内容正文:
Section Ⅵ Reading for Writing
[学语言]
第一、二段
1.文章第一、二段complain,disguised,placed,hid等词表达了国王对只会抱怨且总是期待别人来解决他们子民的问题的一番良苦用心。
2.第一、二段中使用了高级句式[1]whose people only complain and expect...为定语从句,将这个国家子民的那种抱怨、期待别人帮助的心情表达得淋漓尽致。
第三、四段
1.文章第三、四段crashed into,spilling,shouted,angrily,balancing,tripped over,limped away in tears等词语细致形象地描写了子民被石头绊倒的狼狈神态及为了绕过石头而小心翼翼的心情。
2.第三、四段中使用了以下高级句式[2]He crashed into the stone,spilling the milk everywhere,句中的spilling为动词ing形式作伴随状语;[3]After a while,a group of women came along,each balancing a pot of water on her head.句中的each balancing为独立主格结构在句中作状语。
第五至九段
1.文章第五至九段attempt,in despair,responsibility,tired,pushed,effort,succeeded等词语表达了国王的绝望和这个女孩搬石头的艰辛及国王教给子民的道理。
2.第五至九段中使用了以下高级句式[4]Just then,the king saw a young girl coming along.句中的 saw a young girl coming为“see+宾语+宾语补足语”结构;[5]Now the gold is yours,because you are the only person who has learnt the lesson I wanted to teach my people.句中的who has...为定语从句,I wanted to...为定语从句。the lesson一词道出了国王想教给子民的道理。
[教材原文]
THE STONE IN THE ROAD
Once upon a time there was a king who often thought,“Nothing good can come to a nation whose people only complain and expect others to solve their problems.”[1]One day,he had an idea.
Early one morning,the king disguised himself and went to a local village.He placed a large stone in the middle of the main street and hid gold coins under the stone.Then he hid behind a huge maple tree and watched.
The first person down the street was a milkman with his cart.He crashed into the stone,spilling the milk everywhere.[2]“What fool put this stone here?”he shouted.He picked himself up and angrily went away.
After a while,a group of women came along,each balancing a pot of water on her head.[3] One woman tripped over the stone and her water pot went crashing to the ground.She picked herself up and limped away in tears.Neither she nor her friends thought about moving the stone out of the road.
The king watched all day as many people complained about the stone,but he found nobody making an at