抒情式雜感:付出代價(jià)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)-Paid Experience
付出代價(jià)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)
【內(nèi)容提示】
如今，上當(dāng)?shù)氖乱舱娌簧�。要獲得一種經(jīng)驗(yàn)也得付出高昂的代價(jià)。比如你要請你的朋友吃一頓午飯，你們只要找個(gè)幽靜的地方邊吃邊敘即可，而不需要講排場。你在某一夜總會(huì)預(yù)訂一房間，約好你的朋友去吃飯時(shí)，服務(wù)員問你吃50元的還是20元的飯，你說吃50元的。等你付款時(shí)才知道是每人50元。有時(shí)候除了飯菜還得加上飲料錢、酒錢、水果錢和空調(diào)錢。錢再多也得付，因?yàn)檫@不是俱樂部的錯(cuò)而是你自己的無知。吃一塹，長一智。長一智，要付出十倍的代價(jià)。
【作文示范】
Paid Experience
These days experiences, like many other things, are becoming more and more expensive. One's got to pay quite a lot to get an experience, even an ordinary one.
Not long ago, I wanted to treat my friend to a lunch. What we really needed was a quiet place for some conversation, not a big meal. So I told my friend,“Let's go to a nice club.”
When I ordered a day in advance, I was asked whether I would eat a 20 yuan or 50 yuan lunch. I said,“50 yuan”I didn't realize, until I was asked to pay after the lunch, that“50 yuan” means“50 yuan for each person”.
There were five of us the other day, and all of us were surprised by the quality of the 50 yuan meal (for all, we thought). The bill came at last; it was 310.40 (250 yuan for the five of us plus the charges for drinks, fruits and air conditioning). I paid the bill without a word.
What could I say? It was not the club's fault. It was my own ignorance① that made me pay the largest lunch bill of my life.
On the whole, it was not so miserable; we had a good lunch and in a beautiful place. Besides, the experience was unique and will be helpful in later years.
To support the logic of the lunch bill, I have developed my own calculation②: 50 yuan for the lunch and 260. 40 for the experience.
This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.
�。ㄟx自1987年11月10日《上海學(xué)生英文報(bào)》）
【詞語解釋】
�、賗gnorance['ign+r+ns]n.無知；愚昧
�、赾alculation[?k$lkju'leiM+n] n.計(jì)算結(jié)果；計(jì)算
【寫法指要】
這是一篇雜文，是對商業(yè)上欺詐行為的一種針砭。作者采用詼諧的筆調(diào)，結(jié)合自己的親身經(jīng)歷——約朋友去夜總會(huì)小酌的事例，揭露和批評了當(dāng)今社會(huì)上的一些丑惡現(xiàn)象。
文章一開頭提出論點(diǎn)：經(jīng)驗(yàn)也得付出可怕的代價(jià)。接下來，作者結(jié)合事實(shí)運(yùn)用歸納推理法進(jìn)行論證。最后的結(jié)論是：花300多元吃一頓飯算來倒還不算太慘，50元在華麗的餐廳美餐一頓，260.40元買了一個(gè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)，以后就會(huì)學(xué)乖。