星期天

【内容提示】

星期天你会干什么？你会回答：一是睡懒觉，二是玩。但是，你父母的行动和语言教育了你。假如你父亲或母亲是一位工程师或医生。他们有工程或病人在等待他们去处理，所以一大早就有人来电话叫他们去，电话打搅了你的睡觉。你发牢骚，而你母亲或父亲的一番话，使你深受启发。于是你也早早起来做功课或帮着父母干家务活了。

【作文示范】

A Sunday

It was Sunday. I had hopd to slp latr. But at about fiv o＇clock in th morning I was wokn up by th tlphon. Th call was from th hospital. Thr was somthing wrong with a patint. On haring this, Fathr puton his cloths quickly and st out without dlay. I said,“Itmust b anothr busy day. A doctor＇s work is too hard.”Mothr pattd m on th had and said with a smil,“vrything in th world is hard. You must workhard, too.”I noddd.

Aftr brakfast I wnt to school, though it was Sunday. Som of my classmats wr not thr. Prhaps thy wantd to rlax and hav a good tim. But w ar facing a grat challng----th collg ntranc xaminations. W must work hardr than vr.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年2、3合期）

【词语解释】

challng [＇tM$lindN] n．挑战

【写法指要】

“榜样的力量是无穷的。”这句话说得很对。本文就是很好的证明。父母用行动和语言教育了子女。作者母亲的话“vrything in th world is hard. You must work hard, too.”是全文的核心和命脉。它道出了人生的价值观：人生在于奋斗。