Expecting
Having stuck a stamp on the envelope, I put the letter into the postbox. It would fly away with my strong wish. I had a breathing spell (咒语)。 I knew I would spend the following days in expecting good news. It was my first time to write a composition and post it to a newspaper. I didn't know whether I would succeed or not. I was not sure of myself. After all, it was the first time. But I was eager to see some day my little composition would be printed in the newspaper with my name and address [on it] (1)。
One week, two weeks, three weeks had passed [passed](2), but there was no news about my contribution (投稿)。 I got worried and discouraged (灰心)。 I even thought it hadn't been posted [might have been lost on its way] (3) to the newspaper office. But I still went to the school's reception office (收发室) to wait for the answer every day. Gradually, the man in the reception office got to know me and knew why I came to his office every day. Sometimes when he saw me coming towards his office, he would shake his head disappointedly and told me not to lose my confidence. I was thankful to him but I got even more discouraged. At last I lost hope about the composition, but one afternoon I was doing my lessons in the classroom when the man of the reception office appeared at the door with a newspaper in his hand. He smiled, and then told me that my composition had been printed. I looked at the newspaper, it was true! My composition, and my name were there in black and white. I was so excited that I couldn't say a word to express my joy.
江苏张家港市梁丰高级中学高一(1)班 邵玲玲
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文章生动地描写了一个急切盼望投稿成功的学生的心理。从充满信心到灰心丧气,而后又在绝望之时得到了好消息,如此戏剧性的描写增加了文章的可读性。另外,对收发室老师的衬托性的描写也使文章增色不少。文章中某些语言上的不足之处点评修改如下:
(1)加上on it,使表达更清楚一些。
(2)这里没有必要用过去完成时。
(3)根据上下文意思,是怀疑邮局是否将信丢失,而原文读来让人感到是自己没有寄,故改之。
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