2024届高三英语复习：心灵鸡汤 读后续写43 The Cycle of Life 导学案（含答案）
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43 The Cycle of Life
一、请根据两个提示句进行故事续写，150词左右。
Spring came late to my home this year. It usually begins in mid-March, but this year it did not come until May fourth.
Early March fifteen years ago, I brought home a souvenir, a cow skull, and hung it over the door to the garage as a simple decoration, but within a week, two sparrows moved in and built a nest in a couple of days. Ever since then we have measured the arrival of spring by when a new family of sparrows moves into the skull.
Sparrows never re-use an old nest, so every year I carefully remove the old materials. Right from the first year, I noticed that the nest was composed mostly of dog hair from our Labrador, Layla, whose hair is an ideal material for a bird’s nest. For fifteen years, our baby birds came into the world on a bed of our dog’s hair.
Layla would always station herself on the patio(露台) as the monitor and guardian of the sparrow families. At the slightest activity, she would charge into the house to alert us. The best times were watching the baby birds being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. That usually brought a dog dance of joy. Then one day a little fellow failed and crashed hard. Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and sniffed it. When it did not move, she prodded it with her nose and turned to me as if to say, “Do something!” I have rarely felt so helpless, but at the same time, I felt immensely proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature.
The birds became an important part of Layla’s life, and some inner clock always alerted her to their annual return. When they were in residence, she watched them day and night. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. Over the years, Layla mothered and guarded at least 100 sparrows and thought of each of them as her own pups.
To our sorrow, Layla became very sick and went to heaven last December. _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ That day, the newly-arrived puppy rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening. _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
二、原版品读
The Cycle of Life
Spring came late to my home this year. It usually begins in mid-March, but this year it did not come until May fourth. But then, I have a different way of measuring its arrival. Years ago while driving through New Mexico, my wife and I were taken by the local tradition of cow skulls as decoration. They are a ubiquitousartifact of the Southwest. We returned home with one of our own.
We hung it over the door to the garage as a simple decoration, but within a week, two ambitious sparrows had moved in and began to build a nest. The large eye sockets made a perfect picture window for them with a view of our entire back yard, and the roof overhang protected them from cats and squirrels. That was in early March, fifteen years ago, and ever since then we have measured the arrival of spring by when a new family of sparrows moves into the skull.
They are industrious little critters that build a new nest in a couple of days. The male collects materials, and the female expertlyweaves them into a comfortable home. With a two-week gestation and another couple of weeks for birth and flight lessons, the family will be gone five or six weeks after starting construction.
Sparrows build a new nest every year and will not re-use an old one, so every year I carefully remove the old materials. Right from the first year, I noticed that the nest was composed mostly of dog hair from our Labrador, Layla. Labradors shed like a snowstorm, and their hair is soft and pliable, an ideal material for a bird’s nest. For fifteen years, our baby birds came into the world on a bed of our dog’s hair.
Layla would always station herself on the patio as the monitor and guardian of the sparrow families. At the slightest activity, she would charge into the house to alert us. The best times were watching the chicks being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. They would plummet like a rock, frantically flapping their little wings, and then at the last second pull up out of the crashdive to fly back home. That usually brought a dog dance of joy.
Only once do I recall a little fellow not pulling up in time and crashing hard. Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and sniffed it. When it did not move, she prodded it with her nose and turned to me as if to say, “Do something!”I have rarely felt so helpless, but at the same time, I felt immensely proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature.
The birds became an important part of Layla’s life, and some inner clock always alerted her to their annual return. When they were in residence, she watched them day and night. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, making sure everyone was gone while taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. Over the years, I estimate that Layla mothered and guarded at least 100 sparrows and thought of each of them as her own pups.
We lost Layla a few months back, and maybe that is why spring did not come in March. But we have a new puppy now who is trying to fill some very large paws. On May fourth, she rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening. Outside, she had taken up her station on the same spot where Layla had kept her vigil for so many years, and the three of us watched two sparrows build a new nest in the skull.
Witnessing new life being born in the remnants of an old one is a profoundly thought-provoking experience, especially when I realize that for fifteen years I have been gifted by the cycle of life playing out in my own back yard.
And since the new dog automatically took up the station of the last, I choose to believe it is not a coincidence. Since all dogs go to heaven, I am sure Layla sent this puppy to keep watch over her birds.
