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心路历程: 印象中这是第一次练习写作文，目的仅仅是为了窥探下背诵新概念之后潜意识对文章风格的吸收和储备，而不是为了写作而写作，因此，有些问题和错误并没有去深究或者修改。 大概在背诵完新概念三前面二十多篇文章后，有一天马路上跑步，在十字路口等红绿灯的时候看到对面一个老年环卫工人用自行车拉了很多塑料瓶，上路肩的时候差点翻倒。 突然心中就弹出一个描述性的口语框架来描述这个场景。当时对英语学习方法论又有了进一步的认知和确认。 疫情放开后，发烧，中断了一段时间的学习。近期重新开始背诵复述。上周去换煤气表，在楼下等维修人员来的时间，又试图对这个事件进行描述。 把两件事合并在一起，文章框架很快就弹出来，写完后内容没有做实质性的修改，除了几个单词和时态进行了确认。 Last Friday, my wife received a call from the natural gas company informing that it is time for the replacement of the gas meter in one of our properties. In the evening, she asked me to deal with it the next day. Despite the fact that the installation only takes a half hour, I couldn’t get around to it because I had been quite busy doing my job last week. So, I suggested this Friday. Acting like a capable professional assistant, my wife immediately rang up the company and made a appointment.  I woke up with a start on Friday morning when my wife was calling me once more. She told me that the gas man had already been on the way to our apartment. Having put on my jacket, I rushed out at once. I wished I could have driven as fast as I could, still I kept sixty miles an hour to make sure that safety always comes first. While I was waiting at a big crossroad, I noticed a very elderly man on a pedestrian-crossing carrying a a large number of plastic bottles on the back of his bike, as it was extremely heavy the man almost fell to the ground. I would have given him a hand if I had not been driving at that time. I must say life is so hard. Suddenly a terrible horn was blaring from behind, urging me to start the engine. I felt genuinely sorry that I had to leave.   By the time I had parked my car in the neighborhood, my cellphone rang. It must be the man from the natural gas company. I answered the phone and it was a enthusiastic young man in his twenties, he said that he had already arrived at the gate. I told him I would meet him there in several minutes and then invited him in. The installation of the gas meter was all over in twenty minutes. In the process, he kept talking about his work and how much he loved his family. Just as he was about to complete what he had been doing, he asked me if I was willing to pay 10 Yuan for four new batteries, for he was certain that the old batteries in the compartment of the gas meter box was almost dead. Although 10 Yuan was a very small amount of money, he was extremely happy that I readily accepted his offer for we both knew that he took it as an extra income.  On the way back home, I recalled a movie lines: “there is no easy word in the world of adults”. I never consider myself to be a successful man, but as the head of my family, I would make sure that I can bring home the bacon and take good care of them. If I can do that, then I feel very satisfied for the rest of my life.