Forgive Me,Mum

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June 16
    Dear Mum,
    Excuse me for writing to you and not speaking to you in person, because I still don't have enough courage to tell you face to face a secret which is in my heart [has been in my mind](1)for many years. Do you remember one afternoon three years ago?That day, you let me to wash [wash](2)the clothes as you felt very tired. But I refused. You were angry and criticized me. I hated you at the time. So when you were out, I cut your prized (心愛的)pleated skirt(百褶裙)。 That evening, when you took out the pleated skirt, I was very much afraid that the secret [what I had done](3)would be found out. So I pretended to be very sad and told you that the pleated skirt was broken while washing [got torn through washing](4)。 When you heard the news you did not reproach(責備)me, but I saw your eyes were wet…
    Three years passed. Once in a while [Whenever](5)I thought that the pleated skirt was the only pretty one you had, I felt a prick of conscience(良心的責備)。 In the past three years, you've showed loving care for me and never minded my bad temper. You have been afflicted with a lingering disease(慢性?。?,and you have changed a lot. Every time I see the pleated skirt which is still lying in the drawer and gaze at your aged face, I feel very sorry——Mum,forgive me, please.
    Your sweetheart,
    Coca
    上海市第三女子中學高一(4)班 可 可
    評 語
    書信可以幫助我們表達無法當面表達的思想。Coca有愧于母親,又沒有勇氣當面承認,書信便成了的交際手段。由于是母女之間,因此,文筆比較隨便,稱呼也比較親熱,感情真實,用詞恰當。某些語言上的不足之處點評修改如下:
    (1)隱藏多年的秘密應該用現(xiàn)在完成時。藏在記憶里宜用mind.
    (2)let后做賓補的不定式省to,這種明顯的錯誤是不應該犯的。
    (3)當時還不能稱secret,故改之。
    (4)衣服撕破了,用tear.break一般是指一個整體破碎成若干成分。through在此表示原因。
    (5)Once in a while 意為“偶然”、“不時地”,與上下文不符,故改之。