There's no electricity or water and even no textbooks⑬ either! I'm still trying to adapt to⑭ these conditions⑮. However, one thing is for sure⑯， I've become more imaginative⑰ in my teaching. Science is my most challenging⑱ subject as my students have no concept⑲ of doing experiments⑳. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket\s\up1(21(21)！ The other day\s\up1(22(22) I was showing the boys the weekly\s\up1(23(23) chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture\s\up1(24(24) was bubbling\s\up1(25(25) over everywhere\s\up1(26(26)！ The boys who had never come across\s\up1(27(27) anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant\s\up1(28(28) chemistry is\s\up1(29(29) to these students，\s\up1(30(30)most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway\s\up1(31(31). To be honest\s\up1(32(32)， I doubt whether I'm making any difference to\s\up1(33(33) these boys' lives at all.

　　You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people. Well, that's actually\s\up1(34(34) quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect\s\up1(35(35) yet. But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and I did visit\s\up1(36(36) a village which is the home of one of the boys\s\up1(37(37)，Tombe. It was my first visit to a remote\s\up1(38(38) village. We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge\s\up1(39(39) from where we had fantastic views\s\up1(40(40) and then down a steep path to the valley below. When we arrived at the village, Tombe's mother, Kiak, who had been pulling weeds\s\up1(41(41) in her garden, started crying "ieee ieee". We shook hands with all the villagers\s\up1(42(42). Everyone seemed to be a relative\s\up1(43(43) of Tombe's.

⑬textbook /'teksbʊk/ n．教科书；课本　⑭adapt to适应

⑮conditions(复数)(生活或工作)条件；情况；天气状况

⑯for sure确切地　⑰imaginative adj.富有想象力的

⑱challenging adj.具有挑战性的

⑲concept /'kɒnsept/ n．观念；概念

⑳as引导原因状语从句。

\s\up1(21(21)bucket /'bʌkIt/ n．水桶；吊桶；提桶

\s\up1(22(22)the other day不久前的一天

\s\up1(23(23)weekly /'wiːklI/ adj.& adv.每周(的)

\s\up1(24(24)mixture n．混合(物)

\s\up1(25(25)bubble /'bʌbl/ vi.起泡；沸腾；汩汩地流动

\s\up1(26(26)I was showing ...when, before I knew it ...包含结构was doing ... when ...，意为"正在做......，这时......"。before引导时间状语从句。

\s\up1(27(27)come across偶然遇见；碰上

\s\up1(28(28)relevant /'reləvənt/ adj.有关的；切题的

\s\up1(29(29)how引导的感叹句作wonder的宾语。

\s\up1(30(30)most of whom will ...是"介词＋关系代词"引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰these students。

\s\up1(31(31)anyway同anyhow，副词，表示"不管怎样，无论如何"。

\s\up1(32(32)to be honest说实话

\s\up1(33(33)make any difference to ...对......有作用/有影响

\s\up1(34(34)actually adv.的确；确实；真实地　\s\up1(35(35)dialect n．方言

\s\up1(36(36)did visit中did表示强调，强调谓语动词visit，意为"确实；的确"。强调谓语在其前加do/does/did。

\s\up1(37(37)which引导定语从句，修饰a village。

\s\up1(38(38)remote /rI'məʊt/ adj.遥远的；偏僻的

\s\up1(39(39)ridge /rIdʒ/ n．山脊；屋脊

\s\up1(40(40)from where引导定语从句

\s\up1(41(41)weed /wiːd/ n．杂草；野草 vt.&vi.除杂草

\s\up1(42(42)shake hands with sb. 与某人握手

\s\up1(43(43)relative n．亲戚