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记叙文篇（2019年全国IB）

ForCanaanElementary’ssecondgradeinPatchogue,N.Y，.todayisspeechday,and

rightnowit’sChrisPalaez’sturn.The8-year-oldisthejokeroftheclass.Withshiningdarkeyes,heseemsliketheofkidwhowouldenjoypublicspeaking.

Buthe’s,nervous.“I’mheretotellyoutodaywhyyoushould…should…”Christripson

the“-ld,”a.pronunciationdifficultyformanynon-nativeEnglishspeakers.Histeacher,ThomasWhaley,isnexttohim,whisperingsupport.“…Votefor…me…”Exceptforsomestumbles,Chrisisdoingamazinglywell.Whenhebringshisspeechtoaniceconclusion,Whaleyinvitesthe

restoftheclasstopraisehim.

Asonofimmigrants,ChrisstaredlearningEnglishalittleoverthreeyearsago.Whaleyrecalls（回想起）howatthebeginningoftheyear，whencalledupontoread，Chriswouldexcusehimselftogotothebathroom.

LearningEnglishasasecondlanguagecanbeapainfulexperience.Whatyouneedisa

greatteacherwholetsyoumakemistakes.“Ittakesalotforanystuden，t”Whaleyexplains，

“especiallyforastudentwhoislearningEnglishastheirnewlanguage，tofeelconfidentenoughtosay，‘Idon’tknow，butIwanttoknow.’”

Whaleygottheideaofthissecond-gradepresidentialcampaignprojectwhenheaskedthechildrenonedaytoraisetheirhandsiftheythoughttheycouldneverbeapresident.Theanswerbrokehisheart.Whaleysaystheprojectisaboutmorethanjustlearningtoreadand

speakinpublic.Hewantsthesekidstolearntoboas（t夸耀）aboutthemselves.

“Boastingaboutyourself，andyourbestqualities,”Whaleysays，“isverydifficultforachildwhocameintotheclassroomnotfeelingconfident.”

WhatmadeChrisnervous？

Tellingastory. B.Makingaspeech.

C.Takingatest. D.Answeringaquestion.

Whatdoestheunderlinedword“stumbles”inparagraph2referto?

Improperpauses. B.Badmanners.

C.Spellingmistakes. D.Sillyjokes.

WecaninferthatthepurposeofWhaley’sprojectisto .

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