Question

【題目】閱讀下面材料，根據(jù)其內容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構成一篇完整的短文。續(xù)寫的詞數(shù)應為150左右。

There was a rich couple who was throwing a big New Year party at their house. So they went shopping at the market where everything was of high cost and fixed price. They wanted to maintain their level of standard so they didn’t mind paying for it. After purchasing all they needed, they called a porter to carry everything and drop it at their home. The porter who came was of an old age, and looked very unhealthy, and his clothes were torn, and he looked as if he wasn’t even able to meet his daily needs.

They asked the porter about the charges for delivering their goods to their home. The old porter quoted just $20, well below the market price. Yet, the couple argued and bargained with the porter and finally settled for $15. The porter was struggling to make even one time’s meal so he needed anything he could earn.

The couple was very happy thinking how well they bargained with the poor porter and paid him $15 in advance and left after giving the porter their address for delivery. They reached their home and one hour passed, and two hours passed, but the porter still didn’t deliver their stuff.

The wife started to get angry at her husband, “I always tell you not to trust such person, but you never listen to me. I am sure instead of delivering the goods to our home, he must have disappeared with everything. We must immediately go back to the market to inquire and then to the police station to file the complaint against him.”

They both left towards the market. On their way near the market, they saw another porter. They stopped him to inquire about the old porter and noticed that he was carrying their goods in his cart! The angry wife asked him, “Where is that old thief? This is our goods and he was supposed to deliver them. It seems you poor thieves are stealing our goods and going to sell them.”

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When the porter heard the angry wife asking.

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Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes,

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Answer 1

【答案】Paragraph 1:

When the porter heard the angry wife asking, he turned back. The porter replied, “Madam, please calm down. I’m not a thief. That poor old man was sick since last month. He couldn’t earn enough to even have a single meal of the day. Therefore, he fell down and handed me $15, saying, ‘I have taken an advance for this delivery, and you deliver the goods to the couple’s home.’ Madam, he was poor and hungry, but he was an honest man. I was just on the way to completing the old man’s last delivery to your home.”

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Upon hearing this, the husband had tears in his eyes, and the wife felt so ashamed that she had no courage to look her husband in the eyes. Suddenly she rushed to the market. Half an hour later, the wife came back with some food in her hand. She passed the food on to the porter, and said sorry to the porter, saying that she shouldn’t suspect them, and took them as thieves. At last, the porter took the goods to their house, and the rich couple changed their attitude to the man like the porter.

【解析】

本篇書面表達是讀后續(xù)寫。

通過閱讀所給文章可知，一對富人夫婦為了準備新年聚會去市場不惜高價買了許多物品，然后雇傭了一個搬運工把這些物品運回家。搬運工是一個年老體弱生活拮據(jù)的人，他要價$20低于市場價，而富人夫婦討價還價后只給$15。富人夫婦高興地回家等著老人把物品送來，卻遲遲不見老人的身影。妻子認為上了老人的當，一定老人把他們的物品賣掉了�；厝フ依先藭r卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的物品在另外一個搬運工的車上。

續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，第一段開頭是：當搬運工聽到生氣的妻子問題時……，所以應該寫他講述的實情，老人病了又吃不上飯，這次摔倒了，他把$15給了這個搬運工，請求他把物品送到富人家。第二段開頭是：丈夫聽了，眼里含著淚水，……。下文應該寫富人夫婦被老人感動，行動和態(tài)度都發(fā)生了改變。

最后還要注意所續(xù)寫短文的詞數(shù)應為150左右。按要求完成寫作任務。