The power of a flower鲜花的力量

广东 陈丽芳

母亲节这天，特尼森和爸爸来到商店购物，发现了一位摔倒受伤的老妇人，特尼森坚持要给老妇人买花。收到花的老妇人会怎样呢？

It was Mother's Day morning last year.With the purpose of buying a gift for my wife,I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.After picking up a box of chocolates,Tenyson and I were going home with satisfaction.As we were leaving,we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete.Her husband was with her,but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.

Walking towards the scene,Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.He said to me,“Dad,it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”

At the front of the supermarket,a charity(慈善)group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds.Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower.

“It will make her feel better,” he said.I was amazed that he'd come up with such a sweet idea.So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up.“Just take it,” she replied.“I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”

By now paramedics（护理人员）had arrived,and were attending to the injured woman.As we walked up to her,my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment.He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

After a few minutes of hesitation,I decided to set a good example to my son.Thus,I gave the flower to the woman's husband personally and told him,“My son was very upset about your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”

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。

写作导引

Ⅰ.Sorting the elements

G e n r e 1.__________C h a r a c t e r s T e n y s o n,T e n y s o n's d a d,a c o u p l e,t h e f l o w e r s e l l e r W h e n&W h e r e O n 2.__________m o r n i n g l a s t y e a r A t a l o c a l 3.B a c k g r o u n d I t w a s M o t h e r's D a y.T e n y s o n a n d h i s f a t h e r w e r e 4._________ _a t t h e i r l o c a l s u p e r m a r k e t.P l o t s B e g i n n i n g A n e l d e r l y w o m a n h a d 5.__________a t t h e e n t r a n c e a n d h a d h i t h e r h e a d o n t h e c o n c r e t e.D e v e l o p m e n t T e n y s o n s u g g e s t e d b u y i n g t h e l a d y a f l o w e r t o 6. .C l i m a x 7.__________h a d a r r i v e d a n d w e r e a t t e n d i n g t o t h e i n j u r e d w o m a n.T e n y s o n's f a t h e r s t e p p e d f o r w a r d t o g i v e t h e f l o w e r t o t h e w o m a n's h u s b a n d.

Ⅱ.Analyzing the characters'personalities

C h a r a c t e r s C l u e s P e r s o n a l i t i e s/F e e l i n g s T e n y s o n 3._______b u t a l i t t l e 4._______W a l k i n g t o w a r d s t h e s c e n e,T e n y s o n b e c a m e v e r y 1._______a b o u t w h a t h a d h a p p e n e d t o t h e c o u p l e.H e s a i d h e w a s j u s t t o o 2._______t o g o u p t o h e r.T e n y s o n's d a d I w a s a m a z e d t h a t h e'd c o m e u p w i t h s u c h a s w e e t i d e a. n i c e,k i n d T h e i n j u r e d w o m a n T h e w o m a n w a s 5.______ _a n d c l e a r l y 6.______ _.T h e w o m a n's h u s b a n d H e r h u s b a n d w a s w i t h h e r. d e v o t e d,k i n d f e e l i n g u p s e t

Ⅲ.Exploring the theme

What is the text about?And what does the author want to tell us by telling this story?

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Ⅳ.Discovering language features

1.Analyzing language features

（1）with结构，使用较为灵活。

With the purpose of buying a gift for my wife,I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.(Para.1)

（2）现在分词作伴随状语，与逻辑主语为主动关系，使用较为地道。

Walking towards the scene,Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.(Para.2)

（3）too+adj.+to do意为“太……而不能……”，让表达更生动形象。

He said he was just too scared to go up to her.(Para.5)

2.Discovering useful chunks

be amazed that对……感到惊讶

come up with提出

go over to朝……走去

cheer sb up使某人开心

be too scared to do太害怕而不能

after a few minutes of hesitation稍有迟疑

V.Conceiving new plots

续写步骤：

1.根据故事最后一段，“我”上前把花送给受伤老奶奶的丈夫的情节可以推测下文会描写老爷爷收到花之后的心情和反应，推荐表达有moved to tears、feeling grateful、filled with gratitude。

2.从续写第一段的段首句，我们可根据以下问题链推测：

（1）How did the old man feel?

（2）What would he do next?

（3）What would he say to the author?

3.从续写第二段的段首句，我们可根据以下问题链推测：

（1）How did the injured woman feel?

（2）What would she do next?

（3）What would she say to Tenyson?