I. Words for understanding （加粗的单词为熟记单词，其它认识即可）：
单词 音标 词性释义 单词 音标 词性释义
skull [sk l] n颅骨;头(盖)骨; dive [da v] n.俯冲
ubiquitous [ju b kw t s] adj无处不在的; recall [r k l v.回忆起;回想起
artifact [ ɑ t f kt] n手工艺品 sniff [sn f] v.闻
measure [ me (r)] vt估量，判定 prod [pr d] v戳;
socket [ s k t] n(电源)插座;窝; empathy [ emp θi] n.移情;同情;共鸣;同感
industrious [ n d stri s] adj勤劳的 immensely [ mensli] adv极大地
critter [ kr t (r)] n.生物 residence [ rez d ns] n居住;住所
weave [wi v] vt编织 ritual [ r t u l] n仪式;礼节
gestation [d e ste n] n妊娠(期); bury [ beri] vt埋藏; 覆盖
remove [r mu v] vt.去除;去掉 scent [sent] n气味;香味
compose [k m p z] v组成;作曲 sense [sens] vt.感觉到; 意识到
shed [ ed] vt摆脱;使落下 estimate [est me t] vt估计;估算;
pliable [ pla bl] adj易弯曲的; mother [ m (r)] vt像母亲般地照顾
station [ ste n] vt.派驻;使驻扎 guard [ɡɑ d] vt.保卫;看守
patio [ p ti ] n露台，平台 rush [r ] v.冲; 迅速移动
guardian [ ɡɑ di n] n守护者 vigil [ v d l] n值夜
charge [t ɑ d ] vi向…方向冲去 remnant [ remn nt] n残余物
alert [ l :t] vt使警惕 profoundly [pr fa ndli] adv极大地;深刻地;
plummet [ pl m t] vi暴跌;速降 thought-provoking [ θ tpr v k ] adj发人深省的
frantically ['fr nt kl ] adv疯狂地; gift [ɡ ft] vt.白送;白给
flap [fl p] vt振(翅); automatically [ t m t kli] adv自动地；机械地
crash [kr ] n碰撞;相撞 coincidence [k ns d ns] n巧合
短语 释义 短语 释义
take up one's station 站岗 watch over 监督;照顾
III. Read to appreciate: Fill in the blanks according to Chinese translations
1. Layla慢慢地走向小麻雀，在它身上嗅了嗅。
Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and ______________ it.(Action)
2. 当小麻雀没有动弹的时候，Layla用鼻子在它身上戳了戳，转过头，好像在说，“做点事吧！”
When it did not move, she ___________ it with her nose and turned to me as if _____________________, “Do something!”(Action)
3. 小狗Layla总会把鼻子埋进麻雀的窝里，确保每只麻雀都离开了。同时，它会把每只麻雀的气味记下来，
确保它能让麻雀们安全和温暖。
She would bury her nose in it, _________ ________ everyone was gone _________ taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. (Action)
4. 那通常会让小狗高兴得手舞足蹈。
That usually brought a dog _________ ______ _____________. (Emotion)
5. 我很少感到如此无助，但与此同时，我为我家狗狗感到极其自豪，因为它对另一个生命的同情。
I have rarely felt so ___________, but at the same time, I felt _____________ proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature. (Emotion)
IV. Language in use
Application of the key words: Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese sentences
1. 我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
I continued to ___________ his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
2. 她灵巧地把花编成了一个花环。She deftly ___________ the flowers into a garland.
3. 这些人来清除后院的垃圾。The men came to__________ the rubbish ___________ the backyard.
4. 法律制度是由人组成的，而人是会犯错误的。
The legal system ________ ___________ _____________ people, and people make mistakes.
5. 他冲进我的房间,要求知道发生了什么事。
He came _____________ into my room and demanded to know what was going on.
6. 他想提醒人们小心该团体的活动。He wanted to ____________ people to the activities of the group.
7. 货车失控撞上了一辆公共汽车的尾部。
A truck went out of control and _____________ into the back of a bus.
8. 狗把骨头埋在花园里。The dog ____________ its bone in the garden.
9. 我猜他感觉到我有些紧张。I guess he ____________ that I was a little nervous.
10. 狗守护着主人的行李。The dog _________ ______________ its owner's luggage.
