高中英语作文1200字：名人轶事:巴尔扎克的轶事一则-An Anecdote①of Balzac,名人轶事:
名人轶事:巴尔扎克的轶事一则-an anecdote①of balzac 英语作文网收集整理 作文网 345543.com巴尔扎克的轶事一则
【内容提示】
巴尔扎克是著名的法国作家。但他对自己能从某人的笔迹判断该人的性格而感到骄傲。他有一位女友。有一次，这位妇女带了一个小男孩的练习本让巴尔扎克据此说出该男孩的性格，他说这个男孩又坏又懒。那位妇女说：“……”（后面的内容请你根据自己的想象接着往下写。）
【作文示范】
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 persons character by his or her handwriting. he often told his friends that he could tell anybodys character eactly by his handwriting.
one day a woman friend brought him a young boys eercise book.she said that she wanted to know what balzac thought of the boys 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 eercise 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。