快樂的人:我的童年-My Childhood
我的童年
【內容提示】
寫一篇英語文章，敘述自己快樂的童年。內容包括下列幾點：
①我的童年無憂無慮。
②父母從未強迫我做過什麼。
③我背誦了許多詩文，因為我喜歡它們。
④我完成作業後就去和小朋友們玩耍，有時玩一個下午。
⑤我的童年很單調，但是卻很快樂。
【作文示範】
My Childhood
There is only one word which can describe my childhood. The word is“carefree①”that so many today's kids② do not understand, although they have delicious food, beautiful clothes and pretty toys.
My parents never forced me to do anything. I recited a lot of poems and fine articles, but not for performing before their friends and our relatives, just because I enjoyed rhythms③ and words. So I never considered them a burden④. Later, when I was in the primary school, the homework was very few and easy to do, and I was never asked to be the top students.
Nor did my parents stop me from doing anything. After I finished my homework, I could stay outside for a whole afternoon to do whatever I liked. I used to go swimming in the river in summer, skating on the ice in winter. Sometimes I played basketball or football with my little friends. I could read any book, and my parents never examine it before my reading.
Sometimes I think my childhood was boring⑤and not unforgettable, but I was really carefree and happy then. What is more important than to give a child a happy childhood?
【詞語解釋】
①carefree['ke fri:]a．無憂無慮的
②kid[kid] n．（俚語）小孩；兒童；少年
③rhythm['riJ m]n．節奏；節奏的格調
④burden['b :dn] n．負擔；負重
⑤boring['b&:riR]a．令人厭煩的；單調
【寫法指要】
本文描寫的是作者童年時代的情況。引言段提出篇題（thesis）“carefree”。第二、三段是擴充段，分別寫了兩個主題（topic）。第二段圍繞主題句（topic sentence）“My parents never forced me to do anything.”寫父母不強迫自已乾任何事情，第三段圍繞主題句“Nor did my parents stop me from doing anything.”寫父母也不阻止自已乾任何事情。這樣，作者從正反兩方面說明自己的童年是無憂無慮的這一篇題。在結尾段里作者對全文作了總結：儘管自己的童年生活比較單調，也沒有什麼難以忘懷的東西，但卻過得確實快活。最後，作者還發出了感慨：What is more important than to give a child a happy childhood? （什麼能比給孩子一個快樂的童年更重要的呢？）
快樂的人:我的童年-My Childhood