The best teacher
最好的老师
I have had a lot of teachers.
我有很多老师。
Some of them were good, and some of them were boring.
有些老师很好，有些很无聊。
There is one teacher whom I remember very well.
有一位老师我记得很清楚。
He is the best teacher that I ever had.
他是我见过的最好的老师。
His name was Mr. Alban.
他的名字是阿尔班先生。
He was a history teacher.
他是一位历史老师。
History is not my favorite subject.
历史不是我最喜欢的科目。
I don’t really enjoy history a lot.
我不太喜欢历史。
When I was in Mr. Alban’s class, he made history seem exciting.
当我在阿尔班先生的课堂上时，他讲的历史看起来令人兴奋。
He was more of an actor than a teacher.
与其说他是老师，不如说他是演员。
If he was describing a war, he would make us feel all the emotions that the soldiers and their families would have felt.
如果他在描述一场战争，他会让我们感受到士兵和他们的家人会感受到的所有情绪。
We could almost hear the guns firing and the people shouting.
我们几乎可以听到枪声和人们的喊声。
He would paint a picture in our minds that was very vivid.
他会在我们的脑海中描绘一幅非常生动的画面。
When I had a history test in his class, I didn’t have to study much.
当我在他的课上进行历史测试时，我不需要学习太多。
I would remember every word that he had said.
我会记住他说的每一句话。
I would see him doing the actions that went along with his stories.
我看到他会做与他讲的故事相关的动作。
He was very animated.
他非常活跃。
He would shout out orders as if he was a general, or he would speak softly and reverently when describing the death of a great hero.
他会像将军一样大声发号施令，或者在描述一位伟大英雄的死亡时，他会轻柔而虔诚地说话。
The most important thing that I learned from Mr. Alban was that I did really like history.
我从阿尔班先生那里学到的最重要的一点是，我确实很喜欢历史。
I just thought that I didn’t like it because most people had made it dull by just reading from the textbooks.
我只是觉得我不喜欢它是因为大多数人只是通过阅读课本使它变得枯燥乏味。
History is not just a series of dates and dull facts.
历史不仅仅是一系列日期和乏味的事实。
History is what really happened.
历史是真正发生的。
History is real life.
历史是真实的生活。
All the historical figures had real families and emotions.
所有历史人物都有真实的家庭和情感。
They weren’t just fictional people.
他们不仅仅是虚构的人。
After I took history from Mr. Alban, I realized that I really did have an interest in it.
在我向阿尔班先生学习历史之后，我意识到我确实对它感兴趣。
He was my favorite teacher, and I will always be grateful to him for making me aware of just how interesting history really is.
他是我最喜欢的老师，我将永远感谢他让我意识到历史是多么有趣。
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