人生沒有用不到的經歷

作文是聯考最容易被扣分的部分，尤其要在短時間之內想像出一個指定的狀況，然後迅速用筆寫出令閱卷老師滿意的說辭，好難好難！國文作文已不容易下筆成章，英文更困難了，稍不留意就會馬失前蹄，痛失你夢寐以求的大學夢。

今年學測英文作文題目要考生描述一段發生在捷運上的讓座故事。

Tom is a school boy. He takes the Taipei Metro to the school every day and usually sits on the priority seat reserved for people who need it. Sometimes he sits and pretends to have something in mind. So he thinks people around him should have understood what he is doing. With this, he justifies his sitting on the priority seat in the Metro.

湯姆是個學生，他每天都搭捷運上學，而且常坐在博愛座上，博愛座是保留給需要坐位的人。有時他坐在博愛座上故意想些事情，因此他認為週遭的人應該知道他在幹嘛 (想事情！)。藉著這個理由，他認為他坐在博愛座上理由充分。

Once again he took the Metro and sat on the priority seat. An old man with a walking stick was standing beside him. He pretended as usual without seeing the old man. A few days later, he played basketball with his friends and hurt his right leg very badly. On the next day, he took the Metro standing with a crutch. He saw a young girl sitting on the priority seat and keeping her eyes on a book without giving a glimpse on his handicapped leg. Tom felt sad because he did the same thing before. Now he understands that the priority seat is important for people who need it.

有一次他又搭乘捷運、坐在博愛座上。一位老人柱著手杖站在他旁邊，他一如往常假裝沒看見老人。幾天後，他和朋友打籃球時傷了小腿，隔天他柱著拐杖搭捷運，看到一位年輕的女孩坐在博愛座上盯著書看，連瞥一下他的腿傷都沒有。湯姆很傷心，因為他以前也這麼做。現在他瞭解博愛座的重要是為需要的人而設的。

In the Taipei Metro System, there are a few seats reserved for the elderly, the handicapped, the children, and the pregnant women. The healthy citizens should leave these seats for them. In a civilized country like Taiwan, we are educated to help other people in mass transportation system. Tom truly learns a lesson in the Taipei Metro. After his leg injury heals, I think he will not only avoid taking the priority seat in the Metro but also stand up and make a regular seat for people who need it.  

台北捷運系統有保留座位給老人、殘障人士、小孩、及孕婦，健康的市民應把這些坐位留給他們。台灣是個文明的國家，我們受過教育要在大眾運輸系統幫忙他人。湯姆在捷運上著實學到一課，等他腿傷好了以後，我相信他不但不會去坐博愛座，而且會站起來把普通坐位讓給需要坐位的人。
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學生喜歡在捷運上玩手機，第一段後半也可改成：
Sometimes he plays his iPhone on the seat and pretends not seeing people around him. With this, he justifies his sitting on the priority seat in the Metro.
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版主的看法：這次學測考得不錯的考生要把握機會選擇適當的科系，想讀醫學系或牙醫系，切莫追高，作文容易丟分，指考未必會更好，重考一年往往得不償失，版主重考過，有刻骨銘心的感觸。