一件令我不安的小事

【内容提示】

有一件小事令你久久不安，一想起来就觉得对不起某人。这件事可能是：

①你要买录音机，向父亲要了100元钱。但你却用这些钱请同学下了饭馆。事后说把钱丢了，又要了100元。

②老师让你做一件事，你推托说自己有病。结果，另一名同学办这件事时出了车祸。

③有人到你住的地方出差，不知道去某处的路，问你时你本来知道却说不知道。后来听说由于延误了时间该人错过了一项经济合同的签订机会。

请你写一篇文章，写这样一件让你不安的事。

【作文示范】

A Trifl① That Still Upsts M

What about th sick old man in that cart②? Is h wll now?vry tim I think of what happnd to m a yar ago, I fl I was to blam③.

It was a Saturday vning, th third vning aftr my arrival at Zhng Ding Middl School. I was a nw comr and knw littl about th town. Aftr suppr, I wnt out for a walk alon. It was gtting dark and fw popl wr in th strt. Suddnly a cart stoppd and th man who pulld th cart cam to ask m if I knw th way to th No. 1 Hospital.

I had hard of th hospital and I smd to hav bn told that it was in th north of th town, but I was not quit sur. I lookd at th sick old man lying in th cart and moaning④. Without hsitation, I told him th way to th hospital. Thn h turnd th cart round and soon it was out of sight. Whn I cam back to th dormitory, I told my roommats what had happnd. Thy told m that th No. 1 Hospital was in th southast of th town. Only thn did I raliz that I had told th man th wrong way. I at onc thought of th sick old man and flt upst⑤.

What would thy do if thy couldn＇t find th hospital? Would th sick old man surviv⑥th journy? I couldn＇t think any mor. I was too upst.

A yar has passd. I am still worrying about th old man. Mayb I will nvr hav a chanc to mak it up, but from thn on I hav nvr said a word that I am not sur of.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第4期）

【词语解释】

①trifl [＇traifl] n．小事；琐事

②cart [ka:t] n．手推车

③blam [blim] n．责备

④moan [m+un] v．呻吟

⑤upst [)p＇st] a．不安；心烦意乱

⑥surviv [s+＇vaiv] v．活下来；幸存

【写法指要】

本文用插叙的方法写作者自己因做错一件小事而忐忑不安的有愧心绪。第一段首先用了两个反诘句，然后点题：我该受到责备。第二、三段是插叙一年前发生的事。第四段又用了两个反诘句，之后说：“我很不安”，与第一段呼应。最后一段用不同的表达方式再次重复自己受到的良心的谴责。