東京的鴿子
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假如你是一個愛好小動物的人。你去某處小住時發現那裡的人們保護動物意識很濃。人們拿著食物餵養動物，人和動物相處得非常和睦融洽。於是，你把自己隨身帶的食物也都餵了動物。它們一邊吃著食物，一邊叫著，好像是對你說著感謝的話似的。這對你的觸動很大，你想了好多好多……
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The Pigeons in Tokyo
Last summer I made a ten-day visit to Japan. I went to Tokyo①,the capital of Japan, which is a very modern city. However, what made a lasting impression upon me was not the high buildings, but the pigeons that I happened to see at a subway ② station.
I was sitting on a bench outside the station when I saw some pigeons flying here and there. They looked as if they were looking for something to eat. I like little animals, especially little birds, so I took some biscuits③ out of my bag and broke them into pieces. Soon a pigeon flew over and ate the biscuits from my hand! I got frightened and dropped the biscuits to the ground. The little birds started to eat the biscuits on the ground. In a short time many pigeons gathered in front of me.
“Wow ④ !”I said to myself,“they don＇t fear men at all.” They soon ate up all thebiscuits. And then the pigeons cooed around me; it seemed that they wanted more. I took out all the biscuits left in my bag. They again ate happily and cooed at the same time. I thought they were expressing thanks in this way. What lovely pigeons!
Then came the train. I had to go. I took a last look at the pigeons and left.
On my way to the hotel, I thought that the pigeons here were very close to people because people love them and never hurt them.
I hope that all the people in China will also love and protect animals. If we all do our best to make animals live in peace, in the near future we will have a more beautiful and interesting worldaround us.
（選自《英語畫刊》高中版1996年第7期）
【詞語解釋】
①Tokyo [＇t+ukj+u] n. 東京（日本首都）
②subway [＇s)bwei] n. 地下鐵道
③biscuit [＇biskit] n. 餅乾
④wow [wau] int. 哇（表示驚奇、歡樂、痛苦、羨慕等）
【寫法指要】
本文作者用生態平衡的觀點把現實與未來聯想起來，憧憬著一個人與自然和睦相處的世界。全文用夾敘夾議的手法寫成：第一段提出文章的主題，第二、三段寫作者所見所想，第四、五、六段寫作者的感情和所發出的議論，寄託自己對未來的嚮往。