浙江 胡君祥

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难词探意

1. embarrassed /ɪm΄bærəst/ adj. 尴尬的

2. stature /΄stætʃə(r)/ n. 身高；个子

“Simply avoid her.” Abby listened intently, as I continued,“If she says any more ugly things to you, I'll go to your teacher and make sure you are never in a situation where you have to sit next to her again.”

By this time, Allyson, my then eight-year-old, had joined us, listening to every word. Neither of my daughters interrupted as I finished my heartfelt speech, filled with motherly wisdom.Then, as I was telling each of them with what I thought right,Allyson's real words of wisdom came about. “Mom,” she said, “I was just thinking.Maybe Abby is supposed to be that girl's friend so that she can bear her.Maybe Abby can let that girl see forgiveness and goodness through her.”

Hmm, I had become the student. At that moment, I realized that even though I was wearing the“mother's hat”, the “hat” certainly didn't make me right all the time. In fact, I wanted to pull that hat over my face and hide so that they couldn't see myembarrassedlook.

“Yes, that's a good point,” I commented, forcing a half smile at my girls.“Abby, you handle this situation the way that you think is right.”“OK,” she said, giving me a quick hug before walking out of the door and off to school. “Bye, Mom! ” Allyson called, following her big sister to go out of the door. I was left alone—in my slippers. In those following quiet moments I was lost in thought and proud of my two remarkable daughters—little instaturebut big in heart. Sometimes our children have great lessons to teach us—if we'll only listen.

That lesson came more than ten years ago, and this past weekend as we celebrated Mother's Day,I reflected once again on how much I have learned from my children over the years. These made excellent material for an amateur writer like me!

Language

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Difficult words in sentences

1. Maybe Abby is supposed to be that girl's friend so that she canbearher.

译文：也许艾比应该成为那个女孩的朋友，这样她才能忍受她。

分析：本句中，bear意为“忍受”，同义表达还有stand、tolerate、put up with。

2. Abby, youhandlethis situation the way that you think is right.

译文：艾比，你应该用你认为正确的方式来处理这件事。

分析：本句中，handle意为“处理”，同义表达还有manage、dispose、deal with。

Reading

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阅读上面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

续写要求：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

I was amazed by Abby's servant heart and her ability to organize.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

And Allyson was a cheerleader for my whole life.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

写作导引

一、分析语篇，理清要素

要想续写内容与所给短文之间逻辑连贯、衔接紧密，必须充分理解所给材料的大意，掌握作者想要传达的意思。 本文是一篇记叙文，文章分析如下：

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二、阅读续写开头语，展开合理想象

基于原文和续写段落首句提供的信息，采用围绕中心提问的方法，构思要续写的故事情节，一般分为三步：

第一步，根据已给出的文本判断文章的立意。

已给出的文本主要记叙的是“作者从她的孩子们身上学到了不少东西”，由此可推断出本文的立意应是“父母也应该向孩子学习”。

第二步，围绕续写第一段所给出的段首句及上面的分析进行提问构思：

（1）What kind of loving things did Abby do for the author?

（2）What activities did Abby organize for the author?

（3）How did the author feel about what Abby had done for her?

第三步，围绕续写第二段所给出的段首句进行提问构思：

（1）How did Allyson encourage the author?

（2）What good qualities did the author learn from Allyson?

（3）How does the author feel about her two children?

三、润色成篇

在续写的过程中要注意各部分内容相衔接，即：1. 续写部分与所给短文的衔接；2. 各续写段落与段首句之间的衔接；3. 续写的两段之间的衔接。

同时要注意语言风格的一致。 比如，刻画人物形象时运用恰当的形容词使其跃然纸上；描写人物心理活动时使用一些动词或副词使细节更饱满。