王燕

難詞探意

1. run /rn/ v. 管理;經(jīng)營(yíng)

2. obvious /bvis/ adj. 明顯的;顯然的

There is a farm not far from the coastline. It belongs to a man called Tom. Tom couldnt do everything by himself on the farm. Thus， he needed to hire one man to help him run the farm. However， no one worked on his farm for long. Why？ Because the work was too tiring. Since the farm is near the sea， there are often storms from the sea that strike his farm. When a storm comes， Tom and the man he hired have to get up quickly and try to reduce the losses caused by the storm. Therefore， no one liked working there. Tom had to look for people to work for him all the time.

One day， a man called Henry read the poster that Tom had put up and then came to his farm. “Sir， I can work for you，” said Henry. Tom looked at Henry. This young man was neither strong nor tall. “Are you sure？” asked Tom. “Yes， sir. I can do the work well. But you must pay me twice what you paid others before，” said that young man. Tom was surprised. He didnt really believe such a man could do the work well. But it was really hard for him to find someone else to work for him. At last， he decided to give Henry a try. However， before hiring him， he said，“Can you really be a good helper？ The work on the farm is hard and tiring. And there are often storms.”

Henry smiled and said， “Dont worry. I can be a good helper. Youll see. And storms wont be a problem. They wont even disturb our sleep. We can sleep very well even on stormy nights.” And then Henry stayed on the farm. To Toms joy， Henry worked hard and did his work well. It was obvious that he hadnt lied.

However， one night， there was a big storm. Tom was woken up by the strong wind. He was worried that the storm would cause great losses for his farm. But he saw his helper nowhere.

Useful expressions

belong to 歸……所有

run the farm 經(jīng)營(yíng)農(nóng)場(chǎng)

neither...nor... 既不……也不……

stormy nights 暴風(fēng)雨之夜

cause great losses 造成重大的損失

it is hard for sb to do sth 對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)做某事很難

it is obvious that... 顯而易見(jiàn)……

to ones joy/delight 令某人高興的是

reduce the losses caused by the storm 減少暴風(fēng)雨帶來(lái)的損失

閱讀以上材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)續(xù)寫(xiě)兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫(xiě)的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。

Paragraph 1：

Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.

Paragraph 2：

Tom thought he had hired the wrong man.

寫(xiě)作導(dǎo)引

本文為一篇記敘文。在對(duì)故事類記敘文進(jìn)行續(xù)寫(xiě)的時(shí)候，可以從以下幾個(gè)步驟入手：

一、通讀全文，把握記敘文要素

Characters： Tom and Henry

Background： ①The work on the farm was tiring and hard.

②Henry worked hard and did his work well on the farm after being hired.

Plot： When a storm was coming， Tom couldnt find his helper， Henry.

Ending： What would Tom do？

二、細(xì)讀段落開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)，構(gòu)思情節(jié)

根據(jù)續(xù)寫(xiě)第一段開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)“Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.”，我們可以從以下幾個(gè)問(wèn)題入手，構(gòu)思第一段續(xù)寫(xiě)的情節(jié)。

1. Where would Tom go to look for Henry？

2. What would Tom say？

3. How would Henry react to Toms calling for help？

根據(jù)續(xù)寫(xiě)第二段開(kāi)頭語(yǔ)“Tom thought he had hired the wrong man.”，我們可以從以下幾個(gè)問(wèn)題入手，構(gòu)思第二段續(xù)寫(xiě)的情節(jié)。

1. Did Henry go to help Tom actually？

2. How do you know？

三、組織語(yǔ)言，進(jìn)行續(xù)寫(xiě)

在續(xù)寫(xiě)過(guò)程中，應(yīng)考慮到人物的心理、情感、語(yǔ)言和動(dòng)作的細(xì)微描寫(xiě)。以下是可能會(huì)使用到的相關(guān)表達(dá)：

anxious 焦慮的

calm 鎮(zhèn)定的

knock at the door 敲門(mén)

be filled with anger 內(nèi)心填滿了憤怒

get up 起床

disappointment 失望

so...that... 如此……以至于……

unexpected 意料之外的

relief ?寬慰

it is/was...that... 正是……