4.愉快的事
愉快的一天
【内容提示】
冬天里,一场大雪过后,大地积雪皑皑。这时,假如有人问你最愿意干的事是什么,你的回答十有八九是“打雪仗”。正好,有一个星期五的下午,下课以后你们老师走进教室建议第二天早晨你们上山玩打雪仗游戏,同学们齐声响应。请你把你们玩打雪仗的情况写成一篇文章。
【作文示范】
A Happy Day
周宁宇
Winter came and the first snow began to fall. It was early Saturday morning. When I got up and looked out of the window, I saw trees, roofs and the ground all covered with snow. The world seemed to be a vast expanse① of whiteness②. How beautiful!“A heavy snow, a rich harvest.”Peasants must be very happy. I was happy, too, because…. Well, let me tell you.
In the previous afternoon, when school was over, our teacher came into the classroom. “Shall we go to the hill and have a snow fight?”she asked us with a smile.“Good!”the whole class shouted cheerfully.
That's why I was so happy in the morning.
When we got to the hill, we started making snow balls at once. Suddenly a snow ball hit me in the face. How cold! When I had made enough snow balls, I began to throw them at my“enemies”.
We threw snow balls at each other; we kept laughing and shouting. What great fun! We were children again. We did not stop enjoying ourselves until we could not see each other clearly for the dark.
On our way home, we were still talking about our snow fight. The wind was blowing hard, but we did not feel the cold. What a happy day!
(选自1988年4月19日《上海学生英文报》)
【词语解释】
①expanse[iks'p$ns] n.广阔(的区域);浩瀚
②whiteness ['waitnis] n.白;白色
【写法指要】
文章的引言段写到“瑞雪兆丰年”,农民高兴,自己也高兴。接着用插叙的手法写前一天下午老师的建议。第三段是过渡段。然后,四、五段是打“雪仗”的场面描写。结尾段写他们的兴奋劲,点题并与标题照应。
7.个人经历
一次不愉快的经历
【内容提示】
你是一名女生。在你12岁时发生过一件不愉快的事情,请你把它按下列要点写成一篇短文:
①那是一个周末。妈妈给了你两张电影票让你独自去看电影;一张你自己用,把另一张卖掉,票价是两角。(因为你妈妈忙于家务,顾不上去。)
②你匆匆忙忙到了电影院。你把票拿在手上,寻找买票人。一个长得英俊的年轻小伙子走上前来,面带微笑要买你的票。
③问过价钱后,他掏邮一张10元的钱让你找,你不知所措。他说让你等等,他去电影院商店换钱。你左等右等不见他来,走过去一看,他进了男厕所。这时你意识到他骗了你。
【作文示范】
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.
(选自《英语学习》1991年第12期)
【词语解释】
① confuse[k+n'fju:z] v.把……弄糊涂;使慌乱
②Gents 男厕所
【写法指要】
1)本文是一篇叙述过去某时发生的一件事的文章,所以我们把它称为过去记叙文(past narration)。文章通过叙事和对话,把人物的活动描写得活灵活现,我们好像在看一段电影剪辑。
2)文中有不少体现人物性格的好的表达,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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