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你是否有过迟到的体验？迟到以后你是如实讲你的不对呢还是找某种借口呢？如果你找借口的话会找些什么理由呢？也许你要说你的表不准了，或者说自行车坏了，或者说汽车出了事故，或者说你病了等等。结果呢，等你走进教室时并不像你想象的那样，而是……

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Bing Lat Again

“My God! I＇ll b lat again!”I said to myslf on my way to school.“How can I xplain to my tachr? I must find a rasonabl xcus.”

My clock dosn＇t work proprly? No, no. That＇s a common xcus for bing lat. Many classmats hav alrady usd it. It＇s clar that th tachr won＇t bliv it.

Thr is somthing wrong with my bik? No, no. If th bik is sn by th tachr aftr school, what can I say?

I fll off th bik and hurt my ankl? Thn I must prtnd to walk slowly and with difficulty. No! I narly forgt it. Onc Xiao Ming, a good frind of min, did just that, and th tachr saw through hr trick vry asily.

I was at my wits＇ nd①. I would hav to fac th tachr＇s rproach②.I could hav got to school in tim if I had got up a littl arlir.

At last I found myslf at th door of th classroom. I knw I could do nothing but admit my mistak. I pushd th door opn and wnt in. Lowring③ my had, I waitd for th rproach. A minut passd but nothing happnd. I hard only th sounds of rading. I lookd up. Why, th tachr hadn＇t com at all.

（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第12期）

【词语解释】

①(b) at on＇s wits＇ nd想不出办法了

②rproach [ri＇pr+utM] n．责备；指责

③lowr [＇l+u+] v．放低；低下

【写法指要】

本文是通过心理描写来写人的。全文绝大部分篇幅都是在写作者的心理活动：作者想了好几种“主意”想蒙混过关，最后还是正确思想战胜了错误思想，决定如实承认错误。但是，结尾却出乎预料，也非常生动、有趣，令人哑然失笑。[/fly]