咏物抒情:可爱的小猫-My lovely Kitten

　　可爱的小猫

　　【内容提示】

　　你一定也喜欢宠物吧。你可能养过小狗、小猫、小鸟、小羊、小松鼠等等。你给它起了什么名字，它喜欢吃什么，它在玩的时候可爱吗？你一定很精心地喂养它，细心地呵护它，生怕它丢掉、生病或死去，是吧？请你写一篇文章，把你和它的感情写出来。

　　【作文示范】

　　My lovely Kitten

　　I love animals, such as cats, dogs, birds, even tigers and lions…. My ambition is to be a zoologist①.

　　One day about three months ago, when I got home, Mum told me that she had bought me a little kitten②. I was so surprised that I couldn＇t help crying, “A kitten! Why, Mum, you don＇t like cats!”

　　Mum didn＇t like cats or dogs at all. She was even afraid of cats. Several years ago we had a cat, and Mum was always complaining about it. If the cat jumped onto her seat, she would stand up at once and scream. But that day Mum bought a cat for me! How happy I was!

　　The kitten is very pretty. Her small round head and small legs make her look like a woolen ball.

　　At first, she seemed very shy and a little afraid. I touched her gently. “Don＇t be afraid. We all love you. Let us be good friends. From now on, this is your home. Well, I＇ll give you a name. Let＇s see….”

　　“Well,” Mum said with a smile, “I＇ve been calling her ‘Mi-Mi’.”

　　“OK, so she has a name. But what does she eat?”

　　“I＇ve been told that she likes liver③ with rice. I＇ve prepared some,” Mum answered.

　　With these words, Mum took out a small piece of liver, put it into a small dish, and added some rice to it. Then I put it in front of Mi-Mi. For a moment she seemed uneasy and nervous. But then she ate her meal with great satisfaction.

　　She＇s a lovely creature. When we sit at the table to have dinner, she＇ll play around us. She likes to lie near our feet, with her face up, stretching her legs, and acting just like a naughty child. After dinner, I cook her meal. And while I＇m cooking, she is always circling around my feet, rubbing my legs, and mewing④, seeming very anxious but happy.

　　Every morning after I get up, I open the door of the sitting room to let her out. And then she＇ll happily mew at me, as if saying “Good morning”. Every evening when I come back home, she＇ll run to me at once, rubbing against my legs to show that she＇s glad to see me. This is her way of greeting me.

　　Mi-Mi seems like a member of our family and a special friend. Oh, what a lovely kitten!

　　（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第11期）

　　【词语解释】

　　①zoologist [z+u＇&l+dNist] n．动物学家

　　②kitten [＇kitn] n．小猫

　　③liver [＇liv+] n．肝脏

　　④mew [mju:] v．咪咪地叫；喵喵叫

　　【写法指要】

　　本文作者不是一味说自己如何如何关爱猫，而是通过描写小猫的一举一动来表现自己对宠物的热爱之情。第一段写自已的爱好和志向。第二、三段写母亲买小猫的情况。从第四段开始，作者主要是用小猫对人的亲昵、偎依、缠绵举动来表达作者呵护、关爱小猫的情感，从而表达了作者对宠物的咏叹赞美之情。