父親去世之後
【內容提示】
某一天，有人告訴你說你家裡出了大事。你趕回家一看是自己的一位親人去世了。你悲痛萬分，有幾天沉浸在悲傷之中。你辦完喪事返校後，同學們都來向你致哀，並用各種方法安慰你，有的同學還拿出錢來資助你的學習生活費，你十分感激。
【作文示範】
After Father＇s Death
November 4, 1996 was a day I shall never forget.
At 9 o＇clock that night, I was told that something serious had happened in my family. I hurried home from school. When I saw many of my father＇s fellow workers in his bedroom, I knew the worst thing had happened . I pushed my way into the room and saw Father lying in bed , covered with a white sheet①. I rushed to him, lifted the white sheet with trembling hands, and caught sight of his pale face with his eyes tightly closed. In despair I shook his shoulders, crying, “Dad! Dad! ” But his mouth never opened. Tears began running down my cheeks.
During the following two days I was deep in sorrow. When I was arranging Father＇s funeral②, many classmates and friends came to comfort③ Mother and me.
On the day I returned to school, my classmates again tried to comfort me . When I opened my desk , I found in it a lot of letters and notes, in which were many comforting and encouraging words. I was so moved that I coudn＇t keep my tears. Then a teacher told me that my classmates had contributed④ a large amount of money to help me pay living and school expenses⑤. I was very thankful to them and tears again filled my eyes . I covered my face with my hands though I was a big boy. I could find no words to express my feelings at that moment. Their love for me gave me much courage. I was proud of such a warmhearted⑥ class.
（選自《英語畫刊》高中版1997年第7期）
【詞語解釋】
①sheet [Mi:t] n．被單
②funeral [＇fju:n+r+l] n．喪葬；葬禮
③comfort [＇k)mf+t] v．安慰
④contribute [k+n＇tribju(:)t] v．捐獻
⑤expense [ik＇spens] n．花費
⑥warmhearted [＇w&:m＇ha:tid] a．富於同情心的
【寫法指要】
本文寫得真實、清楚，表達了三種感情：悲痛之情，友愛之情和感激之情。悲痛之情和感激之情是通過兩種眼淚表達的：悲痛的眼淚奪眶而出，淚如泉湧（crying，began running down）；感激的眼淚情不自禁“couldn＇tkeep back my tears, tears again filled my eyes”。友愛之情的表達主要是通過重複動詞“comfort”，“contribute”和分詞“comforting”，“encouraging”實現的。最後，作者為有這樣富於同情心的班集體而驕傲，並要化悲痛為力量，表達對同學、老師們關懷的謝意。