Love is action

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To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.When I was a child,my parents always told me a motto,which is “Love is action.” The motto influences me during my whole life.Now as parents,I want to pass it down to my children.Our children had watched both my wife and me do and say “Love is action.” for years,we hoped that they could gradually understand it.

One Sunday morning,we took our 10-year-old daughter,Susan and 6-year-old son,Robbie to the shopping center.As we got there,we saw a big sign that said,“Petting Zoo at the corner”.The kids jumped up happily and asked,“Daddy,Mom,can we go there?”Both my wife and I were just out of work.However,we thought it didn't take so much money.In order to meet their desire,we said,“Of course.” Then I gave them a quarter(25美分)each,leaving only fifty cents in my pocket.They went away hand in hand excitedly.Immediately,we told them that we would go to meet them at the gate of the petting zoo after shopping.

Actually,petting zoos are one of the most popular places for children.A petting zoo is made up of hundreds of little baby animals of all kinds.Kids pay their money and stay in the enclosure pleased with the little animals while their parents are shopping.

Unexpectedly,a few minutes later,as we were shopping,we saw Susan walking along behind us.We were so surprised and asked her what had happened.She responded with a little disappointment,“Well,a ticket to Petting Zoo costs fifty cents.So I decide to give Robbie my quarter,or both of us won't be allowed to go there.”And she murmured the family motto “Love is action.”

Language Study

Useful sentence patterns

1.Then I gave them a quarter each,leaving only fifty cents in my pocket.

【点石成金】leaving only fifty cents left in my pocket是结果状语，意为“留下了50美分在口袋里”。整个句子意为“我给了他们每人25美分，留下了50美分在口袋里”。

2.We were so surprised and asked her what had happened.

【点石成金】what had happened是宾语从句，意为“发生了什么”。

Reading Check

阅读上面的文章，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。

My wife and I looked at each other and smiled.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Susan stood with her hands and chin(下巴)resting on the fence and just watched Robbie playing.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

写作导引

一、语篇研读

要素Who原文情境I,my wife,Susan,Robbie续写情境 构思理由I,my wife,Susan,Robbie What My 10-year-old daughter,Susan and 6-year-old son,Robbie wanted to go to the petting zoo,so I gave them a quarter each.But actually,the money was not enough.As a result,my daughter gave her part to my son.When One Sunday morning We were very satisfied with my daughter's action, as my daughter had understood the motto“Love is action.” The motto was what we said and did for years which should be insisted on.So we went back to the petting zoo.I took out the only fifty cents left in my pocket and gave it to Susan.One Sunday morning What my daughter has done is satisfying.“Love isaction.”is the motto of our family.Where In the shopping center In the shopping center,beside the petting zoo Why In their education,we alwayspassed down the motto“Love is action.”to them.We should letourdaughter know what she had done was right and continue to pass down the motto in our family.

二、情节构思

基于原文和续写段落首句提供的信息，采用围绕中心提问相关问题的方法，构思要续写的故事情节，这个过程一般分为四步。

第一步，根据已给出的文本判断文章的立意。

文章给出的部分主要记叙的是“我和妻子想要传递父母给我们的观念——爱要付诸行动。一次去抚爱式动物园，在钱不够的情况下，女儿选择了让弟弟去玩”。结合文章第一段，在“我”小的时候，“我”的父母告诉“我”，爱要付诸行动，我们可推断出本文的立意是“爱”。

第二步，根据续写第二段所给出的段首句倒推续写第一段应该写什么内容。

分析第二段的段首句，我们可以推断出续写第一段的最后肯定要提到他们一起去了抚爱式动物园。

第三步，围绕续写第一段所给出的段首句以及上面的分析进行提问构思：

（1）How did Susan's parents react to Susan's behaviour?

（2）Why did Susan choose to give her money to Robbie?

（3）Where would Susan and her parents go and why?

第四步，围绕续写第二段所给出的段首句进行提问构思：

（1）What did Robbie say to Susan?

（2）What did Susan's parents do for Susan?

（3）What did Susan and Robbie learn from the experience?