个人经历一次不愉快的经历-An Unpleasant Experience

一次不愉快的经历


【内容提示】

你是一名女生。在你12岁时发生过一件不愉快的事情，请你把它按下列要点写成一篇短文：

①那是一个周末。妈妈给了你两张电影票让你独自去看电影；一张你自己用，把另一张卖掉，票价是两角。（因为你妈妈忙于家务，顾不上去。）

②你匆匆忙忙到了电影院。你把票拿在手上，寻找买票人。一个长得英俊的年轻小伙子走上前来，面带微笑要买你的票。

③问过价钱后，他掏邮一张10元的钱让你找，你不知所措。他说让你等等，他去电影院商店换钱。你左等右等不见他来，走过去一看，他进了男厕所。这时你意识到他骗了你。


【作文示范】


An Unpleasant Experience


沈青


It was during a weekend. Mum gave me two tickets for a film and told me she was too busy with the endless housework to go with me . She told me to keep the money if I could sell the extra ticket. I was very happy, of course . At that time , a ticket only cost 20 fen . But to me, a little girl of 12,20 fen seemed quite a lot.

I reached the cinema in a great hurry. Holding the ticket in my hand, I began to look for a buyer. A handsome young man noticed me and the ticket in my hand. He came towards me with a big smile, “You＇ve got an extra ticket?”

“Yes,”I nodded .

“That＇s great . Say , how much?”

“Twenty fen.”

“ Oh ,”he thought for a while and then took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet.

“I＇m very sorry, but I＇ve only got this note.” Seeing I was confused① , he added, “Then, how about waiting for a while and I＇ll give you the money after I have changed it in the cinema＇s store?”

Without much thinking, I agreed. Then we went to the cinema together. He walked fast. I could hardly keep up with him. By and by, he left me further and further behind. Soon he disappeared in the Gents②. I stood there without knowing what to do. Suddenly I seemed to realize the handsome young fellow had cheated me. He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honour.


（选自《英语学习》1991年第12期）


【词语解释】

① confuse[k+n＇fju:z] v．把……弄糊涂；使慌乱

②Gents 男厕所


【写法指要】

1）本文是一篇叙述过去某时发生的一件事的文章，所以我们把它称为过去记叙文（past narration）。文章通过叙事和对话，把人物的活动描写得活灵活现，我们好像在看一段电影剪辑。

2）文中有不少体现人物性格的好的表达，如“in a great hurry”,“with a big smile”,“That＇s great. Say, how much?”,“without much thinking”,“without knowing what to do”,“He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honour.”