阅读理解
36-year-old David Deem is a very tall and thin American. He stands at 1.93 meters with blue eyes, curly blond hair, a beard, and an honest and bright smile. People who know him well usually call him "Ding Dawei".
Ding Dawei has been a teacher in Dongxiang, a town in Gansu Province since 2000. He is a volunteer who helps the children with their English.
Ding Dawei was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father is a manager in a large factory in the US, and his mother was once a middle school teacher. When he was a third-year student in college, he went to China and studied for one year in Beijing University. Hecame to the country again in 1994 and became a teacher.
“A teacher should go where he is needed most, "Ding often says like this.
For years in China, many people sent letters and donations to Ding Dawei and his school. He is really the one who receives and sends the most letters in the county. And the money he received is used to build schools, buy gifts for teachers and students on Teachers' Day and Children's Day, and pay for the teachers' exchange programs.
From the foreigner Ding Dawei, we can see a sense of responsibility.