烛光

【内容提示】

你有一位老师，年纪大了，不久就要退休。他对你们要求很严，你们稍一出错他就严厉批评。开始，你们和他的关系不好。但是，逐渐地你们才知道他是一位亲切热心的老师。他不仅对你们要求严，对他自己也很严。他一上讲台就陶醉于教学，就会忘记自己的不幸与疾病，专心致志地教你们。你们很爱戴他、尊敬他。他像一支蜡烛，燃烧了自己，照亮了别人。

【作文示范】

A Candl

Lu Mingr, our physics tachr, is a good tachr. H has bn taching for forty yars. W all lov and rspct him bcaus h has dvotd himslf to th caus of ducation.

But h has a vry strang tmpramnt①.H oftn criticizs②us whn w mak mistaks. So, at first, w couldn＇t gt along wll with him;but latr, w ralizd that h was a kind and warm-hartd tachr. W cam to lov him and lookd on him as our good frind.

H is vry strict not only with us but also with himslf. H will forgt his sadnss or illnss as soon as h stands in front of th blackboard. Somtims h knocks th blackboard havily to mphasiz③ what h is saying. Somtims h laughs or jumps on th platform④. H is absorbd in⑤ taching and forgts himslf. All of us study physics activly and carfully bcaus w hav such a good tachr.

Mr Lu is vry old. H will lav th school bfor long. Th numbr of th studnts h has taught can＇t b countd. H has workd all his lif for his studnts, lik a candl that burns itslf to giv light to othrs.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第11期）

【词语解释】

①tmpramnt [＇tmp+r+m+nt] n．脾气；性情

②criticiz [＇kritisaiz] v．批评

③mphasiz [＇mf+saiz] v．强调

④platform [＇pl$tf&:m] n．讲台

⑤(b) absorbd [+b＇s&:bd] in 陶醉于

【写法指要】

本文描写了一位忠于教育事业的老教师的形象。他对别人严，对自已也严，一心扑在教学工作中。但是作者对他有一个认识过程：一开始，认为该老师不尽人情，而后来才慢慢地意识到他是一位慈父般的教师，并油然生起对老师的敬意。最后，作者说，该老师教了数不清的学生，用烛光作比喻，燃烧了自已，照亮了别人。结尾与标题形成照应。