一位大方的朋友
【內容提示】
你有一位同學，不知怎么，平時你很討厭他（或她）。有一天，你放學回家時，他（或她）追上來告訴你說老師叫你返回去。但是你不相信，沒有返回去。第二天到了學校，老師問你前一天為什麼沒有返回學校，你說你不知道。那位同學告訴老師說他（或她）沒有趕上你，所以沒有告訴你此事。這時，你突然覺得自己很慚愧，對不起這位同學，感到該同學太好了。
【作文示範】
A Friend of Liberality
When I was in Senior Grade 2, there was a girl whom I disliked. I do not know why I disliked her. She had always been friendly toward me, and had never done anything to cause me to feel the way I did about her. I was continually saying unpleasant things to her, making fun of her, and snubbing① her.
One day as I was going home from school, the girl caught up with me and said, “Miss Lin, our teacher, wants you to come back to the schoolhouse for a little while.” I didn＇t believe her. I just said, “Do you think that I would walk back to the schoolhouse just because you told me to? You probably are just telling me that for a joke.” I walked on down the street, leaving the girl standing alone.
The next day when I got to school, Miss Lin asked me, “Why didn＇t you come back to the schoolhouse as I asked you to?” I said, “I didn＇t know you wanted me. “Miss Lin sent for the girl and asked her, “Did you tell Su Ming to come back?” The girl answered,“I＇m sorry, Miss Lin, but I didn＇t tell her; I couldn＇t catch up with her.”
I was surprised. I suddenly realized how pretty she was. She had long black hair andblue dark eyes. Her even white teethshowed from her parted lips as she smiled at me. I felt I ought to be ashamed of myself and I found out all my faults in comparison with② her liberality③.
【詞語解釋】
①snub [sn)b] v．冷落；怠慢
②in comparison [k+m＇p$ris+n] with 與……比較
③liberality [?lib+＇r$l+ti] n．慷慨；心胸寬大；大方
【寫法指要】
本文寫了一位心胸寬廣、大度為懷的人。作者寫這個人時是拿自已為對照或鋪墊的。作者自己心胸狹窄，對同學懷有偏見，認為該同學什麼也不好。但是，對方替自己承擔責任後，作者感到問心有愧，認識到自己的不對。文章寫得真實、生動、感人。