Just for Some Stamps

「要求」

　　你有過等待的經歷嗎？如果雖然等了很久，最後還是沒等到，那又會怎麽樣呢？寫下你的感覺吧。不少於100字。

　　「範文」

　　Justfor Some Stamps

　　I don't know how it is that whenever I go to a post office， I always find people have some long and complicated business to go. Only coming in to buy some stamps， I am obliged to wait patiently while some annoying people take ten minutes to complete a form that even a child can fill out in one minute. People in other queues move quickly forward to take their turn and are served by cheerful smiling clerks. Sometimes feeling that I cannot endure waiting in my motionless queue any longer， I decide to join another one. It may be longer， but at least it is moving. This turns out to be the worst thing I could have done.

　　Finally my turn comes. The clerk pushes forward a printed sign saying“CLOSED” and without a smile says briefly：“Sorry， going to lunch.”

　　I wait and wait， but…

　　「評語」

　　這是一段精彩的小幅描寫，因爲等待的焦急心理，及至於對別人的不滿而咒罵，都很生動，尤其是殘酷性的結尾更是出人意料。選材必須是自己熟悉的，這一點很重要。