攢了很久的錢，“我”終于可以給自己買一雙心儀的靴子，可是在去買靴子的途中偶然間看到一個精美的裝飾屋，“我”停下了腳步……

1 It was the tail end of the Depression， and things were tough. Mum had a hard time raising us kids on her own in our small community. My dad had drowned in Pitt Lake five years earlier. We relied on our community assistance to keep us clothed， and although our clothes were second?hand， we thought they were beautiful.

2 Looking back， I realize what Mum went through for sending us kids to school. Every morning she would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes， because our shoes were worn out. Constant moving was typical for my family in these times. Rent was twenty?five dollars a month， but Mum couldn't pay it， and we knew we would be evicted right on the first of January. These were hard and sad years， but we never complained.

3 New Year was approaching， and we were entitled to a twenty?five dollar fund for social services. Mum said that instead of buying food， she would use the money to pay back rent， assuring us all of a roof over our heads for a little while longer. She told us then there would be nothing for New Year.

4 Unknown to Mum， I had been shoveling snow and doing odd jobs to earn enough money to buy a new pair of boots. I knew exactly which boots I wanted. They were ten?inch Top Genuine Pierre Paris and they had a price of twenty?three dollars.

5 Well， the big day came on the last day of that year. I was very excited， as I hurried up to catch the bus. It was only a half?a?mile walk， but on the way I noticed a house with lights and decorations. It was then that I realized at our house， we had no lights， no decorations， nor any money for goodies. I knew then that we would have no delicious food for New Year， and I felt sad.

6 As I continued walking， I began to feel bewildered. I was eleven years old， and I was feeling a strange sense of guilt. Here I was going to buy a new pair of boots while Mum was home in tears. She would be trying to explain to us why there were no presents.

Reading Check

閱讀上面的短文，根據(jù)所給情節(jié)進行續(xù)寫，使之構(gòu)成一個完整的故事。

注意：

1. 所續(xù)寫短文的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右;

2. 續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好。

Paragraph 1：

The bus drove off without me.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2：

When Mum opened the door， she surprisingly found that some of the groceries fell inside onto the floor. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Step 1 語篇研讀

語篇概要

要想續(xù)寫內(nèi)容與所給材料內(nèi)容連貫且銜接緊密，就必須充分了解所給材料大意。本文是一篇記敘文，文章分析如下：

Step 2 情節(jié)構(gòu)思

我們可以基于原文和續(xù)寫段落首句提供的信息，構(gòu)思要續(xù)寫的故事情節(jié)。這一構(gòu)思分為四步。

第一步，根據(jù)已給出的文本進行合理推斷，判斷文章的立意。

我們可以用“STAR原則”來進行分析，從而進行更加精準(zhǔn)的預(yù)測。

第二步，圍繞續(xù)寫第一段所給出的段首句“The bus drove off without me.”進行提問構(gòu)思：

1. Why didn't I get on the bus？

2. If I didn't go to buy boots， what was I going to do？

3. What would happen if I did so？

第三步，根據(jù)續(xù)寫第二段所給出的段首句倒推續(xù)寫第一段一定要涉及的細(xì)節(jié)。

根據(jù)續(xù)寫第二段所給出的段首句“When Mum opened the door， she surprisingly found that some of the groceries fell inside onto the floor.”可以推斷，續(xù)寫第一段中“我”不僅買了新年物品，還把物品拿回了家。這樣可以確保兩段之間銜接合理，情節(jié)連貫、順暢。

第四步，圍繞續(xù)寫第二段所給出的段首句進行提問構(gòu)思：

1. What would Mum and I say after that？

2. What would Mum and I do？

3. How would I feel？

Step 3 語言打磨

一、語言特色

情感表達

1. We thought they were beautiful.

2. These were hard and sad years， but we never complained.

3. I was very excited.

4. I knew then that we would have no delicious food for New Year， and I felt sad.

5. I began to feel bewildered.

6. I was feeling a strange sense of guilt.

行為描寫

1. She would put a new piece of cardboard in our shoes.

2. I had been shoveling snow and doing odd jobs.

3. I hurried up to catch the bus.

4. I noticed a house with lights and decorations.

5. I continued walking.

二、重難點句型

1. Mum said that instead of buying food， she would use the money to pay back rent， assuring us all of a roof over our heads for a little while longer. 媽媽說她不會用這些錢買食物，而是會用它償還租金以確保我們所有人可以更久地?fù)碛幸粋€容身之處。

【點石成金】本句中，instead of 意為“而不是……”;assure 意為“確保”，在句中作結(jié)果狀語，與邏輯主語she 之間構(gòu)成主動關(guān)系;a roof over our heads使用了借代的修辭手法，用頭頂?shù)奈蓓攣碇复拔覀兊囊粋€容身之處”。

2. It was then that I realized at our house， we had no lights， no decorations， nor any money for goodies. 正是在那時我意識到我們家里沒有燈、沒有裝飾品，也沒有錢買好吃的東西。

【點石成金】本句中，nor 意為“也不”，和前面的no lights、no decorations組合在一起，增強了語氣，勾勒出作者家的艱難處境。