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Liu Xiaosheng finally had time for himself when the summer vacation recently ended. The 73-year-old had been teaching children English for (1)f______ six days a week for over a month.
His "classroom" was a rural family courtyard in a village in Zunyi, Guizhou Province. On the outer wall of the house, there was a small blackboard (2)c______ with phonetic symbols. Benches were arranged in a U shape to serve as desks, and a dozen children were packed in for classes.
Before retiring, Liu was a (3)f______ language professor at a university in Chongqing. In 2012, he brought his family to Guizhou to spend the summer.
One evening, he saw a neighbour's child learning English. And he heard many mistakes when the child was reading. As a teacher, he knew how important (4)s______ pronunciation was to learning the language and he began to correct the child.
In this way, Liu had his first student. News of free English tutoring from a retired professor soon (5)s______ through the village, and more and more children came to learn.
At first, Liu taught in his living room, and then moved into the corridor for more (6)s______. But soon, the corridor was packed with students. One villager (7)v______ to leave his room to use as a classroom, and the villagers pooled their money to buy desks, chairs, benches and a blackboard.
Later, as the (8)n______ of students grew, Liu set up a classroom in the courtyard of a villager's house, and as a result, he is well known as the "courtyard teacher".
Some villagers once suggested paying money or giving him some gifts to express their thanks, but he refused. He said that teaching had become a part of his life, and he did it for neither fame (9)n______ profit(赢利).
Before he finished this year's session and returned to Chongqing, he (10)p______ the children that he would see them again next year. What a great teacher!