脑子里不是语法规则。是林知夏拿着她的英语卷子,笔尖点着那道错题,说“这个空是讲人的,所以用who。that也行,但who更准确”。荷葉问那whom呢。林知夏想了想,在草稿纸上写了一个例句:The girl whom you helped is my friend.然后说,“whom是做宾语的。你看,‘你帮助的那个女孩’——你是主语,帮助是动词,女孩是宾语。所以用whom。”她把“宾语”两个字圈了一下,又补了一句:“不过口语里大家都不怎么用whom了。但考试要考。”
完形填空。讲一个女孩在寄宿学校的故事,给母亲写信。有一句话是“she put something under her pillow every night”,选项有candy、letter、coin、key。
荷葉选了candy。
她做完阅读,翻到作文。
题目是“给曾经帮助过你的人写一封感谢信”。
荷葉盯着题目看了几秒,开始写。她没写名字。写“someone”,写“quiet classroom after school”,写“she never said you are stupid, she just said let‘s try again”。写“she taught me how to solve math problems step by step”,写“she told me that she wanted to study law, to help people who had no voice”。
写到“she shared her lunch with me”时笔尖顿了一下。划掉了。食堂的事写在作文里太明显。她不想被看出来。
最后一段。“Thank you for your candy. I still keep the wrapper.”