The helper on the farm

山西祁县中学校 王 燕

题材故事 记叙文体裁 文章词数 建议用时约332 6分钟

难词探意

1.run /rʌn/ v.管理；经营

2.obvious /'ɒbviəs/ adj.明显的；显然的

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 归……所有

run the farm 经营农场

neither...nor...既不……也不……

stormy nights 暴风雨之夜

cause great losses 造成重大的损失

it is hard for sb to do sth 对某人来说做某事很难

it is obvious that...显而易见……

to one's joy/delight 令某人高兴的是

reduce the losses caused by the storm 减少暴风雨带来的损失

Reading Check

阅读以上材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

Paragraph 1:

Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.

Paragraph 2:

Tom thought he had hired the wrong man._

写作导引

本文为一篇记叙文。 在对故事类记叙文进行续写的时候，可以从以下几个步骤入手：

一、通读全文，把握记叙文要素

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、细读段落开头语，构思情节

根据续写第一段开头语“Tom thought Henry must still be sleeping.”，我们可以从以下几个问题入手，构思第一段续写的情节。

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?

根据续写第二段开头语“Tom thought he had hired the wrong man.”，我们可以从以下几个问题入手，构思第二段续写的情节。

1.Did Henry go to help Tom actually?

2.How do you know?

三、组织语言，进行续写

在续写过程中，应考虑到人物的心理、情感、语言和动作的细微描写。 以下是可能会使用到的相关表达：

anxious 焦虑的

calm 镇定的

knock at the door 敲门

be filled with anger 内心填满了愤怒

get up 起床

disappointment 失望

so...that...如此……以至于……

unexpected 意料之外的

relief 宽慰

it is/was...that...正是……