一位大方的朋友
【内容提示】
你有一位同学，不知怎么，平时你很讨厌他（或她）。有一天，你放学回家时，他（或她）追上来告诉你说老师叫你返回去。但是你不相信，没有返回去。第二天到了学校，老师问你前一天为什么没有返回学校，你说你不知道。那位同学告诉老师说他（或她）没有赶上你，所以没有告诉你此事。这时，你突然觉得自己很惭愧，对不起这位同学，感到该同学太好了。
【作文示范】
A Friend of Liberality
When I was in Senior Grade 2, there was a girl whom I disliked. I do not know why I disliked her. She had always been friendly toward me, and had never done anything to cause me to feel the way I did about her. I was continually saying unpleasant things to her, making fun of her, and snubbing① her.
One day as I was going home from school, the girl caught up with me and said, “Miss Lin, our teacher, wants you to come back to the schoolhouse for a little while.” I didn＇t believe her. I just said, “Do you think that I would walk back to the schoolhouse just because you told me to? You probably are just telling me that for a joke.” I walked on down the street, leaving the girl standing alone.
The next day when I got to school, Miss Lin asked me, “Why didn＇t you come back to the schoolhouse as I asked you to?” I said, “I didn＇t know you wanted me. “Miss Lin sent for the girl and asked her, “Did you tell Su Ming to come back?” The girl answered,“I＇m sorry, Miss Lin, but I didn＇t tell her; I couldn＇t catch up with her.”
I was surprised. I suddenly realized how pretty she was. She had long black hair and blue dark eyes. Her even white teeth showed from her parted lips as she smiled at me. I felt I ought to be ashamed of myself and I found out all my faults in comparison with② her liberality③.
【词语解释】
①snub [sn)b] v．冷落；怠慢
②in comparison [k+m＇p$ris+n] with 与……比较
③liberality [?lib+＇r$l+ti] n．慷慨；心胸宽大；大方
【写法指要】
本文写了一位心胸宽广、大度为怀的人。作者写这个人时是拿自已为对照或铺垫的。作者自己心胸狭窄，对同学怀有偏见，认为该同学什么也不好。但是，对方替自己承担责任后，作者感到问心有愧，认识到自己的不对。文章写得真实、生动、感人。