一位不相识的朋友

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在你的生活中大概也有遇到难处的时候吧。比如你在上学的路上突然病了，或者在商店买东西的时候带的钱不够，或者在乘公共汽车时脚让车门给夹伤不能走路了等等。这时，有位好心人帮助了你。请你写一篇文章叙述一下这位好心人帮助你的经过。

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An Unfamiliar Frind

My dar, only fiftn minuts lft! Mayb th bus would nvr com. If I waitd hr a littl longr, undoubtdly, I would b th last to stp into th classroom again. Thn Mr. Wang would ask m as usual, “Did you go to bd lat or gt up lat?” vryon would star at m. That was rally mbarrassing①. I had to hurry up on foot.

A cold wind blw up my hair. I rubbd my hands, and pulld up my collar, and walkd hurridly. Just thn, a young man, waring only a vst and a pair of sport pants, was running past m, with his arms waving. His fac turnd rd with cold, but h smd to b unmindful② of th cold.

H smild at m, passing by. His smil mad m fl as if h wr saying, “Lt＇s run togthr.” I mad my pac unconsciously③. Thn I trid my bst to catch him up, but faild bcaus of lack of xrciss in th past. With a havy bag on my back, I flt vry tird. Occasionally④, h turnd back, smiling, ncouraging m to run fastr.

Suddnly h stoppd at a platform, which was his dstination. H took a dp brath, and thn gav a sharp but frindly whistl to m. I, also, whistld in rturn. H askd, “What tim is it?” “It is…,” I lookd at my watch and found it was alrady 7:37. Thr wr only thr minuts lftfor class.

As I hurrid into th school gat, I was so thankful. What a good frind I mt, and how I hopd to mt mor such frinds in my lif.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第8、9合期）

【词语解释】

①mbarrassing [im＇b$r+siR] a．令人为难的

②unmindful [)n＇maindful] a．不介意的

③unconsciously [)n＇k&nM+sli] ad．无意识地

④occasionally [+＇kiN+n+li] ad．不时地

【写法指要】

正在作者为难、困惑和畏难之时，一位素不相识的人给予她鼓励，激励她不要怕寒冷、不要怕困难，要无畏地勇往直前才能到达目的地。这时的鼓励不是用言语而是通过行动来表达的。