校——教室是用竹子搭起来的，屋顶是用茅草盖的。我只要沿着一条泥泞的小路步行几分钟就到学校了。当我走到学校操场的时候，迎接我的是男孩子们一片“早上好”的声音。他们中许多人走了很长的路，有时候走多达两个小时才到学校。[读文清障][原文呈现]There'snoelectricityorwaterandevennotextbooks⑬either!I'mstilltryingtoadaptto⑭theseconditions⑮.However,onethingisforsure⑯，I'vebecomemoreimaginative⑰inmyteaching.Scienceismymostchallenging⑱subjectasmystudentshavenoconcept⑲ofdoingexperiments⑳.⑬textbook/'teksbʊk/n．教科书；课本⑭adaptto适应⑮conditions(复数)(生活或工作)条件；情况；天气状况⑯forsure确切地⑰imaginativeadj.富有想象力的⑱challengingadj.具有挑战性的⑲concept/'kɒnsept/n．观念；概念⑳as引导原因状语从句。[读文清障][原文呈现]Infactthereisnoequipment,andifIneedwaterIhavetocarryitfrommyhouseinabucket○21！Theotherday○22Iwasshowingtheboystheweekly○23chemistryexperimentwhen,beforeIknewit,themixture○24wasbubbling○25overeverywhere○26！○21bucket/'bʌkIt/n．水桶；吊桶；提桶○22theotherday不久前的一天○23weekly/'wiːklI/adj.&adv.每周(的)○24mixturen．混合(物)○25bubble/'bʌbl/vi.起泡；沸腾；汩汩地流动○26Iwasshowing...when,beforeIknewit...包含结构wasdoing...when...，意为“正在做……，这时……”。before引导时间状语从句。[读文清障][原文呈现]Theboyswhohadnevercomeacross○27anythinglikethisbeforestartedjumpingoutofthewindows.SometimesIwonderhowrelevant○28chemistryis○29tothesestudents，○30mostofwhomwillbegoingbacktotheirvillagesafterYear8anyway○31.Tobehonest○32，IdoubtwhetherI'mmakinganydifferenceto○33theseboys'livesatall.○27comeacross偶然遇见；碰上○28relevant/'reləvənt/adj.有关的；切题的○29how引导的感叹句作wonder的宾语。○30mostofwhomwill...是“介词＋关系代词”引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰thesestudents。○31anyway同anyhow，副词，表示“不管怎样，无论如何”。○32tobehonest说实话○33makeanydifferenceto...对……有作用/有影响[读文清障][原文呈现]YouaskedwhetherI'mgettingtoknowanylocalpeople.Well,that'sactually○34quitedifficultasIdon'tspeakmuchofthelocalEnglishdialect○35yet.Butlastweekendanotherteacher,Jenny,andIdidvisit○36avillagewhichisthehomeofoneoftheboys○37，Tombe.○34actuallyadv.的确；确实；真实地○35dialectn．方言○36didvisit中did表示强调，强调谓语动词visit，意为“确实；的确”。强调谓语在其前加do/does/did。○37which引导定语从句，修饰avillage。[读文清障][原文呈现]Itwasmyfirstvisittoaremote○38village.Wewalkedfortwoandahalfhourstogetthere—firstupamountaintoaridge○39fromwherewehadfantasticviews○40andthendownasteeppathtothevalleybelow.Whenwearrivedatthevillage,Tombe'smother,Kiak,whohadbeenpullingweeds○41inhergarden,startedcrying“ieeeieee”．Weshookhandswithallthevillagers○42.Everyoneseemedtobearelative○43ofTombe's.○38remote/rI'məʊt/adj.遥远的；偏僻的○39ridge/rIdʒ/n．山脊；屋脊○40fromwhere引导定语从句○41weed/wiːd/n．杂草；野草vt.&vi.除杂草○42shakehandswithsb.与某人握手○43relativen．亲戚[第3～4段译文]这儿没有电，也没有水，甚至连课本也没有！我还在努力适应这些情况。但是有一点是肯定的，我在教学中变得更富有想象力了。理科对我来说是最富挑战性的课程，因为我的学生对做实验没有概念。实际上，根本没有设备。如果需要水，我还得从家里用水桶提过来！不久前的一天，我正给男孩子们做每周一次的化学实验的演示，我还没有明白怎么回事，混合剂就到处冒气泡了！男孩子们以前从来没有见过这种情况，吓得都往窗外跳去。有时候，我真想知道，化学对这些学生究竟有多大用处。不管怎样他们中的大多数人上完八年级以后就要回到他们的村庄去了。说实在的，我很怀疑我教的课是否会让这些男孩子的生活有所改变。你问我是否了解当地的老百姓。嗯，那实在是太难了，因为我还说不了几句当地人说的英语方言。不过，上周末我和另外一位叫珍妮的教师真的去访问了一个村庄，那是其中一个男孩汤贝的家。这是我第一次到偏僻的村子里去。我们步行了两个半小时才到达那里——先是爬山，爬到山脊能看到奇妙的景色，然后下一个陡坡，一直走到下面的山谷。当我们到