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我们先读下面这篇短文：
Honesty
When I was a little child， I was very naughty and eager to know how the things around me worked.
One day， I found a little clock in my Grandpa’s room. It had a red hand which kept running and running. I wondered who was there turning the clock. So I took the clock apart. And then I looked carefully and seriously into it with great interest. At last I was delighted that I knew how it worked. But I didn’t know how to put the parts together correctly. I tried my best but still a few parts were left. I didn’t know where to fit them. So I hid them.
When Grandpa came back， he found the clock didn’t work any more. He asked me who had touched it. I said I hadn’t， but my heart was beating fast because I was lying. Grandpa began to repair the clock. Of course he couldn’t make it work again without those missing parts. He was very angry when he realized that someone had once taken it apart. I became quite afraid and took out the parts to him， my face turning red. Then I heard his voice， “Good！ That’s right. But you should not have told the lie. Remember： if you want to be a true man you must be honest first.”
Up to now， I still remember Grandpa’s words. And I have never told a lie again， because I want to be a true man.
在这篇250多个单词的短文中，出现了6种不同的动词时态，包括了英语中大部分重要时态形式。在这些时态中，又以一般过去时为主。这种复杂的时态特征在汉语记叙文中是根本没有的，但正是有了这些时态变化，才使这篇英语短文所记叙的动作有了层次感和立体感。
其次，在250多个英语单词中，动词及其变化形式占了近60个。由于这些动词的存在，整篇短文有了“动感”，而这种让往事再现的“动感”正是优秀记叙文所要追求的。英语动词具有时态、语态、谓语动词和非谓语动词等表现形式，所以就更能醒目地体现出这种动感。
除了讲究时态、多用动词之外，英语记叙文的另一个语言特点是使用直接引语。这种直接引语代替间接的主观叙述，可以客观生动地表达出人物各自的心态。
请读下面这篇短文，体会直接引语在英语记叙文中的重要作用：
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the door-bell， but she was fast asleep， so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden， put it against the wall， and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic （挖苦的） voice below said， “I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.” I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did， but I said， “I enjoy cleaning windows at night.”
“So do I ，” answered the policeman in the same tone （口吻）. “Excuse my interrupting （打搅） you. I hate to interrupt a man when he’s busy working， but would you mind coming with me to the station？”
“Well， I’d prefer to stay here，” I said. “You see， I’ve forgotten my key.”
“Your what？” he called.
“My key，”I shouted.
Fortunately， the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
想像一下，假如上面这篇短文没有了那些直接引语，而代之以间接叙述，那么，文章的生动幽默便会荡然无存。
综上所述，英语记叙文的重要语言特征包括：
1.以一般过去时为主，各种时态为辅，合理使用丰富多彩的谓语动词时态。
2.多用动词，特别是动态强的行为动词。
3.使用直接引语。
要写好英语记叙文，就语言运用而言，应该在上述三方面多下功夫。
Honesty
When I was a little child， I was very naughty and eager to know how the things around me worked.
One day， I found a little clock in my Grandpa’s room. It had a red hand which kept running and running. I wondered who was there turning the clock. So I took the clock apart. And then I looked carefully and seriously into it with great interest. At last I was delighted that I knew how it worked. But I didn’t know how to put the parts together correctly. I tried my best but still a few parts were left. I didn’t know where to fit them. So I hid them.
When Grandpa came back， he found the clock didn’t work any more. He asked me who had touched it. I said I hadn’t， but my heart was beating fast because I was lying. Grandpa began to repair the clock. Of course he couldn’t make it work again without those missing parts. He was very angry when he realized that someone had once taken it apart. I became quite afraid and took out the parts to him， my face turning red. Then I heard his voice， “Good！ That’s right. But you should not have told the lie. Remember： if you want to be a true man you must be honest first.”
Up to now， I still remember Grandpa’s words. And I have never told a lie again， because I want to be a true man.
在这篇250多个单词的短文中，出现了6种不同的动词时态，包括了英语中大部分重要时态形式。在这些时态中，又以一般过去时为主。这种复杂的时态特征在汉语记叙文中是根本没有的，但正是有了这些时态变化，才使这篇英语短文所记叙的动作有了层次感和立体感。
其次，在250多个英语单词中，动词及其变化形式占了近60个。由于这些动词的存在，整篇短文有了“动感”，而这种让往事再现的“动感”正是优秀记叙文所要追求的。英语动词具有时态、语态、谓语动词和非谓语动词等表现形式，所以就更能醒目地体现出这种动感。
除了讲究时态、多用动词之外，英语记叙文的另一个语言特点是使用直接引语。这种直接引语代替间接的主观叙述，可以客观生动地表达出人物各自的心态。
请读下面这篇短文，体会直接引语在英语记叙文中的重要作用：
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the door-bell， but she was fast asleep， so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden， put it against the wall， and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic （挖苦的） voice below said， “I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.” I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did， but I said， “I enjoy cleaning windows at night.”
“So do I ，” answered the policeman in the same tone （口吻）. “Excuse my interrupting （打搅） you. I hate to interrupt a man when he’s busy working， but would you mind coming with me to the station？”
“Well， I’d prefer to stay here，” I said. “You see， I’ve forgotten my key.”
“Your what？” he called.
“My key，”I shouted.
Fortunately， the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
想像一下，假如上面这篇短文没有了那些直接引语，而代之以间接叙述，那么，文章的生动幽默便会荡然无存。
综上所述，英语记叙文的重要语言特征包括：
1.以一般过去时为主，各种时态为辅，合理使用丰富多彩的谓语动词时态。
2.多用动词，特别是动态强的行为动词。
3.使用直接引语。
要写好英语记叙文，就语言运用而言，应该在上述三方面多下功夫。