激動人心的比賽
【內容提示】
一年一度的田徑運動會召開了。最後一天下午進行的項目是女子400米接力賽。你班的4名同學配合得很好，她們的個人素質也好，再加上你們全班同學給她們鼓勁，她們取得了第一名的好成績。請你寫一篇文章，把這激動人心的比賽場面寫下來。
【作文示範】
An Exciting Race
Once a year a field and track sports meet is held in our school. This year it took place on 22nd. Over six hundred people, including teachers and students, entered for this meet.
It was the last day of the sports meet. At about three o＇clock in the afternoon, there came a voice from the speaker:“Next item is the girl＇s 400-metre relay race. Runners please get everything ready!”On hearing this, the four girl runners of our class, Helen, Jane, Nora and Dinah, gathered quickly by the track and did some warming-up exercises①. With strong determination, Dinah said to her teammates, “We should win honour for our class and put up a good show.” After some time, teams from six other classes were entered. “On your marks,”the starter ② ordered. Then came the pistol shot③. At the sound of it, the first runners shot from their starting points. Many eyes turned to a thin sixteen-year-old girl named Helen who started very fast and became the first one. Soon the second runners already moving, grabbed ④ the sticks and raced on. Nora, the third runner had the stick and took the lead. Already running, Dinah reached for the stick. She was flying three or four steps ahead of the others. Dinah urged herself, “Faster! Faster!” We cheered for her, shouting at the top of our voice. Bit by bit, she pulled quite ahead. It was too late for the others to close the gap and we all sighed with relief. At the finishing line, Dinah was the first one that reached the end.
At that moment, nothing would have been more exciting. We laughed, shouted, and we were very proud of our heroines ⑤. We praised them for their good team work⑥.
When we at last received our certificate of award⑦, everyone in our class was smiling a happy smile. Though it was different from the champion of Olympic Games ⑧, we all thought that it was no less exciting.
【詞語解釋】
①warming-up exercises 準備動作
②starter [＇sta:t+] n. 發號員
③pistol [＇pistl] shot 發令槍聲
④grab [gr$b] v. 抓取；（急速）抓住
⑤heroine [＇her+uin] n. 女英雄；女勇士
⑥good team work 配合得好
⑦certificate of award [s+＇tifikeit +＇w&:d] 獎勵證書；獎狀
⑧the champion of Olympic Cames [＇tM$mpj+n +v +u＇limpik geimz] 奧林匹克運動會冠軍
【寫法指要】
本文主要描寫女子400米接力賽的場面。作者把這一場面放在一個很長的段落里寫，給人以緊湊、緊張、生動、鼓舞人心的感覺。有些描寫生動、具體，使讀者好像身臨其境，如“There came a voice from the speaker, ‘Next item is the girl＇s 400-metre relay race. Runners please get everything ready!’”；“…the first runners shot from their starting points.”；“Soon the second runners already moving, grabbed the stick and raced on.”等。