Smiles can really be contagious微笑会传染

2022-06-08谯丽

疯狂英语·爱英语 2022年6期

谯丽

珍妮特的好朋友埃米对要经过性格古怪的道森先生的家门口感到畏惧，想绕道而行。珍妮特会怎么做呢？看见珍妮特，道森先生又会做出什么举动呢？

In a town lived an old man named Mr Dawson. In his garden， there was a big apple tree which bore many attractive fruits every autumn. People in the town all knew that Daw-son was a bad?tempered guy， so even kids knew that they could not go into his yard to pick a delicious apple， even on the ground， because old Dawson， they said， would chase you and might harm you. Everyone in the town tried not to talk with him and kept away from him ex-cept Janet who always smiled at Mr Dawson every time she walked by his house.

Janet was a 10?year?old girl. People in this town loved this lovely girl because she al-ways wore a smile on her face and greeted everyone she met in the town. She said her grandma once told her that if she pretended everyone was smiling an invisible smile at her and smiled back at them， sooner or later they would really smile， because smiles were con-tagious.

One Friday， Janet invited her friend Amy to stay all night with her. They looked for-ward to this wonderful night. They had lots of interesting plans， including listening to their favorite music and playing games together. Both of them were excited about the night. But Amy didn't know that they had to walk by Dawson's house on the way to Janet's house until they got close to Mr Dawson's house. Seeing Dawson sitting on his front porch， Amy was frightened and suggested they should cross over to the other side of the street. Like most of the children， she was scared of the old man because of the stories she'd heard about him. But Janet said， “Don't be worried. Mr Dawson wouldn't hurt anyone.” Still， Amy was grow-ing more nervous with each step closer to the old man's house. When they got close enough， Dawson looked up with his usual frown.

LanguageStudy

Useful sentence patterns

1. Everyone in the town tried not to talk with him and kept away from him except Ja-net who always smiled at Mr Dawson every time she walked by his house.

分析：every time引導时间状语从句，意为“每当;每次”。整个句子意为“镇上的每一个人都尽量不和他交流并且躲着他，除了珍妮特，她每次经过道森先生家门口都会对他微笑”。相似用法的短语还有each time、the first time、any time、next time 等。

2. Amy was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man's house.

分析：此句含“with+宾语+宾补”的复合结构。其中，宾补可以是形容词、副词、名词、介词短语、V?ing、V?ed和不定式。

ReadingCheck

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。

Paragraph 1：F52F5D34-CD2F-44AA-A7F7-3E65E61102D6

But when he saw it was Janet， a broad smile changed his entire face.

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Paragraph 2：

With the delicious apple in her hand， Amy asked Janet， “Why was he so nice to you？”

写作导引

一、語篇研读

二、情节构思

基于原文和续写段落首句提供的信息，采用围绕中心提问的方法，构思要续写的故事情节，这一过程一般分为四步。

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小镇上的人都不喜欢脾气古怪的道森先生，除了珍妮特。结合文章内容可知，珍妮特是一个可爱、善良的小姑娘。她的祖母教育她微笑是可以互相影响的，所以她一直笑对每一个人，由此可推断出本文的立意是“微笑的力量”。

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包括什么内容。

分析续写第二段的段首句可知，埃米手里拿着苹果，问珍妮特为什么大家都害怕的道森先生对她这么和善。由此可知，续写第一段要写道森先生和珍妮特进行了友好的问候与交谈，并给了这两个小女孩他自己院子里种出来的苹果这样的情节，这样才能确保续写的两段是相衔接的。

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）Seeing Janet， what did Mr Dawson say and do？