记叙文作为一种常见文体，有其自己独特的一些特点。首先，英语的记叙文一般是以第一或第三人称的角度来叙述的。用第一人称表示的是由叙述者亲眼所见、亲耳所闻的经历，它的优点在于能把 故事的情节通过“我”来传达给读者，使人读后感到真实可信,如身临其境。用第三人称叙述，优点在于叙述者不受“我”活动范围以内的人和事物的限制，而是通过作者与读者之外的第三者，直接把故事中的情节展现在读者面前，文章的客观性很强。其次，在记叙文中,记和叙都离不开动词，所以动词出现率 最高，且富于变化。英语写作的优美之处就在于这些动词时态的变化，正是这一点才使得所记、所叙有 鲜活的动态感、鲜明的层次感和立体感。再次,记叙一件事要有一定的顺序。记叙文常用的叙述方法有:顺叙、倒叙、插叙还有补叙。顺叙较容易给读者提供有关事情的空间和时间线索，但也容易使文章显 得平铺直叙，读起来平淡乏味;倒叙、插叙、补叙等能有效地提高文章的结构效果，让所叙之事跌宕起伏， 使读者在阅读时思维产生较大的跳跃，从而为文章所吸引，深人其中。最后，引用故事情节中主要人物 的对话是记叙文提高表现力的一种常用方法。适当地用直接引语代替间接的主观叙述，可以客观生动 地反映人物的性格、品质和心理状态，使记叙生动、有趣，使文章内容更加充实、具体。
例文3)
下面这篇阅读理解是一篇记叙文。文章是一篇小说节选，选取源于英国19世纪著名的小说家 Charlotte Bronte的小说Jaw Eyre。节选部分是小说主人公Jane和Mr. Rochester之间晚饭后见面闲聊的 情景。短文以第一人称单数的形式叙述，让读者身临其境。
For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighbourhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.
During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright，probably with wine. As I was looking at him，he suddenly turned，and asked me，“ Do you think I'm handsome, Miss Eyre?”
The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it，“ No，sir. ”
“Ah, you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude. ”
“Sir，I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn’t matter, or something like that. ”
“No, you shouldn't! I see，you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance your few good points. "
I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly, “Yes, you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn’t my character, but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you're sympathetic and give them hope. ”
It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn’t seem to like to finish the talk quickly, as was the case for the first time.
“Don’t be afraid of me, Miss Eyre. ”He continued. “You don’t relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood School has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You’re like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage, you,ll fly very high. Good night. ”
1.At the beginning Miss Eyre’s impressions of Mr. Rochester were all EXCEPT .
A. busy B. sociable C. friendly D. changeable
2.In“ …all ray knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house...” (the second paragraph)，the word “about” means .
A. around B. on C. outside D. concerning
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