The tiger rescued me from the snake

浙江杭州市富阳区新登中学 胡君祥

难词探意

1.tremendous/trə΄mendəs/adj.巨大的；极大的

2.lick/lık/v.舔

3.signify/΄sıɡnıfaı/v.预示

4.growl/ɡraʊl/v.低声吼叫

My uncle was a forest officer and this time he brought me there.His house was in the forest.When we arrived,Eric saw us and came rushing to open the garden gate.He was an elderly man who did my uncle's cooking and other household work.

“How are you?” I called out.“I'm all right,”he said,“but Papal isn't.”

My uncle,who walked ahead of us,stopped and asked,“Why Eric,what is wrong with our friend?”

“From the day you went,she has not been eating properly,” answered Eric.My uncle looked worried.

“Who is Papal?” I asked Eric. “Why!Don't you know?Here she is.”

I turned round.My heart skipped a beat.There was Papal,a Royal Bengal tiger,giving my uncle a tremendous welcome by licking his face.Then she caught sight of me and came forward.I stood still while she sniffed me all over.But when she tried to lick my face,I always refused.Later I was told that Papal's mother was killed when she was only ten days old.I felt sorry for her.

Soon my uncle left for work.I wondered how to pass my time.There was a small pond behind the house and I liked to sit beside it.I got up.Immediately Papal moved her tail to signify she had seen me move.I could no longer bear the feeling of being constantly watched by two silent eyes.I walked off angrily and sat beside the pond.“WOOSH!!!” I heard a splashing sound.I looked up.Papal had dived into the water and was swimming in the pond.Soon she came out of the pond and sat breathing in front of me.Then Papal growled.

After a while,Papal growled again—this time there was something urgent in her growl.I could not help turning back and looking at her.She was staring at something in front of me.I looked in the same direction and broke into a cold sweat! There was a snake less than six feet away!

Language

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When we arrived,Eric saw us and came rushing to open the garden gate.

翻译：当我们到达时，埃里克看到了我们，冲过来去打开花园的大门。

分析：When引导的是时间状语从句，rushing为现在分词作伴随状语。

Reading

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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:

The snake was ready to attack me.____________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

Then I found myself hugging Papal._________________________________________________________________

写作导引

一、分析语篇，梳理基本要素

要想续写内容与所给材料内容连贯、衔接紧密，必须充分了解所给材料大意。仔细阅读所给材料，充分理解阅读材料的内容，掌握作者通过材料想要传达的意思。

本文是一篇记叙文，文章分析如下：

二、阅读续写开头语，展开合理想象

我们可以基于原文和续写段落首句提供的信息构思要续写的故事情节。这一构思分为四步：

第一步，根据已给出的文本判断文章的立意。

根据文章标题 “The tiger rescued me from the snake”可推断出本文的立意是“人与动物的友情”。

第二步，根据续写第二段所给出的段首句倒推续写第一段一定要写什么。

分析一下第二段所给出的段首句 “Then I found myself hugging Papal.”可知，续写第一段肯定要写Papal帮助作者从蛇口逃生。如此构思能确保续写的两段是能相衔接的。

第三步，围绕续写第一段所给出的段首句进行提问构思：

（1）What was the author's reaction when he saw the snake attacking him?

（2）How did the author escape from the snake?

（3）How did the tiger help the author escape?

第四步，围绕续写第二段所给出的段首句进行提问构思：

（1）When the author found himself hugging the tiger,what did the author and the tiger do respectively?

（2）What was the author's relationship with the tiger after that?

（3）What happened to the author and the tiger later?

三、润色成篇

在续写的过程中要注意衔接的问题，做到情节连贯，语言风格一致。从衔接的部位来分，衔接有三种：1.两段的续写与所给短文的衔接；2.每段的续写与续写段落首句之间的衔接；3.续写的两段之间的衔接。同时要注意语法、句型，以及所用词的准确性。比如，刻画人物形象时要选用恰当的动词使其栩栩如生；描写人物心理活动时要善于使用一些形容词或副词使其细微深入。