江西 黄舒伟

沙子，散发着太阳的气息，也呵护着童年的梦境。残留在三个乐不可支的孩子手上的沙子，在阳光下闪烁着金子般的光芒……

主题语境：人与社会 篇幅：356词 建议用时：7分钟

1About 10 years ago, Lawson was at a beach in Vir⁃ginia watching his kids build sandcastles right next to the waves.

2“I kept trying to get them to come back because I thought it was a terrible idea,”he said. He wanted them to build their sandcastles closer to the dunes (沙丘).But they found it more exciting to build right where the waves hit,seeing their sandcastles get destroyed, and then rebuilding them with whatever debris (废弃物) washed up from the ocean.“It seemed so symbolic, somehow, of how life works more than just building your perfect sandcastle,”said Lawson.When he decided to turn that sunny day into a children's book, the idea came to just use pictures.“It seemed like it would work beautifully without words,”he said.

3A Day for Sandcastlesis illustrated(加插图于)by Qin Leng.It's the second wordless picture book for Lawson and Leng since 2021'sOver the Shop. Leng's illustrations stay pretty true to real life. Three siblings spend the day building sandcastles and watching them get destroyed by a flying hat.“To me, it's a celebration of childhood and the simple joys of life.These are the things I like to capture(捕捉),”said Leng.

4Leng spent part of her childhood in France,and she was inspired by European comic books.“What I love to do when I illustrate a picture book is add side stories to the main storyline.I always think about the readers and the longevity of the book, and I want them to be able to discover something new every time they revisit the book,”Leng explained.

5At the end of the day,the sleepy⁃eyed kids pile into the bus that will take them home.“Those last pages are some of my favorite. They capture that feeling like at the end of the day on the beach, when it's getting dark and you feel completely tired,”Lawson said. It must be a universal childhood feeling: happy with sand, sticky from the salt, hot from the sun,and ready to fall asleep the moment you get in the car.

Reading Check

1.How did Lawson feel when his kids built sandcastles near the waves?

A.Content. B.Excited. C.Concerned. D.Angry.

2.What can we know aboutA Day for Sandcastles?

A.It's a picture book for painters.

B.It's quite different from real life.

C.It's about flying hats in a magic world.

D.It's a wordless picture book about childhood.

3.What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.Friendship between Lawson and Leng.

B.Characteristics of Leng's works.

C.Leng's family background.

D.Leng's childhood.

4.What does the underlined words“pile into”probably mean?

A.Flood into. B.Give up. C.Run into. D.Run after.

Language Study

Difficult sentence

What I love to do when I illustrate a picture book is add side stories to the main story⁃line.当我为图画书画插图时，我喜欢在主要的故事情节中添加一些支线故事。

【点石成金】该句中，what 引导一个主语从句，在主语从句中充当do的宾语。