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　　你有一位老師患了胃癌，但他還是堅持上課，就在他不得不去北京治療的前一天晚上還給你們上課。不久，消息傳來，他離開了人世。你要寫一篇文章來懷念蔡老師紀念這位老師，把你對他的了解和懷念，把他對你在學習上的幫助和思想上的教育全都溶于這一篇文章中。

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　　In Memory of Mr Cai

　　The news that Mr Cai had passed away was known, and I fell into great sorrow. The sound of the rain knocking on the window was so mournful① that it deepened my distress②.

　　My memory brought me back to the class when I saw him for the last time.

　　That evening it was raining, too. We started our lesson as usual at a quarter past six. I sat in the first row, and I saw Mr Cai press his stomach with a hand from time to time, but I didn＇t know the reason then. The two hours passed quickly. When the lesson came to an end,Mr Cai told us that he had possibly developed a stomach cancer, and would go to Beijing to see a doctor. If there was nothing serious, he would continue to teach us after he came back. He was very calm and his voice was steady③. He still gave us some homework. He said that he would mark the papers as soon as he came back.

　　Then I started to wait for his return. I had not thought that I would not see him any more. The cancer had taken his life, even though he was still young.

　　Mr Cai＇s words are still ringing in my ears,“I hope you will be one of the best students.” I think I should work hard at English and live up to his expectation ④.

　　I have lost a good teacher. Tears will dry up in time, but the memory will stay for ever.

　　【詞語解釋】

　　①mournful [＇m&:nful] a. 悲哀的；哀痛的

　　②distress [dis＇tress] n.悲痛；苦惱；憂傷

　　③steady [＇stedi] a. 沉著的；從容的

　　④live up to one＇s expectation 不辜負某人的期望

　　【寫法指要】

　　本文以插敘的手法抒發了作者對老師的懷念之情。第一段寫作者聽到噩耗后的悲痛心情，把對雨聲的描寫加進來更加深了哀傷的程度。第二、三段是插敘老師忍痛上最后一次課的情形。第四段寫作者盼望老師歸來和沒有料到老師會死的心情。第五段回憶老師對作者的教誨和期望。結尾段是作者發出的感嘆。