英语小达人 379 A Math Teacher's Story(2)

 　　With enough of a flourish to guarantee the class's attention, he went to the front of the room, near one edge of the board. Then, clearing his throat, he drew a coathook right near one of the protruding¹ nails. He proceeded to hang his coat and hat on the hook that he had drawn² in chalk (really on the nail, of course). Then he went on to give that day's lecture. He told us that the entire class had their eyes to the front of the room throughout the lecture. He didn't know if they'd heard a single word he'd said, but at least they looked attentive³.

　　为了吸引全班同学的注意，他大模大样地走到了教室的前面，站在黑板边。接着，他清了清嗓子，在黑板上画了一个衣帽钩，而这个钩子恰好就在一枚突出的铁钉旁边。随后，他便把自己的大衣和帽子挂在了用粉笔画的钩子上，其实，当然是挂在了铁钉上。然后，他开始讲课。据老师说，整节课全班都把视线集中到了教室的前方，虽然不知道他们是否在用心听课，但至少看上去聚精会神。

　　At the end of the class, the lecturer would usually leave by a small door near the blackboards, while the class would leave through the large doors at the back of the hall. When class was over, he took his coat and hat, erased⁴ the coathook, and left through the small door--and was followed by the entire class, lining⁵ up to go past the blackboard to see how he'd done it.

　　通常下课后，老师会从黑板旁边的小门离开，而学生则分别走礼堂后面的几扇大门。当那堂课结束后，老师拿起大衣和帽子，擦掉那个衣帽钩，如往常一样从小门离去。可这一次不同的是，整个班的学生都跟随在他后面，排队走过黑板去看看老师刚才究竟是如何做的！

1 protruding   

v.（使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )；凸

参考例句：

• He hung his coat on a nail protruding from the wall. 他把上衣挂在凸出墙面的一根钉子上。
• There is a protruding shelf over a fireplace. 壁炉上方有个突出的架子。 来自辞典例句

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 attentive   

adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的

参考例句：

• She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。
• The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

4 erased   

v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。