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精做02 写作之读后续写
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It was a Saturday last year,and my husband,David,and I were taking our dog,Joey,for his evening walk.We were on our way home,heading towards a bridge,when I heard a cry ahead.
As we approached,I saw a figure sitting down on the ground,uncomfortably close to the wall.It was a young man,clearly in distress,crying and shouting,his whole body shaking.I froze,suddenly aware of the gravity of the situation.The bridge ran over a high-speed train track and was a well-known suicide spot.A local family had lost their teenager in that exact place a few weeks earlier.
David and I exchanged glances.There was no one around.I knew I wouldn't be able to live with myself if his death was reported the next day and I'd done nothing.
I inched towards the young man and Joey instinctively glued to my side.I asked him if I could sit down,and then lowered myself on to the ground opposite him,while Joey sandwiched himself between us.I tried a few gentle questions:"What's your name? How old are you? What do you do?" His answers were simple."Tommy.23.Computer."
"Are you OK?"I asked."No,I'm not !"he shouted back.He muttered something about a betrayal,not knowing what to do.His emotions were swinging wildly-tears one moment and fierce anger the next.I was desperate to make a connection,asking him where he went to college and feigning(装作)delight as I told him my son had studied there,too.I even found myself recounting the story of Neil Layboum,who had talked a man down from Waterloo Bridge in London 10 years ago.
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I kept talking,trying to alter his mood.----------------
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When the train passed,I let out a sigh.----------------
【答案】I kept talking, trying to alter his mood. "You look very handsome. Your parents must be very nice, right?" His eyes warmed at the thought of something warm with his parents. Seeing this, I continued to say more, "Raising a child is both happy and difficult for parents. They love you forever, a