Unit 23 What Happened to My Son
Write a short essay of about 100 words according to the content of the picture below. Prompt words: father, son, long man, nail.
“范文”
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?”
“Note:”
①measure: Measure, quantity
②nail: Nail
③knock in a nail as a mark: Knock in a nail as a mark
④trunk: trunk
⑤eager: eager
⑥to one's (great) surprise: what makes...(very) surprised
"Review:"
This is a narrative based on the content of the picture.There are four pictures in this group, which are like comic strips. This question type has appeared many times in the college entrance examinations over the years, such as the five consecutive written expressions in the college entrance examination in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998 and 2000. This type of composition is often a series of pictures arranged in chronological order, or tells a story, or narrates an event.
This composition is closely related to the topic of the painting, and analyzes the overall picture, background, characters, details and other aspects of each picture, and has a good grasp of the information provided by the four pictures and the internal connections between them, according to the content of the picture , Taking time as a clue (in autumn, in winter, spring), according to the prompt words father, son, long man, nail, gave a vivid narration of the whole thing. The whole article has a compact structure, smooth writing, and natural transition. The use of words like took, knocked, brought… again, wonder, etc. makes the language more vivid and interesting. Source: English composition must be memorized for high scores Series: College Entrance Examination/Editor-in-Chief Li Huatian, Wuhan University Press, 2005
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