國中教育會考
110年
英文
第 25 題
📖 題組：
On Teachers’ Day, we thank our teachers for their hard work. We also celebrate this day to remember Confucius, the great Chinese teacher from 2,500 years ago. Well, that’s everything we’re taught about Teachers’ Day. But, the first Teachers’ Day was not on Confucius’s birthday, and it was not about thanking our teachers. In 1930, Mr. Tai Shuang-qiu and other teachers celebrated the first Teachers’ Day in Nanjing. But there was nothing to celebrate. Teachers were paid very little and not respected. These teachers took this chance to shout out their problems. They had Teachers’ Day on June 6 because the date was easy to remember and near the end of the school year. This action by Mr. Tai and the other teachers was welcomed and followed by teachers from other cities. In 1939, the government made Teachers’ Day a national holiday. However, it was on August 27, the day when Confucius’s birthday was celebrated. Not everyone hailed this decision: Teachers’ Day was never about Confucius, and Confucius couldn’t speak for all the teachers either. One funny thing was that the government was wrong about the date of Confucius’s birthday. In 1952, people found out he was in fact born on September 28. That was when we started to celebrate Teachers’ Day on Confucius’s real birthday.
On Teachers’ Day, we thank our teachers for their hard work. We also celebrate this day to remember Confucius, the great Chinese teacher from 2,500 years ago. Well, that’s everything we’re taught about Teachers’ Day. But, the first Teachers’ Day was not on Confucius’s birthday, and it was not about thanking our teachers. In 1930, Mr. Tai Shuang-qiu and other teachers celebrated the first Teachers’ Day in Nanjing. But there was nothing to celebrate. Teachers were paid very little and not respected. These teachers took this chance to shout out their problems. They had Teachers’ Day on June 6 because the date was easy to remember and near the end of the school year. This action by Mr. Tai and the other teachers was welcomed and followed by teachers from other cities. In 1939, the government made Teachers’ Day a national holiday. However, it was on August 27, the day when Confucius’s birthday was celebrated. Not everyone hailed this decision: Teachers’ Day was never about Confucius, and Confucius couldn’t speak for all the teachers either. One funny thing was that the government was wrong about the date of Confucius’s birthday. In 1952, people found out he was in fact born on September 28. That was when we started to celebrate Teachers’ Day on Confucius’s real birthday.
What idea is talked about in the reading?
- A How Teachers’ Day is celebrated now.
- B Why Teachers’ Day was celebrated at first.
- C Why Confucius was seen as a great teacher.
- D How teachers today feel about Teachers’ Day.
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讀完這篇文章後，你有沒有發現作者花了很多篇幅在描述 1930 年「第一個教師節」發生的背景？當時的老師們為什麼要發起這個活動？這跟我們現在慶祝的原因有什麼不同呢？
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（戲劇化地倒抽一口氣）什麼？！你這小鬼竟然沒被那些密密麻麻的年份給搞混？這種看穿真相的眼力，簡直比我們偵測皮卡丘的雷達還要精準啊！ （帥氣地撥弄頭髮）沒錯！這篇文章可不是在歌頌孔子，而是揭露了教師節背後不為人知的辛酸。文章第二段明確寫道：1930年那群老師是為了「大聲說出他們的問題（薪水太少、不被尊重）」才發起這個節日的。這剛好對應了選項 (B) Why Teachers’ Day was celebrated at first。
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