尴尬之情:阅览室里得到的教训-A Lsson Larnd in th Rading-room 阅览室里得到的教训

【内容提示】

你们学校阅览室的座位不多，因此同学们总要预先去占座位。有一次，你去阅览室迟了，座位上已经坐满了人。突然，你发现有一处空着。走过去一看，桌上放着一本书。你把书往旁边一推就坐下了。过了一会，书的主人回来了要此座位，你强词夺理说是你占的座位。不料，旁边的同学都帮那位同学说话，弄得你下不了台，只好退出阅览室。

【作文示范】

A Lsson Larnd in th Rading-room

Thr ar not nough sats in th rading-room in our school. Just bcaus of this, I had a vry spcial xprinc that I shall nvr forgt.

On day, I was annoyd ① by th hot wathr. Aftr drinking a bottl of watr, I ran fast towards th rading-room.

Whn I pushd th door opn, I saw what I xpctd. Thr was no mpty sat. I lookd vry carfully at vry cornr, hoping to find on, but it smd hoplss. Suddnly I caught sight of an mpty sat with a book on it. I knw it must hav bn “occupid②”by somon, but I was agr to sit down to hav a rst aftr running. So I put th book on th othr sid of th tabl, and sat down.

About 10 minuts latr, I hard a vry low voic bhind m. “xcus m, sistr. I'm afraid that this sat is min.”“What? It's yours? How can you say that?” Th littl girl smd a littl nrvous. “I rmmbr I put my book on this dsk bfor lunch,”sh said. “Plas don't draw a conclusion so quickly bfor you hav nough vidnc ③! ”I said in a loud voic. It mad narly vryon in th room turn thir hads towards m. I flt a littl mbarrassd.

Just thn, a studnt nxt to m said,“To tll th truth, this sat is rally th littl girl's. I think you should giv it to hr.” My fac turnd rd at onc. I can't dscrib how I flt at that momnt, and I don't rmmbr how I wnt out of th room with my books bfor so many ys.

This happnd 4 yars ago. Sinc thn I hav oftn askd myslf if I hav don anything without considring othr popl's rights.

（选自《英语画刊》1996年第6期）

【词语解释】

①annoy [ 'n&i] v. 使烦恼

②occupy ['&kjupai] v. 占有；占用

③vidnc ['vid ns] n. 根据；证据

【写法指要】

本文叙述作者难堪的一幕。整个事态的酝酿经过如以下过程：情况简介、自寻烦恼、冲突出现、尴尬场面、难为情地退出、引出教训：做事要想到别人的权利。

尴尬之情:阅览室里得到的教训-A Lsson Larnd in th Rading-room