The helper on the farm

山西祁縣中學校 王 燕

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難詞探意

1.run /r?n/ v.管理；經營

2.obvious /'?bvi?s/ adj.明顯的；顯然的

There is a farm not far from the coastline.It belongs to a man called Tom.Tom couldn't do everything by himself on the farm.Thus, he needed to hire one man to help him run the farm.However, no one worked on his farm for long.Why? Because the work was too tiring.Since the farm is near the sea, there are often storms from the sea that strike his farm.When a storm comes, Tom and the man he hired have to get up quickly and try to reduce the losses caused by the storm.Therefore, no one liked working there.Tom had to look for people to work for him all the time.

One day, a man called Henry read the poster that Tom had put up and then came to his farm.“Sir, I can work for you,” said Henry.Tom looked at Henry.This young man was neither strong nor tall.“Are you sure?” asked Tom.“Yes, sir.I can do the work well.But you must pay me twice what you paid others before,” said that young man.Tom was surprised.He didn't really believe such a man could do the work well.But it was really hard for him to find someone else to work for him.At last,he decided to give Henry a try.However, before hiring him, he said,“Can you really be a good helper? The work on the farm is hard and tiring.And there are often storms.”

Henry smiled and said, “Don't worry.I can be a good helper.You'll see.And storms won't be a problem.They won't even disturb our sleep.We can sleep very well even on stormy nights.” And then Henry stayed on the farm.To Tom's joy, Henry worked hard and did his work well.It was obvious that he hadn't lied.

However, one night, there was a big storm.Tom was woken up by the strong wind.He was worried that the storm would cause great losses for his farm.But he saw his helper nowhere.

Language Study

Useful expressions

belong to 歸……所有

run the farm 經營農場

neither...nor...既不……也不……

stormy nights 暴風雨之夜

cause great losses 造成重大的損失

it is hard for sb to do sth 對某人來說做某事很難

it is obvious that...顯而易見……

to one's joy/delight 令某人高興的是

reduce the losses caused by the storm 減少暴風雨帶來的損失

Reading Check

閱讀以上材料，根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。 續寫的詞數應為150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.

Paragraph 2:

Tom thought he had hired the wrong man._

寫作導引

本文為一篇記敘文。 在對故事類記敘文進行續寫的時候，可以從以下幾個步驟入手：

一、通讀全文，把握記敘文要素

Characters: Tom and Henry

Background: ①The work on the farm was tiring and hard.

②Henry worked hard and did his work well on the farm after being hired.

Plot: When a storm was coming, Tom couldn't find his helper, Henry.

Ending: What would Tom do?

二、細讀段落開頭語，構思情節

根據續寫第一段開頭語“Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.”，我們可以從以下幾個問題入手，構思第一段續寫的情節。

1.Where would Tom go to look for Henry?

2.What would Tom say?

3.How would Henry react to Tom's calling for help?

根據續寫第二段開頭語“Tom thought he had hired the wrong man.”，我們可以從以下幾個問題入手，構思第二段續寫的情節。

1.Did Henry go to help Tom actually?

2.How do you know?

三、組織語言，進行續寫

在續寫過程中，應考慮到人物的心理、情感、語言和動作的細微描寫。 以下是可能會使用到的相關表達：

anxious 焦慮的

calm 鎮定的

knock at the door 敲門

be filled with anger 內心填滿了憤怒

get up 起床

disappointment 失望

so...that...如此……以至于……

unexpected 意料之外的

relief 寬慰

it is/was...that...正是……