11. 这棵树估计至少有 700 年了。The tree ___________ ___________ to be at least 700 years old.
Imitation of the scenes：
The best times were watching the chicks being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. They would plummet like a rock, frantically flapping their little wings, and then at the last second pull up out of the crash dive to fly back home. That usually brought a dog dance of joy.
模仿：儿子蹒跚学步的样子
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2. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, making sure everyone was gone while taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm.
模仿：每天早上班主任进教室的场景
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Key:
一、读后续写
To our sorrow, Layla became very sick and went to heaven last December. Gone with her was our happy hours in the back yard. Memories of working with Layle flashed in my mind when it was time to empty the nest. Tears welled up in my eyes when I reached for Layla’s soft hair. The days without Layla seemed like a year and I was longing for the arrival of spring more than ever. But both spring and the sparrows seemed to forget us until May fourth, a week after we had a new family member, a new puppy.
That day, the newly-arrived puppy rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening.Following her outside, we were touched by the sight. In the skull were two sparrows building a new nest with hair from our new puppy, and seated on the same spot where Layla had kept her routine vigil(守护) was our new puppy, who automatically took up the station. Seeing the cycle of life playing out again in my back yard after a long wait, I choose to believe it is not a coincidence. Layla went to heaven and sent this puppy to keep watch over her birds. Spring finally reached us! (180 words)
二、原作品读
II.1.sniffed 2.prodded 3.making sure,while 4. dance of joy 5.hopeless,immensely
III. 1.measure 2.wove 3.remove,from 4. is composed of 5.charging 6.alert 7.crashed 8.buried 9.sensed 10.is guarding 11. is estimated
IV.
1. The best times were watching my boy troddlingaround.He would waddle like a penguin, sticking out her two arms to keep his balance, and then at the next second seem to be falling onto the ground but regained his balance at last . That usually brought me dance of joy.
2 .And every morning, the morning study became a ritual for our headteacher. He would glance over the whole class, making sure everyone was there while stepping back and forth in the classroom, guaranteeing that everyone was absorbed in his/her study.
一、请根据两个提示句进行故事续写，150词左右。
Spring came late to my home this year. It usually begins in mid-March, but this year it did not come until May fourth.
Early March fifteen years ago, I brought home a souvenir, a cow skull, and hung it over the door to the garage as a simple decoration, but within a week, two sparrows moved in and built a nest in a couple of days. Ever since then we have measured the arrival of spring by when a new family of sparrows moves into the skull.
Sparrows never re-use an old nest, so every year I carefully remove the old materials. Right from the first year, I noticed that the nest was composed mostly of dog hair from our Labrador, Layla, whose hair is an ideal material for a bird’s nest. For fifteen years, our baby birds came into the world on a bed of our dog’s hair.
Layla would always station herself on the patio(露台) as the monitor and guardian of the sparrow families. At the slightest activity, she would charge into the house to alert us. The best times were watching the baby birds being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. That usually brought a dog dance of joy. Then one day a little fellow failed and crashed hard. Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and sniffed it. When it did not move, she prodded it with her nose and turned to me as if to say, “Do something!” I have rarely felt so helpless, but at the same time, I felt immensely proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature.
The birds became an important part of Layla’s life, and some inner clock always alerted her to their annual return. When they were in residence, she watched them day and night. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. Over the years, Layla mothered and guarded at least 100 sparrows and thought of each of them as her own pups.
To our sorrow, Layla became very sick and went to heaven last December. _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ That day, the newly-arrived puppy rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening. _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________
二、原版品读
The Cycle of Life
Spring came late to my home this year. It usually begins in mid-March, but this year it did not come until May fourth. But then, I have a different way of measuring its arrival. Years ago while driving through New Mexico, my wife and I were taken by the local tradition of cow skulls as decoration. They are a ubiquitousartifact of the Southwest. We returned home with one of our own.
We hung it over the door to the garage as a simple decoration, but within a week, two ambitious sparrows had moved in and began to build a nest. The large eye sockets made a perfect picture window for them with a view of our entire back yard, and the roof overhang protected them from cats and squirrels. That was in early March, fifteen years ago, and ever since then we have measured the arrival of spring by when a new family of sparrows moves into the skull.
