等待口试

【内容提示】

你或许经历过多次口试了吧？汉语口头作文，英语口试等。你还记得第一次等待口试的情景吗？也许你的心在跳、口发干、喉咙在发痒、坐立不宁、忐忑不安等。请你用英语写一篇短文，描写你当时的心理活动。

【作文示范】

Waiting for Oral xam

I still rmmbr th day whn I took part in th nglish oral xamination.

That morning a grat numbr of nrvous and xcitd young xamins① stood in th hall, ach waiting for his turn to hav th oral xam. Som wr talking loudly; othrs rciting and still othrs walking idly②.Lik all ths young popl, I had a buttrfly③ in my stomach, not knowing what to do and just sittingon th chair with my ys fixd on th door of th room whr I would hav th xam. vry tim th door opnd and a young man cam out of it, my hart would bat fast. Though I had prpard my lssons wll, I still had som fars for it was th firsttim Ihad such an important oral xam and also I had had a cold th day bfor and my voic had bcom husky④ bcaus of th bad cough. I was sitting on pins and ndls⑤whn suddnly my nam was calld.

I got up and walkd quickly toward th door. Stopping in front of it, I hsitatd about opning it. I flt my fac rd and my hart bat fast. Suddnly a kind and gntl voic rang in my ars,“Rmmbr to b calm, not to b nrvous and you can crtainly pass th xam.”Ths words asd my mind and I calmd down. I bravly opnd th door with confidnc. I would crtainly succd.

（选自1986年10月28日《上海学生英文报》）

【词语解释】

①xamin [ig?z$mi＇ni:] n．受试人

②idly [＇aidli] ad．无所事事地；懒散地

③buttrfly [＇b)t+flai] n．蝴蝶

④husky [＇h)ski] a．喉咙发干的；沙哑的

⑤(sit) on pins and ndls 如坐针毡

【写法指要】

本文写作者第一次参加英语口试时应试前的心理活动。文中使用了三个典型的表达方式把作者忐忑不安的心情写得真真切切： 1）I had a buttrfly in my stomach.（隐喻）2）I was sitting on pins and ndls.（隐喻） 3）I flt my fac flushing and my hart bat fast.（心理动词fl+形象表达flushing和 hart bat fast。）读者读着以这些表达为主线的心理描述时会感到自己也置身其间的。