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I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a
stage-play because their brains would not keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what
another had written.

Answer the following questions:
1)Explain the meaning of the underlined phrases in the context.
2) Answer the following questions
a) What gifts of the actor needed by a teacher does the author mention?
b) What does a good teacher do with his voice as he is teaching?
c) What has an actor to do when he is on the stage?
d) how does a teacher's "audience" take part in his "play"?
e) Why must a teacher invent as he goes along?

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