The real pearl necklace

河南郑州十一中 谷战峰

家境贫困的8岁小女孩珍妮在杂货店看到了一条美丽的塑料珍珠项链， 在她的请求下，妈妈给她买下了那条项链。 可是，她的爸爸却向她索要那条新买的项链……

难词探意

1.grocery /'ɡrəʊsəri/ n.杂货店

2.twist /twɪst/ v.使弯曲；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）被彻底地击败了

her heart sinks a little 她的心沉了一下

feel a burst of joy 感到一阵狂喜

2.expressions for describing behaviour

gather up her courage 鼓起勇气

agree immediately 立刻答应下来

work on her housework determinedly and earnestly every day 每天坚定而认真地做家务

say...delightedly 高兴地说

brush her cheek with a kiss, gently and calmly 轻轻地吻她的脸颊，温柔而平静

murmur softly 喃喃地说

try to escape from her father's eyes 尽量回避她父亲的眼神

beg 请求；乞求

3.expressions for describing expressions

smile broadly and sweetly 笑得又灿烂又甜蜜

with a broad smile on her face 脸上露出灿烂的微笑

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Reading Check

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；

3.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1：

Paragraph 2：

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

写作导引

一、析语篇，理要素

在做小说的读后续写时，首先要明确小说的三个基本要素，即环境、人物和情节。 人物是小说的核心，情节是小说的骨架，环境是小说的背景。 小说中的人物多为典型人物，可以通过人物的外貌、动作、语言、心理、神态进行描写，这些描写也是分析小说人物形象的重要切口。 小说中的环境指人物活动的环境和事情发生的背景，分为自然环境和社会环境。 自然环境描写是指对人物活动的时间、地点、季节、气候及花草鸟虫的描写；社会环境描写是指对人物活动的具体背景、处所、氛围以及人际关系等的描写。 而故事情节包括开始、发展、高潮和结局等。 小说的开端交代背景，铺垫下文；小说的发展刻画人物，反映性格；小说的高潮表现冲突，揭示主题；而小说的结局深化主题，留下思考。

本文是一篇小说阅读，文章分析如下：

二、创情节，巧构思

在创设小说的情节时要注意以下几个问题：

1.情节要具有合理性，符合小说人物的形象；

2.情节要具有冲击性，既在情理之中，又在意料之外；

3.情节要具有连贯性，故事情节合理地发展和延续；

4.情节要具有目标性，将续写的情节聚焦在如何解决矛盾冲突上；

5.情节要具有积极性，传递正确的价值观和正能量。

本次小说的读后续写，要始终把握“Love”这个主题，围绕“珍妮拒绝爸爸的要求”这一冲突构建情节，凸显爱的传递。 在此背景下写作时，我们如果能积极联想，情节的形成也就水到渠成了。