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The following sentences have an unusual meaning in the context of the story. Write what these sentences would mean today, and what they mean in the context of the story.a. She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.b. They had taken Tommy’s teacher away for nearly a month.c. It wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.d. How could a man be a teacher?e. A teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches.

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a. Meaning today: She had been hoping they would officially dismiss the teacher from his job forever. 

Meaning in the content of the story: She had been hoping they would remove the teacher from the screen permanently.

b. Meaning today: They had suspended Tommy’s teacher for nearly one month.

c. Meaning today: It wasn’t the teacher who regularly did the teaching work in school. It was some person who taught the students.

Meaning in the context of the story: It was the mechanical teacher who gave lessons to students on screen, regularly.

d. Meaning today: This question is meaningless in these days because teaching work is always done by some person (male teacher or female teacher).

Meaning in the context of the story: They had the mechanical teacher and they didn’t expect a man in place of the mechanical teacher.

e. Meaning today: The teacher has to deal with the students according to the need of the whole class and use a suitable method of teaching.

Meaning in the context of the story: The mechanical teacher has to be repaired and made suitable according to the need of individual students or the subject taught.



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