Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school , I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款臺(tái)), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas．

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car pulled up behind me．It was the couple. They said they would take me．We chatted and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card．I wrote them a thank-you note．Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．

Years later, I drove to a meeting in the morning．In late afternoon I found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership was right next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no payment, so later, I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever written him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said．

"Thank you" - two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．

[寫作內(nèi)容]

(1) 以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；

(2) 然后以120個(gè)詞就“向別人道謝的重要性”這個(gè)主題發(fā)表你的看法, 并包括如下要點(diǎn)：

a) 敘述你向別人道謝的一次真實(shí)或虛構(gòu)的經(jīng)歷；

b) 你是如何認(rèn)識(shí)到向別人道謝的重要性的；

c) 向別人道謝對(duì)你和對(duì)方都帶了什么影響。

[寫作要求] 可以使用實(shí)例或其它論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn), 也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

In this passage , the writer mainly tells us two of his experiences of being helped by strangers. After he wrote them thank-you notes, he realized that saying”thank you” to others meant so much.

I have a similar experience. Once when I was about to go home after school, it was raining so heavily that I had to wait for the rain to stop. But after half an hour it was still raining. Seeing this, the guard at the gate offered to lend me his umbrella. I accepted at once. Thanks to his help, I got home on time without getting wet. The next morning, when I returned the umbrella to the guard, I said thank you to him and left him a note expressing my gratitude sincerely . To my surprise , he said no one had ever written him to say thank you . What’s more , some students who borrowed umbrella from him never returned it “What you did really means a lot to me “said he.

From then on, I realized the importance of saying thank you I never forgot to show my appreciation to anyone who helped me.

In my opinion , saying thank you to others is not only easy but also meaningful to the person who says it and the receiver!

【解析】

試題分析：[寫作內(nèi)容](1) 以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；(2) 然后以120個(gè)詞就“向別人道謝的重要性”這個(gè)主題發(fā)表你的看法, 并包括如下要點(diǎn)：a) 敘述你向別人道謝的一次真實(shí)或虛構(gòu)的經(jīng)歷；b) 你是如何認(rèn)識(shí)到向別人道謝的重要性的；c) 向別人道謝對(duì)你和對(duì)方都帶了什么影響。[寫作要求] 可以使用實(shí)例或其它論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn), 也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子。要用通順的句子把所提示的點(diǎn)寫全，可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，寫作時(shí)要注意準(zhǔn)確運(yùn)用時(shí)態(tài)、語態(tài)、上下文意思連貫，符合邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)句意適當(dāng)使用并列連詞，同時(shí)也要合理運(yùn)用高級(jí)詞匯和高級(jí)句子為文章增色添彩。一定避免全部使用簡(jiǎn)單句。

【亮點(diǎn)說明】In this passage , the writer mainly tells us two of his experiences of being helped by strangers.句中使用了動(dòng)名詞的被動(dòng)式；After he wrote them thank-you notes, he realized that saying”thank you” to others meant so much.在此句中運(yùn)用了時(shí)間狀語從句和賓語從句；Once when I was about to go home after school, it was raining so heavily that I had to wait for the rain to stop. when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句和so--- that引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語從句巧妙地結(jié)合在一起；Seeing this, the guard at the gate offered to lend me his umbrella.句中運(yùn)用了現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語；From then on, I realized the importance of saying thank you I never forgot to show my appreciation to anyone who helped me.句中運(yùn)用了賓語從句和who引導(dǎo)的定語從句；In my opinion , saying thank you to others is not only easy but also meaningful to the person who says it and the receiver!動(dòng)名詞短語作主語并在句中使用了定語從句，這是文章的一大亮點(diǎn)。

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