难以忘怀的经历

　　人人都知道，地震是一件惊天动地，令人恐惧的事。假如你经历过一场地震而又获救、幸免于难，你会有一种什么感觉呢？你肯定会有很多话要倾诉，你肯定一生也不会忘记这样的经历。如果你经历过这样的事当然有东西可写，即使你没有经历过也可以设想这样的情景来写一篇短文。

　　「作文示范」

　　An Unforgettable Experience

　　吴翠萍

　　When I was a little girl， in the summer vacation in 1976， I went to my mother's hometown ， Tangshan.

　　After I got there， at first I stayed at my uncle's home . I was very happy in my uncle's home because my uncle had a daughter who is older than I. She often took me to visit some places. We spent ten days happily. I remember just on the tenth day there was a big earthquake. It happened about three o'clock in the morning when I was dreaming. I woke up to find myself under a heap of rocks . I couldn't move. I didn't， in fact ， know anything about what was happening until my uncle saved me from the rubble①。

　　During the earthquake most of the houses fell down. We set up many tents to live in and received a lot of food from every city in our country. They helped us to tide over② those hard days. I think if we hadn't lived in New China we couldn't have survived the big earthquake. I am very lucky and so are my uncle's family.

　　（选自1987年4月21日《上海学生英文报》）

　　「词语解释」

　　①rubble['r）bl] n.碎石；碎砖，破瓦

　　②tide[taid] over 克服；渡过

　　「写法指要」

　　能够在唐山那样的大地震中幸存下来，确实是一件幸运的事，令人终生难忘。作者分三个层次写作此文：1）作者去唐山舅父家度暑假，前十天非常高兴；2）第十天晚地震，舅父从瓦砾中把作者救出；3）舅父一家和作者都幸免于难，祖国各地救援；表达对祖国的热爱。