恬適之情:寧?kù)o的小屋-A Peaceful Cabin
寧?kù)o的小屋
【內(nèi)容提示】
如果你是農(nóng)村學(xué)生，你就會(huì)知道農(nóng)村生活的寧?kù)o閑適；如果你是城市的學(xué)生，也許你去過(guò)偏僻農(nóng)村的親戚家逗留過(guò)，或者去自然保護(hù)區(qū)，森林公園等地旅游過(guò)。與城市生活相比，農(nóng)村生活要恬靜得多，悠閑得多。請(qǐng)你寫一篇短文抒發(fā)一下你對(duì)農(nóng)村或偏僻地區(qū)生活的恬適之情。
【作文示范】
A Peaceful Cabin
My sister and I spent last Christmas Day at our aunt＇s cabin①.
Although it takes only half an hour to drive there from our home. we don＇t go there very often. To me the place is like another world. It is very peaceful. My aunt owns 20 acres② of woods with a little stream running through it. The cabin is surrounded by hills and the stream flows before it. The cabin is very small, maybe only half the size of a classroom, just big enough for a couple to live in. Water from the stream can be used for washing only, because the people living upstream ③ often made the water too dirty to drink. Drinking water has to be brought in from another place.
There is no electricity there, and therefore oil lamps are used in the evenings. There is a small wood-burning stove that looks like a fireplace. We are very comfortable in the evenings with the glow④ of the fire and the light of the oil lamps. There is no telephone or television set. No one bothers us, so we can enjoy a very quiet life. I think it is very romantic. I especially like to go there in winter. When big snow flakes ⑤ are falling outside, we are warm inside the cabin. Now it＇s only a good memory for me, as my aunt left there a few months ago.
（選自《英語(yǔ)畫刊》高中版1997年第7期）
【詞語(yǔ)解釋】
�、賑abin [＇k$bin] n. 小屋
�、赼cre [＇eik+] n.英畝
③upstream [＇)p＇stri:m] ad.在上游
④glow [gl+u] n.光輝；白熱光
�、輘now flake [fleik] 雪花
【寫法指要】
作者通過(guò)對(duì)一間小屋及其在小屋小住幾日的描寫抒發(fā)了自己對(duì)鄉(xiāng)間生活的恬適感情。第一段是引言，說(shuō)明作者及其姊妹在小屋過(guò)圣誕節(jié)。第二段說(shuō)小屋所在地像一個(gè)世外桃園，非常美。第三段寫小屋晚上的情景以及下雪時(shí)的情況。這里雖然沒(méi)有電，但它的夜晚卻非常幽靜、舒適、令人神往。