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续写练习:梦寐以求的圣诞礼物(教师版)
一、原文
That December, with Christmas approaching, my mother was out at work when I let myself into her bedroom one afternoon in search of a safety pin. I took the key hidden under the carpet, unlocked the door and stepped in. Standing against the wall was a big, black bicycle with balloon tires. I recognized it instantly. It was the same secondhand bike I'd been admiring in a Baltimore Street shop window. Somehow my mother must have scraped together enough for a down payment and meant to surprise me with the bicycle on Christmas morning.
I was deeply moved by the discovery and yet sickened by the knowledge that, bursting into her room like this, I had robbed her of the pleasure of seeing me astonished and delighted on Christmas day. I immediately backed out, put the key back in its hiding place, and thought over what to do.
I decided that between now and Christmas I must do absolutely nothing to reveal the slightest hint of my terrible knowledge. Nothing must deny her the happiness of seeing me completely amazed on Christmas day. I even started practicing my surprised face in front of the mirror, testing exclamations of delight: “Wow!” “A bike with balloon tires! I don't believe it!”
The day finally came when Christmas arrived. My mother woke me and my sister early in the morning. “Go see what Santa Claus brought to you.”
Para 1: Heartbeat racing, I came out of my bedroom.
Para 2: I was about to go into my room disappointedly with the shirt when my mom cried behind me, “Wait! There's something in my bedroom I forgot all about.”
1. a safety pin
安全别针
2. unlock the door
用钥匙开门
3. balloon tire
低压轮胎
4. instantly
=immediately 立即
5. admire
v.欣赏;钦佩
6. scrape together
东拼西凑
7. a down payment
首付款
8. be sickened by
对……感到厌恶
9. knowledge
n.知道,了解
10. rob sb of sth
抢夺某人某物
11. back out
退出
12. think over
仔细考虑
13. reveal the slightest hint of
透露出关于……的最轻微的暗示
14. deny sb sth
拒绝给某人某物
15. exclamation /ˌekskləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
n. 惊叫,感叹
二、审题思考
①“我