My Teacher
I haven't seen Mr Jenkins since I left school, but I often think about① him.I wasn't very good at② most school subjects before I met Mr Jenkins.I suppose I was a bit lazy, especially in maths.The only thing I can remember from school maths is that the angles of a triangle add up to③ 180 degrees! But when I was 15 and went into Mr Jenkins' class, I really became interested in④ a subject for the first time⑤.
Before Mr Jenkins taught me, science had simply been a subject full of⑥ strange words to me.I had no idea what hydrogen was, and I didn't really want to know, either! I found it all so boring and difficult.(1)But Mr Jenkins made everything interesting.He used to⑦ explain things which seemed difficult with lots of practical⑧ examples and in simple language.One day, he took us outside, and we built a rocket! I remember that he let me pour some fuel into⑨ the rocket, and then another student lit a match to set it off⑩.It was great fun.
(1)句中it为宾语，so boring and difficult作宾语补足语。这是动词find的复合结构。
I know that I wasn't a willing student, but I wasn't slow to learn new things.The problem was that I lacked confidence in? myself.Mr Jenkins made me feel that I had my own strengths.I was interested in the study of the stars and planets and he asked me to give a presentation? to the class.That was really the first time I tried to explain science to an audience? and now it's my job! Often when I'm preparing a programme, I think about how Mr Jenkins would have done it.Sometimes I think, if only ?I could call him and ask for his opinion! (2)
(2)句中if only引导条件状语从句，意为“要是……就好了”，常用虚拟语气。
