读后续写:老人的手套 讲义
原题
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
On Christmas Eve, seventy-three-year-old George selected his food carefully. Skim milk was $2.99 white bread 89 cents with a10-cent discount. Leaving the cashier, he calculated that he had saved 80 cents today.
At the exit, the wind reminded him of his gloves. "Where are they ” Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. He was sure he was wearing them when he entered the store. He clearly remembered putting them into the pocket of this coat. George made a second thorough search of all his pockets, again including the grocery bag. Now he was sure they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.
Old George had bought the black leather gloves at a 25%dciscount, for just $35.00, ten years ago. They were soft and warm and very durable耐用的. He had taken care not to let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked like new. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.
George, calm on the outside but nervous inside, re-entered the store. He followed the same route he had walked before, starting at the bread counter, to the milk section, the corner where salt and sugar were placed, then the rest of the store. Several minutes of anxious searching turned out to be in vain. He asked the customers whether they saw a pair of black leather gloves, but they said no. Then he went over to the cashier without hesitation to ask if she had received any lost gloves, but only received the same answer. His heart grew heavier.
"Society has changed, people have changed, " he murmured to himself."' Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back. Now a good action is lost."
Yet he did not give up hope. He started to stare at anybody wearing black gloves to see if they looked like his. The first two persons he saw did wear gloves, but one was women's and the other not black.
注意: 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:Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves.
Paragraph 2:During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair.
续写情节分析
1)文章前面的伏笔:第一段和第三段反复用数字证明,主人公是个会过日子的人。所以丢了手套,一定很难受,那么最好的结局应该是找到手套了,不需要再花钱去买新的。
2)文中:Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. Now he was sure they must have been dropped somewhere inside the store.可以推断出丢失地点。
3)由第四段He tried very hard to find the gloves but failed/ in vain.可以推出:手套应该是通过别人找到的。这样就可以在下文回应倒数第二段中的“Society has changed,people have changed. Years ago,if someone picked up something lost,they would give it back. Now a good action is lost."
由以上信息,我们可以这样推断:续写的第一段,像律师的年轻人应该是手上戴着一副相似的手套,但不是主人公的。第二段开头一句提示,应该是表明第一段中没找到手套,但又没舍得买新的。
不合理情节
同学作文中不合逻辑、漏洞百出的情节设计:
1)有人捡到手套,天天等失主(怎么都那么闲,一副旧手套而已?咋就不知道放在前台?):
2)陌生人送手套上门(怎么知道地址的呢?);
3)黑衣人又给他一副新手套:
4)手套被主人公的儿子拿去洗了,或者放在另外的衣服兜里,后面又找到了;
5)律师帮他找手套,把律师当警察用了?
6)主人公可怜那个看起来像律师的人太穷,手套送给他了;
7)自己在家找到了,难道没有戴着去超市?
8)佛系老头,不在乎手套丢了,再买就是了 (Don’t concern losing or getting,just take it easy and make yourself happy.),那前面对老人节俭的描写有必要吗?
语言问题
1.glove 可数名词 gloves2.同样的 same相似的 similar/ alike3.Look for 寻找Find 找到Search: search for/ in search of4.归还:return to(Return back错误用法)Eg: She returned the bird to its cage.Return me my 5 dollar. Return 5 dollar to me.5.Shake-shook-shakenSpeak-spoke-spokenWear-wore-worn6.整篇文章的时态:一般过去时。
同学们的精彩表达
1.A ray of hope flashed through his eyes.一丝希望闪过他的双眼。2.Confused for a few seconds,the man smiled and said,...3.without a second thought不假思索;立即,马上4.search for... but in vain5.have no choice /alternative but to do 别无选择,只有做一6.No sooner had sb. done... than sb. did sth. 一…就…7.be in a bad mood8.on top of the world 非常开心9.rush to... without hesitation 毫不犹豫冲到…10.catch sb’s eye 吸引某人注意11.in an attempt to do 力图 试图12.A wave of happiness flooded over him. 他感到非常快乐。13.be on pins and needles如坐针毡;坐立不安
参考范文
Suddenly, he found a man looking like a lawyer, wearing black leather gloves. Abrupt唐突的 as it might seem, George went up to him走上前去without hesitation and asked if they were his, but there came a disappointing answer. All of a sudden, he realized that nobody would be so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. He had no other alternative but to ask the cashier to keep the lost gloves in case they were found. Then he dragged himself towards the exit.
During the whole holiday, he was always thinking whether to buy a new pair. After all, in deep winter, he could not do withoutgloves他离不开手套. Finally, poor George decided to buy another pair of leather gloves. With the last ray of hope, he stepped into the store again. No sooner had he opened the door than the cashier told him there was indeed such a pair as he lost. After examining them carefully, he was wild with joy, expressing sincere gratitude and saying to himself that a good action was never lost升华文章主旨.