1、2021届高考英语读后续写深度解读（七）阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。The spot of red was what first caught Randy Heisss attention. He was hiking the remote expanse of land behind his ranch (大牧场) in Patagonia, Arizona, a town near the U.S.-Mexico border, and covered the grass was a balloonor at least the remains of one
2、. Heiss walked toward it with his dog, Feliz, thinking he should pick up the latex (乳胶) pieces and throw them away. Thats when he noticed the balloons string was attached to a piece of paper.“Dayami,” it read on one side, in a childs writing. A hand-drawn bow accompanied the word.Heiss turned the pa
3、per over quickly. It was a numbered list, all in Spanish. “My Spanish isnt very good, but I could see it was a Christmas list,” he said. Heiss was charmed. He thought that a child had tried to send Santa Claus a Christmas wish list by balloon, something he used to do himself when he was a kid. Nobod
4、y had ever returned the letters Heiss had sent into the air, but he wondered whether he couldnt find the child who had sent this one.It would be difficult, but Heiss knew about 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales, Mexico, with a population of about a quarter mi
5、llion. “Based on the prevailing wind (盛行风), I was pretty sure thats where it came from,” he said.Heiss brought the note home to his wife, who is fluent in Spanish and helped him translate the list. They determined that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, clothes, and art supp
6、lies among other things.Heiss then posted about his request on the Internet, attaching photos, hoping some of his friends in Nogales might know the girls family.A few days passed with no leads; Heiss worried that time was running out before Christmas. Therefore, he decided to send a private message
7、to Radio XENY, an AM radio station based in Nogales if they could help.续写要求： 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2. 至少使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph1:To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right away. Paragraph2:They bought just about everything on
8、 Dayamis list. 【思路点拨】1. 文本细解读，确定续写结局本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Heiss在徒步旅行途中发现了附在气球上的“圣诞礼物清单”，后来在懂西班牙语的妻子的帮助下，他们希望通过网络寻找这位用气球送愿望清单的女孩Dayami，并决定帮她实现梦想。但是在数天没有结果后，他们决定在圣诞节之前通过当地的无线广播寻找她。续写部分应为故事的结局，即Heiss夫妇是否找到Dayami且帮助她实现圣诞梦想。根据文章内容可知，Heiss夫妇热情、富有爱心，明确了Dayami的所在之地且通过各种方式找寻Dayami，因此续写结局可设置为他们找到了Dayami一家并送了圣诞节礼物给她。2.
9、段首句解读，确定续写方向续写第一段首句写道“让他惊讶的是，很快就有人从电台给他打电话了”；第二段首句写道“他们买了Dayami的清单上的全部礼物”。由此可知第一段内容应着重描写他们得到了电台的帮助。他们通过电台扩散寻找Dayami的消息，最终找到了Dayami；这与第二段段首“他们买了Dayami的清单上的全部礼物”形成巧妙衔接。续写第二段内容应着重描写他们前往电台办公室见Dayami，以及一些简单的交流。3. 划线词解读，规划续写细节1）分类划线词人物Heiss, Dayami, wife环境Radio XENY, family事物ballon, Christmas list, note,
10、Internet动作find2）构思具体情节 第一段具体情节：Heiss的妻子（wife）帮助他跟电台（Radio XENY）解释这一切最终电台方同意帮助他们寻找（find）小女孩（Dayami）第二天早上，电台就给他们回复说找到小女孩一家（family）了Heiss希望能和小女孩一家见个面；第二段具体情节：Heiss夫妇买了要送给Dayami的礼物他们开车去了电台，终于见到了Dayami一家人寒暄中了解到了挂着愿望清单的气球的故事。【范文欣赏】Paragraph1:To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right
11、away. Heisss wife helped explain the situation to Radio XENY host, who talked on the air about the quest to find Dayami and posted it on the stations website. The next morning, Heiss awoke to another message from Radio XENY: They had located Dayami, an eight-year-old girl, and her family, who indeed
12、 lived in Nogales. Would they be willing to arrange a get-together at the radio station?Paragraph2:They bought just about everything on Dayamis list. They also bought a few other toys for good measure. Then the Heisses drove for 45 minutes, crossing the border into Nogales. They arrived at the Radio
13、 XENY offices with presents and finally met her. Her parents explained to the Heisses that Dayami had been writing a letter containing her Christmas list to Santa and sending it by balloon for years, but this was the first time anyone had found the note. “It was a beautiful, beautiful experience,” H
14、eiss said. He paused. “Quite healing for us,” he added.亮点积累1. 词汇locate v. 找到；get-together 聚会；contain v. 包含，包括2. 短语on the air 在广播中；be willing to 愿意做某事；for good measure 另外，附加3. 提分句式Her parents explained to the Heisses that Dayami had been writing a letter containing her Christmas list to Santa and sen
15、ding it by balloon for years, but this was the first time anyone had found the note.分析 该句使用了explain to sb. that.的宾语从句结构，意为“对某人解释说某事”。宾语从句中，containing为现在分词，作letter的后置定语；but连接了两个分句，后一分句套用句型“it was the first time (that) sb. had done sth.”结构，意为“这是某人第一次做某事”。译文 她的爸妈向Heiss一家解释了这个奇妙的故事：Dayami近几年来每年都写一封包含她圣诞
16、愿望清单的信并通过气球将它们送出去，但这是第一次有人发现了这封信。课后练习 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。It was 11 p.m. The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping. Lubeck quickly walked down the stairs barefoot to investigate; he opened the door to the basement, an
17、d flames exploded out.Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom, but the phone didnt work. And when he tried to go down the exterior stairway, he was stopped by a wall of flames. “I started panicking,” he says.Lubeck realized he was trapped. His daughter and young granddaughters, who li
18、ved with him, were away for the night. His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines (松树) that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless.“I could hear the fire moving through the houseboom, crash, bang, boomand you know its coming for you,” Lubeck says. “The thing tha
19、t got me was to die alone. Not to say goodbye to someone.”Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubecks closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife. Wentworth had been lying down listening to crickets chirping (蟋蟀鸣叫) when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector.
20、 He jumped out of bed, grabbed a phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise. Thats when he saw the roiling mountain of black smoke.He dialed (拨号) 911, then called out, “Is anyone there?” as he approached the house. Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house.Then he hear
21、d, “Help me! Im trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubecks bedroom. On the phone, the 911 official warned Wentworth not to enter the house. “But there was no way I was going to listen to Don scream and die in that fire,” he says. “I told him, Im sorry, but Im going in.”Inside the house, windows b
22、roke into pieces all around him. “I was yelling, Don, where are you? Then I had to run outside to catch my breath.”续写要求：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 至少使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。Paragraph 1:The wind parted the black smoke just enough for him to glimpse Lubeck on t
23、he second-floor balcony. Paragraph 2:Lubeck choked up when he told his daughter the story. 【范文欣赏】Paragraph 1:The wind parted the black smoke just enough for him to glimpse Lubeck on the second-floor balcony. But there was no way to get to him. “I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old s
24、hed and noticed a ladder,” says Wentworth. He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed. As soon as the rescuers arrived, they sent Lubeck to the nearest hospital because he had difficulty breathing. They put out the fire, but the two-story
25、 house had been burned down. Upon hearing the news, the olds daughter hurried to the hospital. Paragraph 2:Lubeck choked up when he told his daughter the story. “I was alone,” he said. “Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Jeremie.” Within the year, Lubeck and his family built a new two-story wood house at the site of the fire. Wentworth and Lubeck dont run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help, Wentworth will be there.
