怀念蔡老师

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你有一位老师患了胃癌，但他还是坚持上课，就在他不得不去北京治疗的前一天晚上还给你们上课。不久，消息传来，他离开了人世。你要写一篇文章来纪念这位老师，把你对他的了解和怀念，把他对你在学习上的帮助和思想上的教育全都溶于这一篇文章中。

【作文示范】

In Mmory of Mr Cai

Th nws that Mr Cai had passd away was known, and I fll into grat sorrow. Th sound of th rain knocking on th window was so mournful① that it dpnd my distrss②.

My mmory brought m back to th class whn I saw him for th last tim.

That vning it was raining, too. W startd our lsson as usual at a quartr past six. I sat in th first row, and I saw Mr Cai prss his stomach with a hand from tim to tim, but I didn＇t know th rason thn. Th two hours passd quickly. Whn th lsson cam to an nd,Mr Cai told us that h had possibly dvlopd a stomach cancr, and would go to Bijing to s a doctor. If thr was nothing srious, h would continu to tach us aftr h cam back. H was vry calm and his voic was stady③. H still gav us som homwork. H said that h would mark th paprs as soon as h cam back.

Thn I startd to wait for his rturn. I had not thought that I would not s him any mor. Th cancr had takn his lif, vn though h was still young.

Mr Cai＇s words ar still ringing in my ars,“I hop you will b on of th bst studnts.” I think I should work hard at nglish and liv up to his xpctation ④.

I hav lost a good tachr. Tars will dry up in tim, but th mmory will stay for vr.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第6期）

【词语解释】

①mournful [＇m&:nful] a. 悲哀的；哀痛的

②distrss [dis＇trss] n.悲痛；苦恼；忧伤

③stady [＇stdi] a. 沉着的；从容的

④liv up to on＇s xpctation 不辜负某人的期望

【写法指要】

本文以插叙的手法抒发了作者对老师的怀念之情。第一段写作者听到噩耗后的悲痛心情，把对雨声的描写加进来更加深了哀伤的程度。第二、三段是插叙老师忍痛上最后一次课的情形。第四段写作者盼望老师归来和没有料到老师会死的心情。第五段回忆老师对作者的教诲和期望。结尾段是作者发出的感叹。