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读后续写:卖树荫
一、原文
One long-ago morning, the hot summer sun climbed to the top of the sky. By noon, flowers drooped(低垂). Birds stopped singing.
Lan, who walked to visit her grandmother on Sundays, grew hotter and hotter. As she passed an enormous house, she spotted a beautiful tree. Its branches spread wide, and their leaves created a shady space next to the road. Lan sat down in that shade to rest. How nice and cool, she thought. I still have a long walk ahead of me, but I can sit here for a while.
Lan was wrong. Less than a minute later, the door of the enormous house opened with a bang. A boy rushed out and shouted, “You can’t sit there! That’s my tree! Chen’s tree!” He wore silk trousers and carried a golden toy pony.
“Maybe it’s your tree, but you don’t own the shade beneath it,” replied Lan.
“Yes, I do,” declared Chen.“I own everything about that tree, even the birds! You’ll have to pay to sit there.”
“Pay you?” cried Lan. “Shade belongs to everyone.”
“Not my shade,” said Chen.
“If I buy your shade, may I stop here on Sundays this summer?” asked Lan.
“I suppose,” said Chen.
Lan reached into her twice-mended pocket and handed over her only coin. “That’s all the money I have.” she said.
“Fine!” said Chen. “But remember, you bought the shade. Nothing else!”
Every summer Sunday, Lan stopped to sit in Chen’s shade on the way to her grandmother’s. She often called to the birds in the tree. The birds would fly down and gather around her.
Alone in his toy-filled bedroom, Chen watched Lan talk and laugh with the birds. She’s telling stories, he thought. It looks fun. Should I charge her more money when she stays longer? Then he remembered she’d had only one coin in her pocket. However, when autumn arrived, Lan no longer walked to her grandmother’s.
Chen missed seeing her talking to the birds.
On the Sunday Lan appeared as expected.
二、分句练习
Para1:Chen missed seeing her talking to the birds.
①他独自一人在装满玩具的房间里消磨时间,听着兰悦耳的声音和鸟儿欢快的啁啾声在他耳边回荡。
He passed his time in his toy-filled