The real pearl necklace

河南鄭州十一中 谷戰峰

家境貧困的8歲小女孩珍妮在雜貨店看到了一條美麗的塑料珍珠項鏈， 在她的請求下，媽媽給她買下了那條項鏈。 可是，她的爸爸卻向她索要那條新買的項鏈……

難詞探意

1.grocery /'ɡr??s?ri/ n.雜貨店

2.twist /tw?st/ v.使彎曲；使扭曲

Jenny was a pretty eight-year-old girl.She had been the pride of her parents before she lost her legs in an accident.

One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace, by which she was totally defeated.How eagerly she wanted it! But when she saw the price, her heart sank a little.She gathered up her courage and asked her mother if she would buy it for her.Her mother said, “Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money.I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should make up a list of housework that you can do to pay for the necklace.” Jenny agreed immediately, feeling a burst of joy.So her mother bought the pearl necklace for her.Jenny worked on her housework determinedly and earnestly every day.Soon Jenny paid off the pearls.

Jenny had a very loving daddy.When Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.One night when he finished the story, he said, “Jenny, do you love me?” “Oh, yes, Daddy, you know I love you,” the little girl said delightedly, with a broad smile on her face.“Well, then, give me your pearls.” Hearing that, Jenny froze there, an anxious expression twisting her face.“Oh! Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll.Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday.Okay?” “Oh no, darling, that's okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss, gently and calmly.“Good night, little one.”

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, “Do you love me?” “Oh yes,Daddy, you know I love you,” the little girl murmured softly, trying to escape from her father's eyes.“Well, then, give me your pearls.” “Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse.Do you remember her? She is my favorite.” The little girl begged.“No, that's okay,” her father said, smiling broadly and sweetly and brushing her cheek again with a kiss.“God bless you, little one.Sweet dreams.”

Language Study

Useful expressions for creating a novel

1.expressions for describing emotions

want...eagerly 非常想要得到……

be totally defeated （心理上）被徹底地擊敗了

her heart sinks a little 她的心沉了一下

feel a burst of joy 感到一陣狂喜

2.expressions for describing behaviour

gather up her courage 鼓起勇氣

agree immediately 立刻答應下來

work on her housework determinedly and earnestly every day 每天堅定而認真地做家務

say...delightedly 高興地說

brush her cheek with a kiss, gently and calmly 輕輕地吻她的臉頰，溫柔而平靜

murmur softly 喃喃地說

try to escape from her father's eyes 盡量回避她父親的眼神

beg 請求；乞求

3.expressions for describing expressions

smile broadly and sweetly 笑得又燦爛又甜蜜

with a broad smile on her face 臉上露出燦爛的微笑

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Reading Check

閱讀上面的短文，根據所給情節進行續寫，使之構成一個完整的故事。

注意：

1.所續寫短文的詞數應為150左右；

2.續寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好；

3.續寫完成后，請用下劃線標出你所使用的關鍵詞語。

Paragraph 1：

Paragraph 2：

Holding the plastic pearl his daughter offered, the father dragged out a blue box.______

寫作導引

一、析語篇，理要素

在做小說的讀后續寫時，首先要明確小說的三個基本要素，即環境、人物和情節。 人物是小說的核心，情節是小說的骨架，環境是小說的背景。 小說中的人物多為典型人物，可以通過人物的外貌、動作、語言、心理、神態進行描寫，這些描寫也是分析小說人物形象的重要切口。 小說中的環境指人物活動的環境和事情發生的背景，分為自然環境和社會環境。 自然環境描寫是指對人物活動的時間、地點、季節、氣候及花草鳥蟲的描寫；社會環境描寫是指對人物活動的具體背景、處所、氛圍以及人際關系等的描寫。 而故事情節包括開始、發展、高潮和結局等。 小說的開端交代背景，鋪墊下文；小說的發展刻畫人物，反映性格；小說的高潮表現沖突，揭示主題；而小說的結局深化主題，留下思考。

本文是一篇小說閱讀，文章分析如下：

二、創情節，巧構思

在創設小說的情節時要注意以下幾個問題：

1.情節要具有合理性，符合小說人物的形象；

2.情節要具有沖擊性，既在情理之中，又在意料之外；

3.情節要具有連貫性，故事情節合理地發展和延續；

4.情節要具有目標性，將續寫的情節聚焦在如何解決矛盾沖突上；

5.情節要具有積極性，傳遞正確的價值觀和正能量。

本次小說的讀后續寫，要始終把握“Love”這個主題，圍繞“珍妮拒絕爸爸的要求”這一沖突構建情節，凸顯愛的傳遞。 在此背景下寫作時，我們如果能積極聯想，情節的形成也就水到渠成了。