美国国家公共电台 NPR--A reminder: It's Teacher Appreciation Week

A reminder¹: It's Teacher Appreciation² Week

Transcript³

This week teachers have been getting treats, trinkets — and a 25% discount on Crocs — for Teacher Appreciation Week. Morning Edition hosts A Martinez and Leila Fadel thank their favorite teachers.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

All this week, teachers have been getting treats, trinkets and a 25% discount on Crocs for Teacher Appreciation Week.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson thanked his own teacher as he signed the law dedicating federal funds to elementary and secondary education for the first time. This law later morphed into the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.

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LYNDON B JOHNSON: In this one-room schoolhouse, Miss Katie (ph) Deadrich taught eight grades at one and the same time. Come over here, Miss Katie, and sit by me, will you?

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MART?NEZ: Johnson was the son of a tenant⁴ farmer in Texas, and he credited his public education with getting him out of poverty.

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JOHNSON: From our very beginnings as a nation, we have felt a very fierce commitment to the ideal of education for everyone.

FADEL: Johnson himself worked as a high school teacher before getting into politics. He signed the bill with Ms. Deadrich beside him. She became Johnson's teacher starting when he was just 4 years old in the schoolhouse near his hometown of Stonewall, Texas.

MART?NEZ: Now, Leila, I didn't end up becoming president just yet, but I do owe a lot to one teacher, and that's Sister Catherine (ph). Last semester my senior year, despite going to after-school tutoring, I was failing math class. And the day before she had to turn in my grade, Sister Catherine sat me down and swore me to secrecy⁵ - I'm not kidding - swore me to secrecy about what she was about to do. She said she had never seen anyone try so hard but fail so badly, so she was going to pass me so I could walk with the rest of the seniors at graduation. There were only 100 seniors, so it would have been noticed and humiliating if I wasn't at graduation. So thanks, Sister Catherine.

FADEL: Wow. Wow. Thank God we don't need math in this job, A. For me, I think it's Michael Dodd (ph), Mr. Dodd. He taught me music from elementary to middle school. He taught me how to love music. And so I was, like, 8, 9 years old singing Bob Dylan, The Beatles, John Denver. That's the music that he taught us to love. So thank you, Mr. Dodd. And also my mom and my sister are both teachers, so thank you to all the teachers, including them.

MART?NEZ: Yeah. And I got family that are teachers, too. So to all the teachers out there everywhere, thanks for everything that you do.

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1 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

2 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 tenant   

n.承租人；房客；佃户；v.租借，租用

参考例句：

• The tenant was dispossessed for not paying his rent.那名房客因未付房租而被赶走。
• The tenant is responsible for all repairs to the building.租户负责对房屋的所有修理。

5 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。