查克的朋友

甘肅 馬 斐

友誼幫助我們更清醒地意識到我們是誰，我們為什么彼此需要。

主題語境：人與自然 篇幅：350詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1Can it be possible to make friends with something in nature? Too often, we may think about this question. In the movieCast Away, Tom Hanks plays a man named Chuck Noland. Chuck is always so busy that he has little time with his friends. He is a successful manager in a company that sends mail all over the world. One day, Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. Chuck survives the crash and lands on a deserted island.

2On the island,Chuck has to learn to survive all alone.He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult challenge is how to survive without friends.In order to survive,Chuck develops a friendship with an unusual friend—a volleyball he calls Wilson.

3Chuck learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realizes that he hasn't been a very good friend because he has always been thinking about himself. During his several years on the island, Chuck learns how to be a good friend to Wilson. Even though Wilson is just a volleyball, Chuck becomes fond of him. He talks to him and treats him as a friend. Chuck learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he should have cared more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson, he understands that friendship is about feelings and that we must give as much as we take.

4A volleyball is certainly an unusual friend.Most of our friends are human beings,but we also make friends with animals and even things.For example,many of us have pets,and we all have favorite objects,such as a lucky pen or a diary.The lesson we can learn from Chuck and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers.Friendship helps us understand who we are,why we need each other and what we can do for each other.

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The lesson we can learn from Chuck and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers.我們可以從查克和其他所有有著不同尋常朋友的人身上學到的一課就是，朋友即老師。

【點石成金】本句中，we can...unusual friends 是一個省略了that 的定語從句；who引導定語從句，先行詞為others；that friends are teachers是一個由that引導的表語從句。