Misunderstanding

Here’s an essay by a student about an experience of being misunderstood.

Writing task:

人的生活中，難免有遭人誤解因而感到委屈的時候。請以此為主題，寫一篇至少120自的英文作文：第一段描述個人被誤解的經驗，第二但談這段經驗對個人的影響與啟示 (95指考）

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The feeling of being misunderstood is awful. I have a personal experience. One day I took the bus and sat on the priority seat because one of my legs was badly injured. At a stop, an old woman got on the bus. She was too old to walk steadily. Then, she stood by me, but I didn’t give up the seat to her since my leg really hurt badly. Everyone on the bus fixed me with a hostile look. I wanted to cry, for no one knew the reality.

Long after this painful experience, I still couldn’t get over it. The sight of a priority seat would evoke a twinge of bitterness in me. What I learned from the experience is that we should not judge things by looking on only one side, for it may lead to misunderstanding, which, like a razor, can cause a heart to bleed. (149 words) (310 黃逸揚)