一次不愉快的經歷
「內容提示」
你是一名女生。在你12嵗時發生過一件不愉快的事情,請你把它按下列要點寫成一篇短文:
①那是一個周末。媽媽給了你兩張電影票讓你獨自去看電影;一張你自己用,把另一張賣掉,票價是兩角。(因爲你媽媽忙於家務,顧不上去。)
②你匆匆忙忙到了電*。你把票拿在手上,尋找買票人。一個長得英俊的年輕小夥子走上前來,麪帶微笑要買你的票。
③問過價錢後,他掏郵一張10元的錢讓你找,你不知所措。他說讓你等等,他去電*商店換錢。你左等右等不見他來,走過去一看,他進了男厠所。這時你意識到他騙了你。
「作文示範」
An Unpleasant Experience
沈青
It was during a weekend. Mum gave me two tickets for a film and told me she was too busy with the endless housework to go with me . She told me to keep the money if I could sell the extra ticket. I was very happy, of course . At that time , a ticket only cost 20 fen . But to me, a little girl of 12,20 fen seemed quite a lot.
I reached the cinema in a great hurry. Holding the ticket in my hand, I began to look for a buyer. A handsome young man noticed me and the ticket in my hand. He came towards me with a big smile, “You've got an extra ticket?”
“Yes,”I nodded .
“That's great . Say , how much?”
“Twenty fen.”
“ Oh ,”he thought for a while and then took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet.
“I'm very sorry, but I've only got this note.” Seeing I was confused① , he added, “Then, how about waiting for a while and I'll give you the money after I have changed it in the cinema's store?”
Without much thinking, I agreed. Then we went to the cinema together. He walked fast. I could hardly keep up with him. By and by, he left me further and further behind. Soon he disappeared in the Gents②。 I stood there without knowing what to do. Suddenly I seemed to realize the handsome young fellow had cheated me. He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honour.
(選自《英語學習》1991年第12期)
「詞語解釋」
① confuse[k n'fju:z] v.把……弄糊塗;使慌亂
②Gents 男厠所
「寫法指要」
1)本文是一篇敘述過去某時發生的一件事的文章,所以我們把它稱爲過去記敘文(past narration)。文章通過敘事和對話,把人物的活動描寫得活霛活現,我們好像在看一段電影剪輯。
2)文中有不少躰現人物性格的好的表達,如“in a great hurry”,“with a big smile”,“That's great. Say, how much?”,“without much thinking”,“without knowing what to do”,“He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honour.”
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