Children's wisdom

浙江 胡君祥

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難詞探意

1. embarrassed /?m?b?r?st/ adj. 尷尬的

2. stature /?st?t??(r)/ n. 身高；個子

“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

Study

Difficult words in sentences

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

譯文：也許艾比應該成為那個女孩的朋友，這樣她才能忍受她。

分析：本句中，bear意為“忍受”，同義表達還有stand、tolerate、put up with。

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

譯文：艾比，你應該用你認為正確的方式來處理這件事。

分析：本句中，handle意為“處理”，同義表達還有manage、dispose、deal with。

Reading

Check

閱讀上面短文，根據所給情節進行續寫，使之構成一個完整的故事。

續寫要求：

1. 所續寫短文的詞數應為150左右；

2. 續寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好。

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.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

寫作導引

一、分析語篇，理清要素

要想續寫內容與所給短文之間邏輯連貫、銜接緊密，必須充分理解所給材料的大意，掌握作者想要傳達的意思。 本文是一篇記敘文，文章分析如下：

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二、閱讀續寫開頭語，展開合理想象

基于原文和續寫段落首句提供的信息，采用圍繞中心提問的方法，構思要續寫的故事情節，一般分為三步：

第一步，根據已給出的文本判斷文章的立意。

已給出的文本主要記敘的是“作者從她的孩子們身上學到了不少東西”，由此可推斷出本文的立意應是“父母也應該向孩子學習”。

第二步，圍繞續寫第一段所給出的段首句及上面的分析進行提問構思：

（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，圍繞續寫第二段所給出的段首句進行提問構思：

（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、潤色成篇

在續寫的過程中要注意各部分內容相銜接，即：1. 續寫部分與所給短文的銜接；2. 各續寫段落與段首句之間的銜接；3. 續寫的兩段之間的銜接。

同時要注意語言風格的一致。 比如，刻畫人物形象時運用恰當的形容詞使其躍然紙上；描寫人物心理活動時使用一些動詞或副詞使細節更飽滿。