A Good Friend Is a Mirror

屈晶

Today is Sunday， my mother wanted to buy something and she asked me， “Will you want go to the market with me？” I said yes.

We went to the market happily. My mother bought some meat and vegetables. When I went into a stationery1 shop， I saw my classmate， Li Li. Her mother is the shopkeeper. Li Li was helping her mother with selling stationery.

“Hi， Li Li！ How much is the pen？” I asked Li Li.

“Its eight yuan.” she answered. I saw a blue pen with pretty flowers printed on it. I really like it， so I bought it. When I left the shop， I saw Li Li reading an English book. If there was no customer， she was learning English. My mother said to me in a low voice， “Look， Li Li is your good friend at school and she is your mirror. She studies so hard. Wherever she goes， she always keeps a book in her hand.”

My face turned red. I know Li Li is more hard-working than me. My mother always likes to compare2 me with other teenagers.

I went home with mother at eleven oclock. I helped mother with housework and then I started to do my homework. My mother looked at me in a surprise， as if she saw an alien at home.

“Wow， I cant believe youve changed a lot since we came back from the market！”

I have to admit3 that Li Li is my mirror. When I want to play computer games or hang out with friends， Li Li with a book in her hand will turn up in my brain.

好朋友是一面鏡子

今天是星期天，媽媽想去買些東西，她問我：“你要和我一起去集市嗎？”我說(shuō)想去。

我們高興地到來(lái)集市。媽媽買了一些肉和蔬菜。當(dāng)我走進(jìn)一家文具店時(shí)，我看見我的同學(xué)李麗。李麗的媽媽是文具店的店主。李麗正在幫她媽媽賣文具。

“嗨，李麗！鋼筆多少錢？”我問李麗。

“八元。”她回答。我看見一支藍(lán)色的鋼筆，上面印了漂亮的花兒。我挺喜歡這支鋼筆，于是我買下來(lái)了。當(dāng)我離開文具店的時(shí)候，我看見李麗在讀英語(yǔ)書。如果沒有顧客，她就學(xué)英語(yǔ)。媽媽小聲地對(duì)我說(shuō)：“看，你和李麗在學(xué)校是好朋友，她可是你的一面鏡子哦。她學(xué)習(xí)刻苦，無(wú)論去哪兒，手里總是拿著一本書。”

我的臉一下就紅了。我知道，李麗比我用功。我的媽媽總是喜歡拿我和別人家的孩子做比較。

我和媽媽11點(diǎn)鐘回到了家。我?guī)蛬寢屪黾覄?wù)，然后開始做家庭作業(yè)。媽媽驚訝地看著我，好像她在家里看見了外星人似的。

“哇，我簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信，從集市回來(lái)你變化很大！”

我不得不承認(rèn)李麗是我的鏡子。每當(dāng)我想玩電腦游戲，或者想和朋友們出去閑逛的時(shí)候，手里拿著書的李麗就會(huì)出現(xiàn)在我的腦海中。endprint