一位外籍英語老師
【內容提示】
你有一位老師，你很敬重他（或她）。這位老師對你的幫助很大。你學習有困難時他（或她）鼓勵你；你找上門求教時他（或她）和藹耐心地給予幫助；他（或她）懂幾種語言，這使你很佩服。同學們和這位老師處得很融洽，常在一起搞活動。請你通過多種事情寫這位老師。
【作文示範】
A Foreign English Teacher
Our school, Shiyan Middle School in Fuling, was founded only four years ago. It is rather a new school, but now it is getting well-known for its teahing. We have a foreign English teacher, named Hans Barthel. He is the only foreign English teacher in all the schools in our city.
Hans is a tall man with blue eyes. He comes from Munich①, in Germany. That is to say, German is his native language and yet he masters several foreign languages, including English. He teaches us spoken English. I still remember the first time he asked me to answer a very easy question, but I was too nervous to answer it, standing dumbfounded②. He smiled, encouraged me and let me sit down. From then on, I made up my mind to study English harder.
One evening I plucked up ③ my courage to visit Hans. When I rang the doorbell, he came out and let me in. At first I was a bit nervous when talking with him. To make me feel easy he spoke very slowly, and I could understand quite well. I was so glad that I felt quite at home. Now, I always go to his room on Saturdays. We talk a lot and watch TV together. With his help, my spoken English greatly improved.
Hans is learning Chinese all by himself. He can speak some Chinese now. He can talk with our Chinese teachers. If he doesn＇t know how to say a certain thing in Chinese, he will ask us to teach him till he can say it correctly.
On Christmas I sent him a gift, which he accepted. He spent that evening merrily with us Chinese students and didn＇t feel lonely at all.
This is Hans, a kind man and a good English teacher.
（選自《英語畫刊》高中版1996年第8、9合期）
【詞語解釋】
①Munich [＇mju:nik] n．慕尼黑（德國城市）
②dumbfounded [d)m＇faundid] a．驚訝得發獃的
③pluck [pl)k] up 鼓起；振作；振作精神
【寫法指要】
本文通過幾件事寫了外籍教師Hans的為人和工作態度。第一段對是作者所在學校的簡介。第二段介紹Hans的基本情況及Hans對“我”的鼓勵。第三段寫作者與Hans的接觸和Hans幫“我”提高口語的情況。第四段寫Hans自學漢語的情況。第五段寫“我們”與Hans一起過聖誕節。第六段總結：Hans是一個熱心的人，一個好英語老師。