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Creative Ways to Thank Your Teacher Part I (00:39 – 11:52)[00:39] Welcome, everyone, to Studio Classroom Worldwide! My name is Steve. Well, Teacher’s Day comes around once a year, and it actually falls on a different day depending where you are in the world. Here in Taiwan, Teacher’s Day is today, so before I go any further, I want to pause and say to all you teachers, “Thank you! Thank you for your efforts and contributions to your students and to society. We appreciate you.” Now in this portion of the lesson, we will see two Key Words. The first innumerable(adj), “Elvis Presley had innumerable hit songs in the ’50s and ’60s. Even today, his CDs still sell many copies worldwide.”; the second word is bind(v), “Before he handed in his thesis, Jim had it bound at the university print shop.” OK. Let’s talk about showing appreciation to the teachers in your life. The reading starts on page 52.[01:44] Text [02:45] Hi, friends! I’m Esther. And I’m Rachel. And it’s Teacher’s Day. Have you done anything for your teacher today? Now, maybe you are not in school, but maybe you have a child who is in school. And this is the day when children and students all over can show appreciation to the teachers in their life. Although, Esther, you don’t have to wait for a special day, do you? You can show appreciation to your teacher anytime of the year. Right, any day of the year. And today we’ll be talking about some creative ways you can say “thank you” to your teacher. So something that might be a little different from what you usually do. But hopefully you’ll gain some tips, and maybe next year you can show your teacher your appreciation in one of these creative ways. Very good. Well, let’s talk a little bit about teachers right now. We know that teachers spend innumerable hours planning lessons, grading papers, and encouraging and challenging students. They spend innumerable hours, countless hours, it’s, in other words, it’s almost too many to count. If you see that word, you,