永恒的美
【内容提示】
美,人人都爱。当我们来到一个名胜景点,看到蔚蓝色的天空、葱绿的青山、清凌凌的水时,我们说这是一种美;我们读到一首新颖的诗歌,一篇优美的散文或奇妙的文章时,也会赞叹这是一种美。美,处处皆是,但是,我们最崇敬的是心灵美和人品的美。请你写一篇文章,用一个具体事例说明这种美。
【作文示范】
trnal Bauty
Whn you gt to a scnic spot and s th blu sky, th grn mountain and clar watr, mayb you will say this is bauty. Whn you rad a frsh pom, gracful pros① or a wondrful articl, prhaps you will sag that is bauty…. Bauty xists vrywhr and vryon liks bauty. This story is about bauty of anothr kind----that of an ordinary woman, Yao Xinxin.
Onc, my grandmothr was on a bus. Suddnly sh flt sick and wantd to throw up②,but sh was afraid to mak th bus dirty. Th momnt Ms Yao saw this, sh handd hr own clan mug③ to my grandma and said,“Don't worry, granny. You can us this mug. ”Grandma was vry gratful, but sh was so wak that sh suddnly fll down in a faint④.Without dlay Ms Yao askd th drivr to driv th bus ovr to a hospital narby. Aftr an xamination,th doctor told Ms Yao that my grandma must stay in hospital for a day or two. Ms Yao paid th f⑤ for my grandma and sat by th bd for a day.
In th mantim⑥, my family wr sarching vrywhr for Grandma. How w wishd w could s dar Grandma again. Just whn w wr much worrid, th nxt day Grandma appard bfor us supportd by a strangr. As you can guss, it was Ms Yao. W wr wondring about this whn Grandma said,“Without th kind conductor, I might not hav bn abl to s you any mor.” W thankd Ms Yao again and again, tars in our ys.
(选自1987年9月15日《上海学生英文报》)
【词语解释】
①gracful['grisful] pros[pr+uz] 优美的散文
②throw up 呕吐
③mug[m)g] n.大杯
④faint[fint] n.昏厥 fall(down) in a faint昏倒
⑤f[fi:] n.费
⑥mantim['mi:ntaim] n.其间
【写法指要】
本文引言段使用的是隐含篇题(implid thsis),即作者没有把篇题说出来,而是让读者自己通过阅读全文去归纳:这是一种心灵的美和人品的美。这一点我们可以通过作者使用的例证(illustration),即感人肺腑的真实故事体会出来。此外,作者在叙述文中的人物时也是用的含蓄手法:开始我们只知道好心人名叫Yao Yinxin,并不知道她是干什么的,直到最后才通过 Grandma 的话道出来,这就造成了一种人物身分的悬念,发人深省。