不敢说再见

陕西宝鸡市姜谭高级中学 吕 品

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难词探意

1.precious/'preʃəs/adj.宝贵的；珍贵的

2.hoarse/hɔːs/adj.嘶哑的

When I was ten,I was suddenly faced with the suffering of moving from the home that I loved.My life spent in that big old house with laughter and tears of my family was precious for me.

When the final day came,I ran to the small backyard and sat alone with tears in my eyes.Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder.I looked up to see my grandfather. “I know it isn't easy for you，” he said softly,sitting down on the steps beside me.

“Grandpa,” I replied,“how can I say goodbye to you and all my friends?”

For a moment he just stared off into the apple trees.

“Goodbye is such a sad word,”he said.“It seems too cold for friends to use.We have so many ways of saying goodbye and they all have one thing in common.We all say it with sadness.Come with me，”he whispered.

We walked hand in hand to his favorite place in the front yard.There were lots of roses.My grandpa pulled me close and said,“It isn't the roses that are beautiful,Billy.It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.”

His eyes met mine again.“Billy,I had planted these roses before your mother came to the world.I put them into the soil the day my first son was born.It was my way of showing gratitude for life.That boy's name was David.I used to watch him pick roses for his mother.”

I saw my grandfather's tears.I had never seen him cry before.His voice became hoarse.

Language Study

Useful expressions for creating a novel

1.expressions for describing emotions

with laughter and tears 充满欢笑和泪水

too cold for friends to use 对朋友使用来说太冷漠了

with sadness 带着悲伤

become hoarse 变得嘶哑

2.expressions for describing behaviour

run to the small backyard 跑到小小的后院

sit alone 独自坐着

feel a hand on my shoulder 感觉有只手放在我的肩膀上

look up to see 抬头看

walk hand in hand 手拉着手走

3.other useful expressions

say softly 轻声说

show gratitude to sb for sth 因某事对某人表示感谢

Reading Check

阅读上面的短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。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：

“One day a terrible war came,and my son,like so many sons,said goodbye to fight a great evil.___________________________________

Paragraph 2：

A year and a half later,my grandfather became seriously ill._______________________.

写作导引

一、析语篇，理要素

在续写这篇文章时要注意以下几个方面，具体请看下面的审题分析。

在续写时，要注意通过“我的爷爷”的外貌、动作、语言、心理、神态进行描写，这些描写也是分析记叙文中人物形象的重要切口。

二、创情节，巧构思

由于第一段提到了“一场可怕的战争来临了”，显然在战争中所发生的事情，就成为故事的关键所在。第二段提到了“一年半后，我祖父病重”，这提示同学们在续写时要将情节和“say goodbye”联系起来。

在写本篇短文的读后续写时，同学们要始终把握“爷爷对生活的热爱”这一主题，围绕“爷爷身边所发生的事情”构建情节，凸显爱的传递。