The helper on the farm

山西祁縣中學(xué)校 王 燕

題材故事 記敘文體裁 文章詞數(shù) 建議用時(shí)約332 6分鐘

難詞探意

1.run /r?n/ v.管理；經(jīng)營

2.obvious /'?bvi?s/ adj.明顯的；顯然的

There is a farm not far from the coastline.It belongs to a man called Tom.Tom couldn't do everything by himself on the farm.Thus, he needed to hire one man to help him run the farm.However, no one worked on his farm for long.Why? Because the work was too tiring.Since the farm is near the sea, there are often storms from the sea that strike his farm.When a storm comes, Tom and the man he hired have to get up quickly and try to reduce the losses caused by the storm.Therefore, no one liked working there.Tom had to look for people to work for him all the time.

One day, a man called Henry read the poster that Tom had put up and then came to his farm.“Sir, I can work for you,” said Henry.Tom looked at Henry.This young man was neither strong nor tall.“Are you sure?” asked Tom.“Yes, sir.I can do the work well.But you must pay me twice what you paid others before,” said that young man.Tom was surprised.He didn't really believe such a man could do the work well.But it was really hard for him to find someone else to work for him.At last,he decided to give Henry a try.However, before hiring him, he said,“Can you really be a good helper? The work on the farm is hard and tiring.And there are often storms.”

Henry smiled and said, “Don't worry.I can be a good helper.You'll see.And storms won't be a problem.They won't even disturb our sleep.We can sleep very well even on stormy nights.” And then Henry stayed on the farm.To Tom's joy, Henry worked hard and did his work well.It was obvious that he hadn't lied.

However, one night, there was a big storm.Tom was woken up by the strong wind.He was worried that the storm would cause great losses for his farm.But he saw his helper nowhere.

Language Study

Useful expressions

belong to 歸……所有

run the farm 經(jīng)營農(nóng)場

neither...nor...既不……也不……

stormy nights 暴風(fēng)雨之夜

cause great losses 造成重大的損失

it is hard for sb to do sth 對(duì)某人來說做某事很難

it is obvious that...顯而易見……

to one's joy/delight 令某人高興的是

reduce the losses caused by the storm 減少暴風(fēng)雨帶來的損失

Reading Check

閱讀以上材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。 續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.

Paragraph 2:

Tom thought he had hired the wrong man._

寫作導(dǎo)引

本文為一篇記敘文。 在對(duì)故事類記敘文進(jìn)行續(xù)寫的時(shí)候，可以從以下幾個(gè)步驟入手：

一、通讀全文，把握記敘文要素

Characters: Tom and Henry

Background: ①The work on the farm was tiring and hard.

②Henry worked hard and did his work well on the farm after being hired.

Plot: When a storm was coming, Tom couldn't find his helper, Henry.

Ending: What would Tom do?

二、細(xì)讀段落開頭語，構(gòu)思情節(jié)

根據(jù)續(xù)寫第一段開頭語“Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.”，我們可以從以下幾個(gè)問題入手，構(gòu)思第一段續(xù)寫的情節(jié)。

1.Where would Tom go to look for Henry?

2.What would Tom say?

3.How would Henry react to Tom's calling for help?

根據(jù)續(xù)寫第二段開頭語“Tom thought he had hired the wrong man.”，我們可以從以下幾個(gè)問題入手，構(gòu)思第二段續(xù)寫的情節(jié)。

1.Did Henry go to help Tom actually?

2.How do you know?

三、組織語言，進(jìn)行續(xù)寫

在續(xù)寫過程中，應(yīng)考慮到人物的心理、情感、語言和動(dòng)作的細(xì)微描寫。 以下是可能會(huì)使用到的相關(guān)表達(dá)：

anxious 焦慮的

calm 鎮(zhèn)定的

knock at the door 敲門

be filled with anger 內(nèi)心填滿了憤怒

get up 起床

disappointment 失望

so...that...如此……以至于……

unexpected 意料之外的

relief 寬慰

it is/was...that...正是……