Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher, it was January of 1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at a university.

那是1940年一月，我刚从研究生院毕业开始了在一所大学里的第一个学期的工作。

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I left my native country of New Zealand to start my career as an English teacher, which eventually brought my dancing life to a halt.

我离开了我的祖国新西兰，开始了我的英语教师生涯，最终我的舞蹈生活因此告一段落。

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Then, I left my native country of New Zealand to start my career as an English teacher, which eventually brought my dancing life to a halt.

然后，我离开了我的祖国新西兰，开始了我的英语教师生涯，我的舞蹈生活因此告一段落。

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I've gone up in a hot-air balloon, traveled extensively, worked for good causes in my church and taught hundreds of children to read during my 23-plus-year career as a special education teacher for Massachusetts public schools.

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