Comprehension check

Complete the sentences with the best ending.

1. A good teacher is one who …

• never lets the child feel free to develop the way he likes.
• serves as an example child.
• dissolves herself in the child.
• is concerned about the health.

2. A growing child needs to find in his teacher a person who …

• knows life well enough to make it clear to the child that it is not a bed of roses.
• is overindulgent.
• imposes strict laws on children.
• sets the child on the right path.

3. A teacher's sense of values is …

• what every child should ac­cept.
• something to rebel against.
• helpful in forming a child's per­sonality.
• something she imposes on children.

Language work

1. Give the opposite of the following adjectives, use the pre­fixes ir-, im-, dis-, un-, in-:

responsible, personal, encourage, happy, realistic, respect, concerned, essential.

 

2. Find synonyms in the text for the words given in the box.

 

individuality purpose full-grown feature aim criterion to value to participate surroundings single to confront to assist

3. The word to study: value

They say: sense of values; to value someone as; to be of great/no value to somebody; to go up/down in value; moral/ethical values; to value somebody's advice. Think up sentences of your own with these phrases.