They are industrious little critters that build a new nest in a couple of days. The male collects materials, and the female expertlyweaves them into a comfortable home. With a two-week gestation and another couple of weeks for birth and flight lessons, the family will be gone five or six weeks after starting construction.
Sparrows build a new nest every year and will not re-use an old one, so every year I carefully remove the old materials. Right from the first year, I noticed that the nest was composed mostly of dog hair from our Labrador, Layla. Labradors shed like a snowstorm, and their hair is soft and pliable, an ideal material for a bird’s nest. For fifteen years, our baby birds came into the world on a bed of our dog’s hair.
Layla would always station herself on the patio as the monitor and guardian of the sparrow families. At the slightest activity, she would charge into the house to alert us. The best times were watching the chicks being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. They would plummet like a rock, frantically flapping their little wings, and then at the last second pull up out of the crashdive to fly back home. That usually brought a dog dance of joy.
Only once do I recall a little fellow not pulling up in time and crashing hard. Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and sniffed it. When it did not move, she prodded it with her nose and turned to me as if to say, “Do something!”I have rarely felt so helpless, but at the same time, I felt immensely proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature.
The birds became an important part of Layla’s life, and some inner clock always alerted her to their annual return. When they were in residence, she watched them day and night. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, making sure everyone was gone while taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. Over the years, I estimate that Layla mothered and guarded at least 100 sparrows and thought of each of them as her own pups.
We lost Layla a few months back, and maybe that is why spring did not come in March. But we have a new puppy now who is trying to fill some very large paws. On May fourth, she rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening. Outside, she had taken up her station on the same spot where Layla had kept her vigil for so many years, and the three of us watched two sparrows build a new nest in the skull.
Witnessing new life being born in the remnants of an old one is a profoundly thought-provoking experience, especially when I realize that for fifteen years I have been gifted by the cycle of life playing out in my own back yard.
And since the new dog automatically took up the station of the last, I choose to believe it is not a coincidence. Since all dogs go to heaven, I am sure Layla sent this puppy to keep watch over her birds.
I. Words for understanding （加粗的单词为熟记单词，其它认识即可）：
单词 音标 词性释义 单词 音标 词性释义
skull [sk l] n颅骨;头(盖)骨; dive [da v] n.俯冲
ubiquitous [ju b kw t s] adj无处不在的; recall [r k l v.回忆起;回想起
artifact [ ɑ t f kt] n手工艺品 sniff [sn f] v.闻
measure [ me (r)] vt估量，判定 prod [pr d] v戳;
socket [ s k t] n(电源)插座;窝; empathy [ emp θi] n.移情;同情;共鸣;同感
industrious [ n d stri s] adj勤劳的 immensely [ mensli] adv极大地
critter [ kr t (r)] n.生物 residence [ rez d ns] n居住;住所
weave [wi v] vt编织 ritual [ r t u l] n仪式;礼节
gestation [d e ste n] n妊娠(期); bury [ beri] vt埋藏; 覆盖
remove [r mu v] vt.去除;去掉 scent [sent] n气味;香味
compose [k m p z] v组成;作曲 sense [sens] vt.感觉到; 意识到
shed [ ed] vt摆脱;使落下 estimate [est me t] vt估计;估算;
pliable [ pla bl] adj易弯曲的; mother [ m (r)] vt像母亲般地照顾
station [ ste n] vt.派驻;使驻扎 guard [ɡɑ d] vt.保卫;看守
patio [ p ti ] n露台，平台 rush [r ] v.冲; 迅速移动
guardian [ ɡɑ di n] n守护者 vigil [ v d l] n值夜
charge [t ɑ d ] vi向…方向冲去 remnant [ remn nt] n残余物
alert [ l :t] vt使警惕 profoundly [pr fa ndli] adv极大地;深刻地;
plummet [ pl m t] vi暴跌;速降 thought-provoking [ θ tpr v k ] adj发人深省的
frantically ['fr nt kl ] adv疯狂地; gift [ɡ ft] vt.白送;白给
flap [fl p] vt振(翅); automatically [ t m t kli] adv自动地；机械地
crash [kr ] n碰撞;相撞 coincidence [k ns d ns] n巧合
短语 释义 短语 释义
take up one's station 站岗 watch over 监督;照顾
III. Read to appreciate: Fill in the blanks according to Chinese translations
1. Layla慢慢地走向小麻雀，在它身上嗅了嗅。
Layla slowly walked over to the tiny bird and ______________ it.(Action)
2. 当小麻雀没有动弹的时候，Layla用鼻子在它身上戳了戳，转过头，好像在说，“做点事吧！”
When it did not move, she ___________ it with her nose and turned to me as if _____________________, “Do something!”(Action)
3. 小狗Layla总会把鼻子埋进麻雀的窝里，确保每只麻雀都离开了。同时，它会把每只麻雀的气味记下来，
确保它能让麻雀们安全和温暖。
She would bury her nose in it, _________ ________ everyone was gone _________ taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm. (Action)
4. 那通常会让小狗高兴得手舞足蹈。
That usually brought a dog _________ ______ _____________. (Emotion)
5. 我很少感到如此无助，但与此同时，我为我家狗狗感到极其自豪，因为它对另一个生命的同情。
I have rarely felt so ___________, but at the same time, I felt _____________ proud of my dog’s empathy for another living creature. (Emotion)
IV. Language in use
Application of the key words: Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese sentences
1. 我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
I continued to ___________ his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
2. 她灵巧地把花编成了一个花环。She deftly ___________ the flowers into a garland.
