Unit 23 What Happened to My Son
根據下圖內容寫一篇100字左右的短文。提示詞：父親、兒子、長個子、釘子。
「範文」
In autumn father took his son to a small tree. He measured① his son and knocked in a nail② as a mark③. He hoped that the boy could grow taller next year. In winter it snowed very hard, however, the nail was still in the trunk④ of the tree all the time. Spring came and the small tree grew stronger. Father brought his son to the tree again. He was eager⑤ to see how much the boy had grown since last year. To his surprise⑥, he found that his son was shorter than the mark . He wondered, 「What happened to my son?」
「注釋：」
①measure: 測量，量
②nail: 釘子
③knock in a nail as a mark: 釘了一顆釘子作記號
④trunk:樹榦
⑤eager: 急切的
⑥to one』s (great) surprise:使…（非常）吃驚的是
「點評：」
這是一篇根據圖畫內容展開的記敘文。這組圖共四幅圖畫，好似連環畫一樣。這種題型在歷年的高考中多次出現，如1992年、1993年、1997年、1998年和2000年連續五次的高考書面表達。這類作文往往都是按時間順序排列的連環圖畫，或講述故事，或敘述事件。
本篇作文緊扣畫題，並從每幅圖畫的全貌、背景、人物、細節等方面去分析，很好地把握了四幅圖畫所提供的信息以及它們之間的內在聯繫，按照畫面內容、以時間為線索（in autumn, in winter, spring），根據提示詞父親、兒子、長個子、釘子，對整件事進行了生動的記敘。整篇文章結構緊湊、行文流暢，過渡自然，took, knocked, brought … again, wonder等詞的使用使語言更加生動、有趣。資料來源：英語作文高分必背叢書：高考/李華田主編，武漢大學出版社，2005
