Happy New Year, My Teacher

It was time for lunch. I hurried out of the classroom and ran into the dining-room. It[The dining-room ]（1） was big， but it was already full of teachers and students and， of course， much noise， too.

　　I was standing in the line for dishes when the foreign teacher of English came in and stood just behind me and talked with another teacher. At lunch time I always saw her. She was slim and beautiful and smiled kindly， with books in her hand. She didn't teach me [my class] （2） . But I was would-be student of hers [I supposed that she would teach us soon ] （ 3 ） . Christmas was over and the new year was coming nearer and nearer [drawing near] （4）。 I must say hello to her， I thought， for I respected her very much and I had never talked to a foreigner， esp. [especially ] （5） a teacher of English. The chance came at last. Sooner[No sooner] （6） had she finished talking with the teacher than I turned around. “Excuse me？” said I[I said] （7） ， not very loudly but clearly. “Yes？” she answered， looking at me， puzzled. “Happy new year to you！” I raised my voice. “Thank you very much， ”she said quickly. Then I had a short talk with her and I learned she didn't like steamed bread but enjoyed baked bread. Filled with her courage [Encouraged by her ] （ 8 ） ， I talked more easily than before. I also learned she was married and still had no child and her husband had returned to the United States .“I'm sorry to hear that，” I said to her， “Happy new year to your husband， too. Thank you very， very much for your hard work here at our school.” She understood and smiled happily. I wished her to have no sense of loneliness [not to feel lonely] （9） ， though she was alone.

　　I wish all the foreigners in China to have a happy new year.

　　上海市曹杨七中 浦正明

　　评 语

　　本文完整地记叙了生活中的一幕。用词及句子结构变化较丰富，时态、对话都较好地体现出了英语记叙文的特点。文章中某些语言上的不足之处点评修改如下：

　　（1）上文中有两个名词 the classroom 和the dining-room，因此后文中的代词使用必须谨慎，重复一下名词，更清楚。此类情况在写作中要注意，避免指代不清。

　　（2）、（3）原文不够确切，故改之。would-be意为“自以为要成为……的”，“自己想成为……的”，如：help a would-be football player to improve his technique 帮助一个想要成为足球运动员的人提高技术。

　　（4）be drawing near更符合英语表达法。

　　（5）在正式作文中不要随便用单词的缩略形式。

　　（6）正确的句型是“No sooner+主谓倒装的过去完成式+than+ 一般过去时……”。原文漏了 No.

　　（7）在“某人说”之类的引出直接引语的结构中，如某人是名词（the teacher），那么用 the teacher said或 said the teacher均可，但如果某人是代词（he），一般用 he said较好。

　　（8）、（9）原文是典型的中国式英语，故改之。lonely是指“心情上”的“孤独感”，alone是指一个人，没有同伴。请体会下列句子：One may feel lonely even if he lives in a big city. One who is alone but good at enjoying himself may not feel lonely at all.