3. 这些人来清除后院的垃圾。The men came to__________ the rubbish ___________ the backyard.
4. 法律制度是由人组成的，而人是会犯错误的。
The legal system ________ ___________ _____________ people, and people make mistakes.
5. 他冲进我的房间,要求知道发生了什么事。
He came _____________ into my room and demanded to know what was going on.
6. 他想提醒人们小心该团体的活动。He wanted to ____________ people to the activities of the group.
7. 货车失控撞上了一辆公共汽车的尾部。
A truck went out of control and _____________ into the back of a bus.
8. 狗把骨头埋在花园里。The dog ____________ its bone in the garden.
9. 我猜他感觉到我有些紧张。I guess he ____________ that I was a little nervous.
10. 狗守护着主人的行李。The dog _________ ______________ its owner's luggage.
11. 这棵树估计至少有 700 年了。The tree ___________ ___________ to be at least 700 years old.
Imitation of the scenes：
The best times were watching the chicks being pushed out of the nest to fly for the first time. They would plummet like a rock, frantically flapping their little wings, and then at the last second pull up out of the crash dive to fly back home. That usually brought a dog dance of joy.
模仿：儿子蹒跚学步的样子
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__________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
2. And when they left each year, the removal of the old nest became a ritual for both of us. She would bury her nose in it, making sure everyone was gone while taking in their scent, sensing that a part of her had kept them safe and warm.
模仿：每天早上班主任进教室的场景
___________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
Key:
一、读后续写
To our sorrow, Layla became very sick and went to heaven last December. Gone with her was our happy hours in the back yard. Memories of working with Layle flashed in my mind when it was time to empty the nest. Tears welled up in my eyes when I reached for Layla’s soft hair. The days without Layla seemed like a year and I was longing for the arrival of spring more than ever. But both spring and the sparrows seemed to forget us until May fourth, a week after we had a new family member, a new puppy.
That day, the newly-arrived puppy rushed into the house to alert us that something was happening.Following her outside, we were touched by the sight. In the skull were two sparrows building a new nest with hair from our new puppy, and seated on the same spot where Layla had kept her routine vigil(守护) was our new puppy, who automatically took up the station. Seeing the cycle of life playing out again in my back yard after a long wait, I choose to believe it is not a coincidence. Layla went to heaven and sent this puppy to keep watch over her birds. Spring finally reached us! (180 words)
二、原作品读
II.1.sniffed 2.prodded 3.making sure,while 4. dance of joy 5.hopeless,immensely
III. 1.measure 2.wove 3.remove,from 4. is composed of 5.charging 6.alert 7.crashed 8.buried 9.sensed 10.is guarding 11. is estimated
IV.
1. The best times were watching my boy troddlingaround.He would waddle like a penguin, sticking out her two arms to keep his balance, and then at the next second seem to be falling onto the ground but regained his balance at last . That usually brought me dance of joy.
2 .And every morning, the morning study became a ritual for our headteacher. He would glance over the whole class, making sure everyone was there while stepping back and forth in the classroom, guaranteeing that everyone was absorbed in his/her study.