英语续写--友情类

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If there was one thing Jill could wish for, it was to feel special, because she couldn’t remember that she ever had.

Going to school didn’t help. Jill was not the top student in her class, like

Emma was. While she was certainly not at the bottom of the class, she wished she could be more like Emma. Jill noticed when report cards were handed out at school that Emma’s mom was always at the gate waiting for her. After studying Emma’s card, her mom would give Emma a big hug. But Jill’s report card always said, “could do better” or “could try harder” Her parents said the same when she brought it home, “We are pleased to see that you passed everything, but maybe you can do better next term.

Jill didn’t feel special at having lots of friends. Kathy was the one in the

class who seemed to do that much better than anyone else and Jill wished she

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could be more like Kathy. Kathy was always laughing and joking and telling stories. Everyone wanted to be her friend. Jill was not without friends. It was just that she didn’t get invited to every birthday party like Kathy did. So when some kids were asked, and she was not, she felt decidedly unhappy.

One afternoon after school, Jill walked past Emma, who was desperately

pulling all the contents out of her bag. “What’s the matter?” asked Jill. “I lost my math homework sheet,” said Emma, “and it’s due tomorrow.I don’t know what to do.”Jill said, “You can come to my home and we can do it together.” When they had completed their math assignment, Emma expressed her thanks to Jill. Jill felt a tiny feeling of being special for helping someone she admired. Before leaving, Emma said to Jill, “You know, it s hard always being at the top of the class; your parents and teachers expect so much of you. I often wish I was like you and didn’t have all these pressures.”  

    A day or two later, Jill came across Kathy crying in the girl’s restroom by herself___________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 

Jill was surprised that Emma and Kathy could wish they were just like

Her._____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 

    A day or two later Jill came across Kathy crying in the girl’s restroom by herself. “What’s the matter?” asked Jill. “ Everyone always expects me to be funny,” said Kathy. “But there are times when I feel sad or just simply don’t want to be funny. The other kids don’t seem to understand.” Jill sat and listened while Kathy talked about her feeling and how she felt the pressure to live up to the expectations of others.

When the tears had stopped, she said, “You know, Jill, there are many times when I

wish I was just like you.”

Jill was surprised that Emma and Kathy could wish they were just like her. She was even more surprised when Kathy gave her a big hug and said, “Thanks.” It surprised Jill too, how she began to see things differently after that. Maybe she didn’t need to be the best at any one thing. Maybe she didn’t need to be special at anything in particular. Maybe it was enough just to know that she was special being who she was.