閱覽室里得到的教訓(xùn)

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「內(nèi)容提示」
    你們學(xué)校閱覽室的座位不多,因此同學(xué)們總要預(yù)先去占座位。有一次,你去閱覽室遲了,座位上已經(jīng)坐滿了人。突然,你發(fā)現(xiàn)有一處空著。走過去一看,桌上放著一本書。你把書往旁邊一推就坐下了。過了一會(huì),書的主人回來了要此座位,你強(qiáng)詞奪理說是你占的座位。不料,旁邊的同學(xué)都幫那位同學(xué)說話,弄得你下不了臺(tái),只好退出閱覽室。
    「作文示范」
    A Lesson Learned in the Reading-room
    薛飛
    There are not enough seats in the reading-room in our school. Just because of this, I had a very special experience that I shall never forget.
    One day, I was annoyed ① by the hot weather. After drinking a bottle of water, I ran fast towards the reading-room.
    When I pushed the door open, I saw what I expected. There was no empty seat. I looked very carefully at every corner, hoping to find one, but it seemed hopeless. Suddenly I caught sight of an empty seat with a book on it. I knew it must have been “occupied②”by someone, but I was eager to sit down to have a rest after running. So I put the book on the other side of the table, and sat down.
    About 10 minutes later, I heard a very low voice behind me. “Excuse me, sister. I'm afraid that this seat is mine.”“What? It's yours? How can you say that?” The little girl seemed a little nervous. “I remember I put my book on this desk before lunch,”she said. “Please don't draw a conclusion so quickly before you have enough evidence ③! ”I said in a loud voice. It made nearly everyone in the room turn their heads towards me. I felt a little embarrassed.
    Just then, a student next to me said,“To tell the truth, this seat is really the little girl's. I think you should give it to her.” My face turned red at once. I can't describe how I felt at that moment, and I don't remember how I went out of the room with my books before so many eyes.
    This happened 4 years ago. Since then I have often asked myself if I have done anything without considering other people's rights.
    (選自《英語(yǔ)畫刊》1996年第6期)
    「詞語(yǔ)解釋」
    ①annoy [+'n&i] v. 使煩惱
    ②occupy ['&kjupai] v. 占有;占用
    ③evidence ['evid+ns] n. 根據(jù);證據(jù)
    「寫法指要」
    本文敘述作者難堪的一幕。整個(gè)事態(tài)的醞釀經(jīng)過如以下過程:情況簡(jiǎn)介、自尋煩惱、沖突出現(xiàn)、尷尬場(chǎng)面、難為情地退出、引出教訓(xùn):做事要想到別人的權(quán)利。