名人轶事:巴尔扎克的轶事一则-An Ancdot①of Balzac 巴尔扎克的轶事一则

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巴尔扎克是著名的法国作家。但他对自己能从某人的笔迹判断该人的性格而感到骄傲。他有一位女友。有一次，这位妇女带了一个小男孩的练习本让巴尔扎克据此说出该男孩的性格，他说这个男孩又坏又懒。那位妇女说：“……”（后面的内容请你根据自己的想象接着往下写。）

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An Ancdot①of Balzac

Balzac, th famous Frnch writr, was a man of grat talnt②.But h himslf was proud of his ability to tll a prson's charactr by his or hr handwriting. H oftn told his frinds that h could tll anybody's charactr xactly by his handwriting.

On day a woman frind brought him a young boy's xrcis book.Sh said that sh wantd to know what Balzac thought of th boy's charactr.

Balzac studid th handwriting carfully for a fw minuts. Th woman, howvr, told him that th boy was not hr son and that h might tll hr th truth.

“All right,”said Balzac.“I shall tll you th truth.”And h said that th boy was a bad, lazy fllow.

“It is vry strang,”said th woman, smiling.“This is a pag from your own xrcis book, which you usd whn you wr a boy.”

【词语解释】

①ancdot ['$nikd ut] n．轶闻；趣事

②talnt ['t$l nt] n．天才；天资

【写法指要】

轶事是世人不大知道的关于某人的传说，多指不见于正式记载的有趣的事情。写这类故事时文章的前面往往给人造成一种悬念，使读者有多种可能的猜测，而故事的收场又往往出人意料，如本文即是如此。

名人轶事:巴尔扎克的轶事一则-An Ancdot①of Balzac