It's hard to imagine what our lives would be like if there were no books. Books are of benefit to us.
    Mother often tells me [remembers] （1） that I loved books very much when I was a child. And now， I think nothing can let me love them any less， for they have become an important part of my life.
    When I could know [read] （ 2 ） some words and know how to look up a word in a dictionary， I began to read Aesop's Fables， and The Arabian Nights . They taught me a lot of things， such as “Treat your friends as they deserve to be treated，” “Judge things by their true value，” and so on. I'll never forget them.
    One day， when my mother came back from work she found me crying. She was surprised at first， for I was usually so “headstrong” that as if nothing could make me weep even after a punishment from my parents [that nothing seemed to be able to make me weep even after being punished by my parents ] （ 3 ） . “Why are you crying？ Did your teacher punish you at school？ ”she asked. “No， Mum.” At last I was able to look up with tearful eyes and said：“Jiang Jie （江姐） was killed by the enemy. ” Then Mother noticed that there was a book in my hands.
    As time goes on， books have accompanied me for sixteen years. I have lived very happy [happily] （4） with them.
    Now when I am free， I often go to bookstores to buy some new books that I want very much. I have learned a lot of things from them.
    Books have become good friends of mine and I will never part with them.
    江西省安福滸礦中學(xué)高三 張偉
    評 語
    文章用舉例法介紹了自己如何與書成了親密的朋友。英國哲學(xué)家 Bacon（培根）曾這樣寫過：“Reading makes a full man；conference a ready man；and writing an exact man.”歷來，有所作為的人都把讀書作為人生的一件大事，本文作者能從小養(yǎng)成讀書習(xí)慣，實在是值得同齡人效仿的。文章中某些語言上的不足之處點評修改如下：
    （1）因為講“我愛書”，原文用 tells me不夠自然，故改之。
    （2）識字，用read較好，注意英漢差異。
    （3）原文連接詞用得較為混亂。另外punishment表示抽象動作時，是不可數(shù)名詞。
    （4）這里應(yīng)該用副詞，作狀語。