读后续写(Continuation writing)
读后续写。阅读下面的短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Exercise 31
The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age."
Everyone had a good laugh, telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, “Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment."
Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. "My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He would catch enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home. w
Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. The truck was older than he was. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink(畏缩)down into the seat hoping to disappear. Sometimes he would pull right up in front when it broke down, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would kiss me goodbye!"
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school, he started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, 'No, Dad,' It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, 'Dad, I'm too old for any kind of kiss.' My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes, started to tear up. 'You're right,' he said. 6 You are a big boy... a man. I won't kiss you anymore.
注意:
所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
应使用5个以上短文标有下划线的关键词语;
续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词。
Paragraph 1:
Frank got a funny look on his face , and he continued.
Paragraph 2:
I looked at Frank and saw tears down his cheeks.
一.试题详解
1 .核心内容
文本主要内容为:在一次董事会议即将结束时,Bob不小心撞到了桌子,洒了咖啡。他的尴尬使得 众人纷纷开始回忆人生中最尴尬的一刻。而Frank则回忆起了他的父亲。他的父亲是一位渔民,因为要养活一大家子所以工作很努力。遇到天气不好时他会送Frank上学,但是让Frank感到尴尬的是每次父亲都会亲他的脸颊。所以有一次他以自己已经是大人为借口而拒绝了父亲。
2.写作思路
(1)明确故事人物关系(characters) : 故事中主要人物为Frank以及他的父亲。
(2)理清故事主要事件(events) : 父亲是一位渔民,要养家糊口;父亲在天气糟糕的时候送Frank 上学;父亲会亲吻他的脸颊作为告别;Frank认为这很尴尬,并最终有一次拒绝了父亲。
(3)根据已知人物、事件及续写段落首句预测故事发展(development) : 故事总体的发展可能是父 亲在一次出海打鱼时因意外而去世,Frank也因此一直非常悔恨他拒绝了父亲表达爱的告别吻。续写 第一段: 不久,父亲出海打鱼再也没有回来。人们发现他船上的网有一半挂在外面。他一定是遇到了大风,并且在抢救渔网和船时遇到了意外。续写第二段: Frank追悔莫及。如果再有一次机会,他会亲吻父亲的脸颊感受他粗糙的脸,闻闻他身上大海的味道。如果再有一次机会,他将永远不会借口长大而拒绝父亲的吿别之吻。
(4)结合下划线词罗列写作要点(points) :第一段可以通过问以下问题来获取写作要点: What happened to the father later What happened with the boat What was the weather like 第二段可以问以下问题来获取写作要点:What did the accident lead to How did Frank feel What did he consider himself at that time
二、 参考范文
Frank got a funny look on, his face , and he continued. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the ships stayed in, but not Dad. They found his boat with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the nets and the floats. He left us though he had a big family to feed."
I looked at Frank and saw tears down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. "You don't know how I regret that I will never have chance to kiss my father on the cheek to feel his rough old face and to smell the ocean on him. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss.”
三、 范文解析
范文围绕文章的内容进行了合情合理的拓展。Frank既然对这件事印象如此深刻,肯定不仅仅是 因为父亲送他上学时亲吻他让他感到尴尬。因此第一段可以合理预测出父亲在一次岀海时出了意外, 没能再回来。第二段则可以合情合理地写多年来Frank的悔恨之情,从而突出故事的主题。
四、 提炼归纳
1 .把握文章关键信息和语言特点
学生需要了解给定短文的主要内容,清楚语言使用的情况。本篇义章开头虽然看似幽默,但在 Frank的叙述中,从voice dropped a bit, pause, tear up”等词中可以体会到一种悲伤之情。这些都可以帮助我们对接下来的续写作出合理的推测。
关注语言运用的准确性和丰富性
学生在词汇和语言结构的使用方面尽量做到准确、恰当,并且能够根据肉容需要使用较多、较复杂的词汇和语言结构。如范文中出现的“It wasn't long after..., must have done, how I regret” 等表达。