tailieunhanh - Acting as a substitute

Tham khảo tài liệu 'acting as a substitute', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Acting as a substitute Anxious faces peered out fourth storey classroom window. A half of the class were outside the classroom. Some of them were at the balcony some were waiting at the steps while some went even further to wait at the school-gate. Being the class monitor I tried to call them back to class. My teacher was at the staff room walking up and down in front of the telephone. She was waiting for a telephone call from Brenda s mother. Brenda the brain of our class was hospitalized. She had a sudden attack of asthma during the previous night and was immediately rushed to the hospital. She was to be the last speaker for our class at the finals of the interclass debate to be held that very day. We were confident of her. We were sure that her unbeatable ability to summarize and to rebut would win for our class the prize. This was precisely the reason for everybody s anxiety waiting for her with hope. A little while later my teacher walked into the class. By the look on her face we could immediately guess the outcome. She said in a quivering voice Brenda won t be discharged today. So. I m afraid. I m afraid that we will have to find a substitute. There was dead silence in my class. I was standing at the back of the class. Then painfully I felt as if sharp pins were piercing my body pinning me to the wall. Slowly my eyes met the eyes of forty-two others. But. but I. I m not prepared I said stumbling over my words. Suddenly an idea struck me Surely. surely .