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.”