VI.故事法
文章开头讲一个故事,不仅可以引起读者的兴趣,且可引出文章要讨论的主题。以
下是引出故事的句型。
43 Last Sunday,
The other day,
Some months ago, I
a friend of mine ... The story
case
incident is not rare,
unusual, it is one
typical of thousands of ...
43.1 The other day, I met Miss Lee, my old classmate, who told me that
she had decided to quit her job as a teacher at the end of the school year
and to go into a company. She said that she couldn't make a living in her
chosen profession and that not even her moonlighting twice a week could put
her out of the financial quagmire she was in. Miss Lee's case is not
unusual, it is typical of thousands of young teachers who are quitting their
jobs in search of more lucrative work.
几天前,我遇到老同学李小姐。她告诉我她决定在本学期未辞去教师工作,去一家
公司供职。她说她选择的教师职业使她无法生活下去,即使她每周两次晚上出去打工,
还是不能摆脱经济站据的窘境。李小姐的情况很普遍。在成千上万辞去自己原来工作,
去寻找比较有钱的职业的青年教师中,她是个典型的例子。
43.2 Last evening, I went to visit one of my friends and was little
surprised to find his ten-year-old daughter having an early dinner alone.
Why didn't she have supper with her family? "She is going to have class in
the evening school," explained her father. The case is not rare. My friend's
daughter is just one of thousands of school children around the city who are
learning foreign languages in evening schools.
昨晚我去看望一个朋友,看到她10岁的女儿正独自吃早晚饭有些奇怪。便问:“她
为什么不和家人一起吃晚饭?”他父亲解释道:“她要上夜校去。”这种情况并不鲜
见。在夜校学外语的全市数
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