在警察局裡
【內容提示】
暑假期間，為了了解社會你參加了一次公安局對罪犯的審訊活動。被審訊的人是一名19歲的吸毒者。你旁聽了公安人員和罪犯的對話後對這個年輕人很是惋惜。請你寫一篇文章表達你的惋惜之情。
【作文示範】
At the Police Station
During the summer vacation, I had a chance to visit a police station in order to learn something about society. There I caught sight of a drug addict①.
That day, I was reading a dossier of a case② in the office when a young man was brought in.
“How old are you?”a policeman asked.
“Nineteen,”the man answered in a low voice.
“How long have you been taking drugs?”
“For 3 years.”
On hearing this, I was very surprised. Now I knew how he had become so thin, so pale and so weak. Drugtaking③ cost him so much money that he had to steal. As a result he was caught.
“Now I realize I was wrong. I feel I have let my mother down who has been ill for a long time and is always worried about me. But now…I must die. I must die…．”
Nineteen is a golden age. At this age he could have been at school or in the army or on a farm if he had not taken drugs.
His case proves the truth of a Chinese saying：“A moment＇s error can bring a lifelong regret.④”
（選自《英語畫刊》高中版1997年第4期）
【詞語解釋】
①drug addict [＇dr)g +＇dikt] 吸毒者
②a dossier [＇d&siei]of a case 一起案件材料
③drug-taking n．吸毒
④A moment＇s error can bring a lifelong regret.一失足成千古恨。
【寫法指要】
本文用夾敘夾議的手法寫了對一個失足青年的惋惜之情。第一、二段是敘述，寫時間、地點和事件；第三段是議論，寫作者聽到警察與吸毒青年的交談後的感想；第四段敘述該罪犯懺悔的表白；第五段又是議論，抒發惋惜之情；第六段引用一句中國格言結束全文。