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阅读理解
36-year-old David Deem is a very tall and
thin American. He stands at 1.93 meters with blue eyes, curly blond hair, a
beard, and an honest and bright smile. People who know him well usually call
him "Ding Dawei".
Ding Dawei has been a teacher in Dongxiang,
a town in Gansu Province since 2000. He is a volunteer who helps the children
with their English.
Ding Dawei was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His
father is a manager in a large factory in the US, and his mother was once a
middle school teacher. When he was a third-year student in college, he went to
China and studied for one year in Beijing University. Hecame to the country
again in 1994 and became a teacher.
“A teacher should go where he is needed
most, "Ding often says like this.
For years in China, many people sent
letters and donations to Ding Dawei and his school. He is really the one who
receives and sends the most letters in the county. And the money he received is
used to build schools, buy gifts for teachers and students on Teachers' Day and
Children's Day, and pay for the teachers' exchange programs.
From the foreigner Ding Dawei, we can see a
sense of responsibility.
