Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所給情節(jié)進(jìn)行續(xù)寫(xiě)，使之構(gòu)成一個(gè)完整的故事。續(xù)寫(xiě)詞數(shù)為150字左右。

The spot of red was what first caught Randy Heiss’s attention on December 16, 2018. He was hiking the remote land behind his farm in a small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, and there lying on the grass was a balloon. He walked toward it with his dog, thinking he should pick it up and throw it away.

That’s when he noticed the balloon’s string was attached to a piece of paper. “Dayami,” it read on one side, in a child’s writing. Heiss flipped the paper over. On the back he saw a numbered list, all in Spanish. His Spanish wasn’t very good, but he could see it was a Christmas list!

Heiss was charmed. He suspected that a child had tried to send Santa Claus a Christmas wish list by balloon, something he used to do himself when he was a kid. Nobody had ever returned the letters Heiss had sent, but he wondered whether he could find the girl who had sent this one.

It would be difficult, but Heiss had a few clues. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales, Mexico, with a population of about a quarter million. Based on the wind direction, he was almost sure that was where it came from. Heiss brought the note home to his wife, who is fluent in Spanish and helped him translate the list. They determined that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, doll clothes and art supplies.

Heiss then posted his search about finding Dayami on Facebook, attaching photos, hoping some of his friends in Nogales might know the girl’s family. A few days passed with no results; Heiss worried that time was running out before Christmas. On December 19, 2018, he decided to send a private Facebook message to Radio Xeny, an AM radio station based in Nogales. To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right away and promised him to post his search on the station’s Facebook page immediately.

Paragraph 1:

The next morning, Heiss awoke to a message from Radio Xeny.

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Paragraph 2:

Dayami’s eyes were wide open with wonder.

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Answer 1

【答案】Paragraph 1:

The next morning, Heiss awoke to a message from Radio Xeny. The staff had located Dayami, who indeed lived in Nogales and would be willing to arrange a get-together at the radio station. Heiss and his wife rushed to buy everything on Dayami’s list. Then they drove for 45 minutes, crossing the border into Nogales. They finally met the very excited girl.

Paragraph 2:

Dayami’s eyes were wide open with wonder. Like, ‘Oh my gosh, this really did work!’ It was a beautiful experience,” Heiss said. “Quite healing for us.” Heiss, 61, has lived in Bisbee, Arizona for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife lost their only child. They have no grandchildren. Now they split their time between Nogales and Bisbee. “Being around children at Christmastime has been absent in our lives,” Heiss said. “It’s been kind of a gaping hole in our Christmas experience.” He has since reflected on what a miracle it was that he spotted the balloon at all, let alone that he was able to locate Dayami and her family.

【解析】

這是一篇讀后續(xù)寫(xiě)作文。

通過(guò)閱讀所給文章可知，文章主要記敘了Randy Heiss撿到了女孩Dayami的心愿氣球，上面是一張用西班牙語(yǔ)寫(xiě)的圣誕節(jié)的禮物清單，最后歷經(jīng)了許多困難，Heiss最終找到了女孩，并幫她完成了氣球上的心愿。

續(xù)寫(xiě)部分分為兩段，第一段開(kāi)頭是：第二天早上，Heiss醒來(lái)時(shí)聽(tīng)到了來(lái)自Xeny電臺(tái)的消息。所以后文應(yīng)該是講述工作人員找到了Dayami，Heiss和妻子趕忙去買(mǎi)Dayami清單上的所有東西。然后他們開(kāi)了45分鐘的車(chē)，越過(guò)邊境進(jìn)入諾加利斯。他們終于見(jiàn)到了那個(gè)非常興奮的女孩。第二段開(kāi)頭是：Dayami驚奇地睜大了眼睛。本段應(yīng)該寫(xiě)Dayami收到這份驚喜的反應(yīng)，以及描述Heiss一家的情況，他和妻子失去了他們唯一的孩子。他們沒(méi)有孫子孫女。現(xiàn)在他們兩家人成為了朋友。

最后還要注意所續(xù)寫(xiě)短文的詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右。