读后续写个人成长类 九岁男孩推销贺卡度过难忘的圣诞节 讲义-2024届高三英语二轮复习

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。 I faced a tight budget when I was nine. On November 1st, I used up most of the money I saved. With a small amount of pocket money left before Christmas I didn’t have enough to buy presents for the family. 我九岁的时候预算紧张。11月1日，我用完了大部分积蓄。圣诞节前我只剩下一点零花钱，没有足够的钱给家人买礼物。      I was seriously considering going to my dad and asking for an advance on the next year’s pocket money, so I could at least buy gifts for my family members. But then, one evening, I was sitting in my room reading advertisements in the back of a magazine. Several greeting-card companies were telling us how people could make money by selling their cards and stationery（文具）. Normally, I would have passed right over the ads, but this time my situation was so difficult that I felt I had nothing to lose. 我认真地考虑去找我爸爸，要求预付明年的零花钱，这样我至少可以给家人买礼物。但是，有一天晚上，我坐在房间里看杂志后面的广告。几家贺卡公司告诉我们，人们如何通过出售贺卡和文具来赚钱(文具）. 通常情况下，我会忽略广告，但这次我的处境太艰难了，我觉得我没有什么可失去的。 The ad that attracted me most was one by a well-known greeting-card company in my nation, whose products were of high quality. With my parents’ help, I contacted the company, although they preferred adults or older kids to advertise their products. After my sincere request, they agreed to give me, a nine-year-old boy, a chance. 最吸引我的是我国一家知名贺卡公司的广告，该公司的产品质量很高。在父母的帮助下，我联系了该公司，尽管他们更喜欢成年人或年龄较大的孩子为他们的产品做广告。在我真诚的请求下，他们同意给我这个九岁的男孩一个机会。 My sales materials arrived within the week. I had expected something small and neat, but the package looked like a dinosaur’s shoebox; it was close to three feet long and nearly a foot wide, full of stuff. There was a thick binder（活页夹）containing a complete selection of the cards and some writing paper, which I would be selling for around $3 per box. 我的销售资料一周内就到了。我本以为会有一些小巧整洁的东西，但包裹看起来像恐龙的鞋盒；它将近三英尺长，将近一英尺宽，里面装满了东西。有一个厚厚的活页夹(活页夹）里面有一整套卡片和一些信纸，我会以每盒3美元左右的价格出售。 Although my parents supported my try to make money by myself, they had little confidence in my success; after all, instead of an outgoing kid, I was somewhat shy. Ho