Opening Statement
mr. chairman, senator thurmond, members of the committee, my name is anita f. hill, and i am a professor of law at the university of oklahoma. i was born on a farm in okmulgee county, oklahoma, in 1956. i am the youngest of 13 children. i had my early education in okmulgee county. my father, albert hill, is a farmer in that area. my mother's name is irma hill. she is also a farmer and a housewife.
my childhood was one of a lot of hard work and not much money, but it was one of solid family affection, as represented by my parents. i was reared in a religious atmosphere in the baptist faith, and i have been a member of the antioch baptist church in tulsa, oklahoma, since 1983. it is a very warm part of my life at the present time.
for my undergraduate work, i went to oklahoma state university and graduated from there in 1977. i am attaching to this statement a copy of my resume for further details of my education.
i graduated from the university with academic honors and proceeded to the yale law school, where i received my jd degree in 1980. upon graduation from law school, i became a practicing lawyer with the washington, dc, firm of ward, hardraker, and ross.
in 1981, i was introduced to now judge thomas by a mutual friend. judge thomas told me that he was anticipating a political appointment, and he asked if i would be interested in working with him. he was, in fact, appointed as assistant secretary of education for civil rights. after he had taken that post, he asked if i would become his assistant, and i accepted that position.
in my early period there, i had two major projects. the first was an article i wrote for judge thomas' signature on the education of minority students. the second was the organization of a seminar on high-risk students which was abandoned because judge thomas transferred to the eeoc where he became the chairman of that office.
during this period at the department of education, my working relationship with judge thomas was positive. i had a good deal of responsibility and independence. i thought he respected my work and that he trusted my judgment. after approximately three months of working there, he asked me to go out socially with him.
what happened next and telling the world about it are the two most difficult things -- experiences of my life. it is only after a great deal of agonizing consideration and sleeplenumber -- a great number of sleeplenights tha(t i amable to talk of these unpleasant matters to anyone but my close friends.
i declined the invitation to go out socially with him and explained to him that i thought it would jeopardize what at the time i considered to be a very good working relationship. i had a normal social life with other men outside of the office. i believed then, as now, that having a social relationship with a person who was supervising my work would be ill-advised. i was very uncomfortable with the idea and told him so.
i thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. however, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions. he pressed me to justify my reasons for saying no to him. these incidents took place in his office or mine. they were in the form of private conversations which would not have been overheard by anyone else.
my working relationship became even more strained when judge thomas began to use work situations to discuse-x. on these occasions, he would call me into his office for reports on education issues and projects, or he might suggest that, because of the time pressures of his schedule, we go to lunch to a government cafeteria. after a brief discussion of work, he would turn the conversation to a discussion of se-xual matters.
his conversations were very vivid. he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having se-x with animals and films showing group se-x or rape scenes. he talked about pornographic materials depicting individuals with large penises or large breasts involved in various se-x acts. on several occasions, thomas told me graphically of his own se-xual prowess.
because i was extremely uncomfortable talking about se-x with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, i told him that i did not want to talk about these subjects. i would also try to change the subject to education matters or to nonse-xual personal matters such as his background or his beliefs. my efforts to change the subject were rarely successful.
throughout the period of these conversations, he also from time to time asked me for social engagements. my reaction to these conversations was to avoid them by eliminating opportunities for us to engage in extended conversations. this was difficult because at the time i was his only assistant at the office of education -- or of
fice for civil rights.
千万不要因为你的学生听不懂英语就来个中文的开场白，你要从一开始就让你的学生习惯于听英语，如果学生不懂，你可以尽量通过体态语，动作，表情等让学生理解你的话，但尽量不说中文，就仿佛你是一名外籍教师来中国上课时一样，让学生对英语产生更浓厚的兴趣。
要学会“卖关子”，越是让人不明白的事就越能吊起人的口味。
一走上讲台，你就说：“Hello! Boys and girls!”“Class begins.”等来组织教学，然后自我介绍，“(I’m Mr…（或I’m Miss…）”学生听不懂没关系，用手势，表情，再通过反复演练让他们理解。
如果课后有学生问你：“你上课讲的那都是些什么呀？我们一句也听不懂。”你可以告诉他，“那就是你们要学习的‘英语’！”这说明你已经激发起他们的兴趣了。
当然，在介绍学习英语的重要性时，也不要忘了肯定中国的文化成就，加强爱国主义教育，向学生指出，正是由于热爱自己的祖国，为了把自己的`祖国建设好，我们才要学好英语，以吸取别人的经验来建设自己的国家。
当第一堂课下课铃响时你可以跟学生说:“I’m sorry, I must go now. They are jealous of our happy-ness.”“Bye-bye.”等。要让学生从一开始就享受到上英语课的欢乐。
总之，在上第一堂课之时教师就要让学生建立起对英语课的初步印象，激发起对英语学习的兴趣、引导学生正确的学习动机、培养他们不畏艰难的学习意志，以保证他们日后的英语学习一路顺风。
Hi, my dear children,
I am glad to be your teacher and friend from now on.
I am lisahong, M.。 is my family name.
How about you?
I am eager to know about all of you. So do your new classmates.
Now i d like u to introude yourself to your classmates as well as me.
This class, there is only 10 chances. Who would volunteer first?
（ Hopefully, anyone would raise their hand first）
。.。， good, you please first.。.。.
After 10 students introduce themselves, you may start your first lesson.
Good afternoon, boys and girls, I am XXX(put down your name on the blackboard) for your English lessons (your new teacher)， also I am very glad to have this opportunity to teach you some knowledge in here, but first of all, I want to give all of you some brief introduction of mine.。.。.。.(bla bla bla)。
Before we are going to study the new courses, Id like to go and review for the last lesson.
Hello,everyone!Im very happy to see you here.What about you?
Do you know who I am?If you want to know more about me ，I think you must learn English well and speak English well. Now I think we must decide who will introduce himself to others first,you or me?lets play a game, and decide whose turn will be the first one.
（Then play a game and introduce oneself to each other.）
既然是英语课，就应该有一个“带有英语”的开场白。走进教室后，我一边招手一边面带笑容的用英语和学生说“Hello! Boys andgirls!”
并简单介绍“I’m your new English teacher.You can call me MissYan"然后互相用”Hello!"打招呼，这个时候学生还有些胆怯，不能完全放开，我就竖起大拇指略微夸张的表扬他们："Verygood!"“Hownice!"进一步打消他们对英语的畏惧感，并且让学生在第一时间领略到英语的风采。
虽然很多英语学生不能听懂，但是学生越是听不懂，就越想知道是什么意思，这样就越能激发学生对英语的好奇和兴趣。
当然，需要注意的'是，教师也不能只顾着展示“风采”，不管学生是否明白，这样，时间一长，学生就会觉得疲劳、索然无味。因此，教师在说的同时要配以相应的体态语言，帮助学生理解意思。总而言之，第一节英语课必须用英语作为开场白，激发学生学习的欲望。
Good morning everyone, how r u? May I introduce myself first, my name is xx（写黑板），and you can just simply call me xx，I am very glad to be you xx teacher in the next few months time, and I really hope I could be your friend as well but not only your teacher. Well, this is my first lesson in my life(maybe not)， so if there is any inconvenience between us, please do tell me, than I could make a little notice on that next time. And if you have any questions wanna ask, please dont be shy. Ok, just before I start this lesson, if you do have any questions about me right now, I am listening.(please do so/please ask) 。.。.