高中英语-巴尔扎克的轶事一则-AnAnecdote①ofBalzac作文素材-.doc

巴尔扎克的轶事一则-AnAnecdote①ofBalzac
An Anecdote①of Balzac
Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent②.But he himself was proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting. He often told his friends that he could tell anybody's character exactly by his handwriting.
One day a woman friend brought him a young boy's exercise book.She said that she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy's character.
Balzac studied the handwriting carefully for a few minutes. The woman, however, told him that the boy was not her son and that he might tell her the truth.
“All right,”said Balzac.“I shall tell you the truth.”And he said that the boy was a bad, lazy fellow.
“It is very strange,”said the woman, smiling.“This is a page from your own exercise book, which you used when you were a boy.”
【词语解释】
①anecdote ['$nikd+ut] n．轶闻；趣事
②talent ['t$l+nt] n．天才；天资
【写法指要】
轶事是世人不大知道的关于某人的传说，多指不见于正式记载的有趣的事情。写这类故事时文章的前面往往给人造成一种悬念，使读者有多种可能的猜测，而故事的收场又往往出人意料，如本文即是如此。