读后续写（Continuation writing）
读后续写。阅读下面的短文，根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Exercise 9
They met with each other at a party , she was so young and beautiful, while he was just an ordinary man. At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee with him, which was to her great surprise, however, out of politeness, she accepted his invitation.
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Sitting in a nice cafe and not knowing what to talk about, they both felt very embarrassed. When the waitress served them the coffee, he asked her to bring him some salt. Astonished by his strange action, her curiosity aroused, she asked, \"How come such a habit?\" He hesitated for a while before replying in a word-after-word way, “When I was a little kid, we lived by the seashore and I used to indulge myself in the sea. Every time there came the ocean wave, the sea water would found its way into my mouth, which was bitter and salty. I have been away from my family for a long time and I am missing it, and coffee with salt can remind me of the taste of the seawater and bring me closer to my hometown.\" All of a sudden, she was touched by the man. In her eyes, a man with homesickness must be a domestic man, who will surely love his family.
After that special night, they dated frequently. She gradually got to know that he was a nice man, being tolerant, attentive and considerate. Deep down, she felt lucky for accepting his first invitation out of politeness, otherwise, she would have missed such a remarkable man. They later dated with each other in almost all the cafes in the city, where she would always take the lead to tell the waiter to get him some salt.
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As all the fairy tales go, the princess and the prince get married and lead a happy life ever since. And the story would have ended with the husband passing away after 40 years of happy life, nothing special if it were not for the letter the husband left for her before his death. 注意：
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1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文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。
Paragraph 1:
My dearest, please forgive me for my cheating you all the time . Do you still remember our first date in the cafe ?
Paragraph 2:
She was shocked by the letter, with the feeling of being cheated.
一．试题详解
1. 核心内容
文本主要内容为：在一个派对上，一位长相普通的男孩结识了一位年轻漂亮的女孩。男孩邀请女孩一起喝杯咖啡，出于礼貌，女孩接受了邀请。在他们第一次约会时，男孩往咖啡里加了点盐，这引起了女孩的好奇。随后，男孩的解释使得女孩认为他是一个值得托付终身的好男人。从而，两人恋爱、结婚，度过了幸福的一生。而且每次喝咖啡时，女孩都记得为男孩加上一点盐。
2. 写作思路 1)
明确故事人物关系(characters) ：故事中主要人物为一位年轻漂亮的女孩和一位长相普通的男孩。 2)
理清故事主要事件(events)：一位长相普通的男孩爱上了一位年轻漂亮的女孩；在第一次约会时，他们不知道可以说些什么，气氛尴尬；男孩往咖啡里加了点盐，并解释这是对家乡的思念；女孩被男孩的品质所打动并爱上了男孩；每次喝咖啡的时候,女孩都会为男孩加一点盐；他们一起度过了幸福的一生；临死之前，丈夫给妻子留下了一封信。 3)
根据已知人物、事件及续写段落首句预测故事发展(development)：故事总体的发展可能是丈夫在信中告诉了妻子一些她不知道的秘密，使得妻子十分震惊。续写第一段：“亲爱的，请你原谅我一直在欺骗你。你还记得我们在咖啡馆里的第一次约会吗？”根据文本结尾处\"nothing special if it were not for the letter the husband left for her before his death\"以及该段第一句''please forgive me for my cheating you all the time”可知，信中的内容可能与他们完美幸福的生活形成一定反差。同时，他又提到了第一次约会的咖啡馆,可能他会说一些有关于第一次约会的事。或许他是因为紧张把如糖误说成了加盐。续写第二段：她十分震惊，感觉受到了欺骗。在这一段续写中，可能妻子会因为受到欺骗而抱怨；但根据文本中他们恩爱相伴40年来看，更可能的是妻子原谅了丈夫当初小小的欺骗。 4)
结合下划线词罗列写作要点(points)：第一段可以通过问以下问题来获取写作要点:What did he want to say in the letter? What happened in the cafe? What did he cheat her of? Why did he do so? Why didn't he tell his wife earlier?第二段可以通过问以下问题来获取写作要点：How did she feel? Would she forgive her husband? If so, why? If not, why not?
二、 参考范文
“My dearest, please forgive me for my cheating you all the time. Do you still remember our first date in the cafe? The atmosphere was embarrassed and I was feeling nervous. I meant to ask the waitress to bring me the sugary which came out to be the salt. But I had to go on with the mistake, which sparked your
curiosity. I had no other choice but to make up the story I told you, which made me drink coffee with salt for the rest of my life. You never know how bitter it is! I didn't dare to tell you the truth because I was afraid of you leaving me for that. Thanks for bringing me the happy life. If I had a second life, I would choose you to be my wife again.\"
She was shocked by the letter, with the feeling of being cheated. However, he would never know how strong her desire was to let him know that, she was just too happy to be cheated for her whole life by someone she loved so much.
三、 范文解析
范文围绕文章的内容进行了合情合理的拓展。文本结尾处铺垫了“nothing special if it were not for the letter the husband left for her before his death\"以及续写第一段第一句“please forgive me for my cheating you all the time\"可知，信中的内容可能与他们完美幸福的生活形成一定反差。同时，他又提到了第一次约会的咖啡馆，可能他会说一些有关于第一约会的事。因此，在第一段续写中，丈夫提到 了因为紧张错把加糖说成了加盐，这反而引起了妻子的好奇，使得他不得不继续圆谎。因为害怕失去妻子，丈夫一直不敢将告之妻子。内容吻合前文的铺垫，符合逻辑。续写第二段:她十分震惊,感觉受到了欺骗。在这一段续写中，妻子因为受到欺骗而进行抱怨；但他们恩爱相伴40年，所以妻子原谅了丈夫当初小小的欺骗。
四、 提炼归纳
1.合理拓展情节
在该题中，我们通过9个问题来拓展整理自己的写作思路，这9个问题以故事中的主人公为表达的主体:男主人公做了些什么？为什么这么做？女主人公感受如何？问题之间有一定的逻辑联系，符合故事发展的合理结局。
2.有效运用连接手段
范文用still体现了时间上的延续性；“so, because\"体现了事件之间的因果关系; “ but, however”体 现了故事的发展;若干非性定语从句表现了事件之间的因果关系。这些连接词的使用可以使文本 更加紧凑连贯。
