The power of a flower鮮花的力量

廣東 陳麗芳

母親節這天，特尼森和爸爸來到商店購物，發現了一位摔倒受傷的老婦人，特尼森堅持要給老婦人買花。收到花的老婦人會怎樣呢？

It was Mother's Day morning last year.With the purpose of buying a gift for my wife,I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.After picking up a box of chocolates,Tenyson and I were going home with satisfaction.As we were leaving,we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete.Her husband was with her,but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.

Walking towards the scene,Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.He said to me,“Dad,it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”

At the front of the supermarket,a charity(慈善)group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds.Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower.

“It will make her feel better,” he said.I was amazed that he'd come up with such a sweet idea.So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up.“Just take it,” she replied.“I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”

By now paramedics（護理人員）had arrived,and were attending to the injured woman.As we walked up to her,my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment.He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

After a few minutes of hesitation,I decided to set a good example to my son.Thus,I gave the flower to the woman's husband personally and told him,“My son was very upset about your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”

Reading Check

閱讀上面的短文，根據所給情節進行續寫，使之構成一個完整的故事。注意：

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。

寫作導引

Ⅰ.Sorting the elements

G e n r e 1.__________C h a r a c t e r s T e n y s o n,T e n y s o n's d a d,a c o u p l e,t h e f l o w e r s e l l e r W h e n&W h e r e O n 2.__________m o r n i n g l a s t y e a r A t a l o c a l 3.B a c k g r o u n d I t w a s M o t h e r's D a y.T e n y s o n a n d h i s f a t h e r w e r e 4._________ _a t t h e i r l o c a l s u p e r m a r k e t.P l o t s B e g i n n i n g A n e l d e r l y w o m a n h a d 5.__________a t t h e e n t r a n c e a n d h a d h i t h e r h e a d o n t h e c o n c r e t e.D e v e l o p m e n t T e n y s o n s u g g e s t e d b u y i n g t h e l a d y a f l o w e r t o 6. .C l i m a x 7.__________h a d a r r i v e d a n d w e r e a t t e n d i n g t o t h e i n j u r e d w o m a n.T e n y s o n's f a t h e r s t e p p e d f o r w a r d t o g i v e t h e f l o w e r t o t h e w o m a n's h u s b a n d.

Ⅱ.Analyzing the characters'personalities

C h a r a c t e r s C l u e s P e r s o n a l i t i e s/F e e l i n g s T e n y s o n 3._______b u t a l i t t l e 4._______W a l k i n g t o w a r d s t h e s c e n e,T e n y s o n b e c a m e v e r y 1._______a b o u t w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d t o t h e c o u p l e.H e s a i d h e w a s j u s t t o o 2._______t o g o u p t o h e r.T e n y s o n's d a d I w a s a m a z e d t h a t h e'd c o m e u p w i t h s u c h a s w e e t i d e a. n i c e,k i n d T h e i n j u r e d w o m a n T h e w o m a n w a s 5.______ _a n d c l e a r l y 6.______ _.T h e w o m a n's h u s b a n d H e r h u s b a n d w a s w i t h h e r. d e v o t e d,k i n d f e e l i n g u p s e t

Ⅲ.Exploring the theme

What is the text about?And what does the author want to tell us by telling this story?

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Ⅳ.Discovering language features

1.Analyzing language features

（1）with結構，使用較為靈活。

With the purpose of buying a gift for my wife,I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.(Para.1)

（2）現在分詞作伴隨狀語，與邏輯主語為主動關系，使用較為地道。

Walking towards the scene,Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.(Para.2)

（3）too+adj.+to do意為“太……而不能……”，讓表達更生動形象。

He said he was just too scared to go up to her.(Para.5)

2.Discovering useful chunks

be amazed that對……感到驚訝

come up with提出

go over to朝……走去

cheer sb up使某人開心

be too scared to do太害怕而不能

after a few minutes of hesitation稍有遲疑

V.Conceiving new plots

續寫步驟：

1.根據故事最后一段，“我”上前把花送給受傷老奶奶的丈夫的情節可以推測下文會描寫老爺爺收到花之后的心情和反應，推薦表達有moved to tears、feeling grateful、filled with gratitude。

2.從續寫第一段的段首句，我們可根據以下問題鏈推測：

（1）How did the old man feel?

（2）What would he do next?

（3）What would he say to the author?

3.從續寫第二段的段首句，我們可根據以下問題鏈推測：

（1）How did the injured woman feel?

（2）What would she do next?

（3）What would she say to Tenyson?