在警察局里

「内容提示」

　　暑假期间，为了了解社会你参加了一次公安局对罪犯的审讯活动。被审讯的人是一名19岁的吸毒者。你旁听了公安人员和罪犯的对话后对这个年轻人很是惋惜。请你写一篇文章表达你的惋惜之情。

　　「作文示范」

　　At the Police Station

　　王秀

　　During the summer vacation， I had a chance to visit a police station in order to learn something about society. There I caught sight of a drug addict①。

　　That day， I was reading a dossier of a case② in the office when a young man was brought in.

　　“How old are you？”a policeman asked.

　　“Nineteen，”the man answered in a low voice.

　　“How long have you been taking drugs？”

　　“For 3 years.”

　　On hearing this， I was very surprised. Now I knew how he had become so thin， so pale and so weak. Drugtaking③ cost him so much money that he had to steal. As a result he was caught.

　　“Now I realize I was wrong. I feel I have let my mother down who has been ill for a long time and is always worried about me. But now…I must die. I must die…。”

　　Nineteen is a golden age. At this age he could have been at school or in the army or on a farm if he had not taken drugs.

　　His case proves the truth of a Chinese saying：“A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.④”

　　（选自《英语画刊》高中版1997年第4期）

　　「词语解释」

　　①drug addict ['dr）g +'dikt] 吸毒者

　　②a dossier ['d&siei]of a case 一起案件材料

　　③drug-taking n.吸毒

　　④A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.一失足成千古恨。

　　「写法指要」

　　本文用夹叙夹议的手法写了对一个失足青年的惋惜之情。第一、二段是叙述，写时间、地点和事件；第三段是议论，写作者听到警察与吸毒青年的交谈后的感想；第四段叙述该罪犯忏悔的表白；第五段又是议论，抒发惋惜之情；第六段引用一句中国格言结束全文。