Continuation Writing公开课课件 2023届重庆市英语高三英语第一次联合诊断检测(康德卷)

Continuation Writing: How to Complete a Story 2023届重庆市高三第一次联合诊断检测（康德卷） 1 Learning Objectives By the end of this class, I will be able to: 1. sort out（梳理） the key information in the given story using 5W1H 2. predict the story by asking some questions about the given 2 first sentences 3. continue the story with expressive(富有表现力的）language 2 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。Some years before, when we moved to town, Mother had decided to start a day nursery. She had no training, but that didn’t stand in her way. Through correspondence courses （函授课程）in child care, she qualified herself for the task. Soon she had a full enrollment （招生）and a waiting list. But neither the nursery nor the motel my parents bought later had1 provided enough income to send my sister and me to college. A few months after we had sold the motel, Mother arrived home with a used typewriter. From that day on, as soon as the table was cleared and the dishes were done, Mother would disappear into her sewing room to practice. The slow tap, tap, tap went on some nights until midnight. It was nearly Christmas when I heard Mother got a job at the radio station. I was not the least bit surprised, or impressed. But she was extremely happy. Monday, after her first day at work, I could see that the excitement was gone. Mother looked tired and upset. I responded by ignoring her. Sitting beside her on the couch, I began very slowly to understand. I could sense her pain and the tension of holding back the strong emotions that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I reached out and put my arms around her. She broke then. She put her face against my shoulder and sobbed. I understood for the first time her vulnerability （脆弱）. A week later Mother took a new job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station had offered. "It's a job I can do, "she said simply. But the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very different feeling now whe