比喻記人:燭光-A Candle
燭光
【內(nèi)容提示】
你有一位老師，年紀(jì)大了，不久就要退休。他對你們要求很嚴(yán)，你們稍一出錯他就嚴(yán)厲批評。開始，你們和他的關(guān)系不好。但是，逐漸地你們才知道他是一位親切熱心的老師。他不僅對你們要求嚴(yán)，對他自己也很嚴(yán)。他一上講臺就陶醉于教學(xué)，就會忘記自己的不幸與疾病，專心致志地教你們。你們很愛戴他、尊敬他。他像一支蠟燭，燃燒了自己，照亮了別人。
【作文示范】
A Candle
Lu Minger, our physics teacher, is a good teacher. He has been teaching for forty years. We all love and respect him because he has devoted himself to the cause of education.
But he has a very strange temperament①.He often criticizes②us when we make mistakes. So, at first, we couldn＇t get along well with him;but later, we realized that he was a kind and warm-hearted teacher. We came to love him and looked on him as our good friend.
He is very strict not only with us but also with himself. He will forget his sadness or illness as soon as he stands in front of the blackboard. Sometimes he knocks the blackboard heavily to emphasize③ what he is saying. Sometimes he laughs or jumps on the platform④. He is absorbed in⑤ teaching and forgets himself. All of us study physics actively and carefully because we have such a good teacher.
Mr Lu is very old. He will leave the school before long. The number of the students he has taught can＇t be counted. He has worked all his life for his students, like a candle that burns itself to give light to others.
（選自《英語畫刊》高中版1996年第11期）
【詞語解釋】
�、賢emperament [＇temp+r+m+nt] n.脾氣；性情
�、赾riticize [＇kritisaiz] v.批評
③emphasize [＇emf+saiz] v.強(qiáng)調(diào)
�、躳latform [＇pl$tf&:m] n.講臺
⑤(be) absorbed [+b＇s&:bd] in 陶醉于
【寫法指要】
本文描寫了一位忠于教育事業(yè)的老教師的形象。他對別人嚴(yán)，對自已也嚴(yán)，一心撲在教學(xué)工作中。但是作者對他有一個認(rèn)識過程：一開始，認(rèn)為該老師不盡人情，而后來才慢慢地意識到他是一位慈父般的教師，并油然生起對老師的敬意。最后，作者說，該老師教了數(shù)不清的學(xué)生，用燭光作比喻，燃燒了自已，照亮了別人。結(jié)尾與標(biāo)題形成照應(yīng)。