帮助有前科的人开始新生活

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对于犯错误的人或以前服过刑的罪犯应该采取什么态度呢？是排斥还是帮助？有的人可能采取前一种态度，有的人则会采用后一种态度。试想，这两种态度会带来什么结果呢？显然会出现两种结果。请结合你平时经历过的一些事情对比说明上述两种情况。

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Hlp x-cons①Start Nw Lif

I onc rad a story about a prson who was put into prison for his bad bhavior. Aftr srving his tim in prison, h rturnd hom.“How can you hav th fac to com hom, go away!”his angry fathr shoutd at him. Two months latr, h was put into prison again for staling.

I also rad a story about a diffrnt prson in th sam situation, but whn h rturnd to his villag, no on lookd down upon him, and popl hlpd him find a job to mak a living. Fiv yars latr, h bcam a millionair②and contributd to th building of a school in his homtown.

Diffrnt attituds produc diffrnt rsults.

Gnrally spaking, aftr rducation③ most popl hav larnt thir lssons and find a lgal④ way to support thmslvs through honst labour. Whn rturning to socity, only a fw rturnd to thir old ways. But vn though th numbr of th x-flons⑤ who rturn to a lif of crim is blow 8 pr cnt, w should undrstand that ths rpatd offncs ar much wors than firstoffncs.

Th task of guiding ths popl is a job that blongs not only to th prsons thmslvs and thir familis, but is a task th whol socity should confront⑥.

（选自1999年1月27日《英文21世纪报》）

【词语解释】

①x-con[ks ＇k&n] n．以前的罪犯；有前科者

②millionair[?milj+＇n#+] n．百万富翁

③rducation[＇ri:dju(:)＇kiM+n] n．再教育

④lgal[＇li:g+l] adj．法律（上）的

⑤x-flon[ks-＇fl+n] n．重罪人，重罪犯

⑥ confront[k+n＇fr)nt] v．（使）面对，（使）面临

【写法指要】

本文是一篇对比型说明文，即对照两个人或事物的不同点。文章采用综合法（all-about pattrn）开门见山地对所讨论的问题作了对比：第一段写对有前科者的不正确态度；第二段写对这类人员的正确态度，经纬分明。第三、四段是作者做出的总结和结论。第五段写作者的建议。