Auditions in my life

浙江 胡君祥

难词探意

1. audition /ɔː΄dɪʃn/ v. 试演

2. anthem /΄ænθəm/ n. 国歌

3. ketchup /΄ketʃəp/ n. 番茄酱

When I was a child, I liked acting very much. When I was in Grade 3 and found out there was a school for the arts in my city, I told my parents that I really wanted toaudition. Kids of my age only had to tell a joke and sing the nationalanthem.

“What joke will you tell?” my parents asked me. “I'll tell that story about theketchup,” I said.“When I was little, I watched a scary movie with Aunt Carole. She said, ‘Don't worry, nobody really got hurt. They just put ketchup on the actors to make it look like blood.’ After that, I said I wanted to be an actor because I loved ketchup. When the joke is over, I will eat it all up! ” They smiled instead of laughing. “Maybe you could tell other jokes,” my father suggested. He had lots to choose from, but I was sure my story was funnier.

My audition came around. Sitting in the hall waiting for my turn, I was quite nervous. When the judges called my name, my whole body turned to ice. I stood up and walked on the stage. Then I started right away with my story about Aunt Carole and acting. I got to the most interesting part about eating it all up...but nobody laughed. Nobody laughed! “I'm sorry,” I said to the judges. That was terrible. “I can do much better. Really I can.”

Besides, during the audition, I didn't sing very well that day. Then I said sorry again and again,until one of the judges said, “Never say sorry at an audition. Nobody cares if you can't do well.” Of course, I didn't get in in the end, and I felt awkward. After that, I decided never to audition again. I just took part in school plays when there were no auditions.

Language

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Difficult sentence

Sitting in the hall waiting for my turn, I was quite nervous. 当坐在大厅里等候试演时，我感到非常紧张。

分析：该句中sitting和waiting作伴随状语，它与谓语动词所表示的动作或状态是同时发生的。

Reading

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阅读上面的短文，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:

In a flash, I went to high school.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

A few days later, to my surprise, I received an acceptance letter from the art school.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

写作导引

一、分析语篇，理清要素

要想续写内容与所给短文之间逻辑连贯、衔接紧密，就必须充分理解所给材料的大意，掌握作者想要表达的意思。 本文是一篇记叙文，文章分析如下：

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二、阅读续写开头语，展开合理想象

基于文本和续写段落首句提供的信息，采用围绕中心提出相关问题的方法，构思要续写的故事情节，一般分为四步：

第一步，根据已给出的文本判断文章的立意。

根据文章的标题“生命中的试演”以及所给出的文本可推断出本文的立意应是当我们在向评委展示自己的才艺时，即使表现不佳也不要有思想负担。

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。

根据第二段的段首句“几天后，让我吃惊的是，我收到了艺术学校的录取通知书”可知，续写第一段要写“我再次参加试演的过程”，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）Did the author audition for the art school in high school?

（2）Why did the author decide to audition for the art school again?

（3）How did the author finish the audition?

第四步，围绕续写第二段所给出的段首句进行提问构思：

（1）How did the author perform in the art school?

（2）What did the author learn from auditions?

三、润色成篇

在续写的过程中要注意情节连贯、各部分内容相衔接，即：1. 两段的续写与所给短文的衔接；2. 每段的续写与续写段首句之间的衔接；3. 续写的两段之间的衔接。 同时要注意语言风格的一致和语法、句型以及所用词语的准确性。 比如，刻画人物形象时运用恰当的形容词使其栩栩如生；描写人物心理活动时使用一些动词或副词使其细微深入。