Unit 23 What Happened to My Son
根据下图内容写一篇100字左右的短文。提示词：父亲、儿子、长个子、钉子。
“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?”
“注释：”
①measure: 测量，量
②nail: 钉子
③knock in a nail as a mark: 钉了一颗钉子作记号
④trunk:树干
⑤eager: 急切的
⑥to one’s (great) surprise:使…（非常）吃惊的是
“点评：”
这是一篇根据图画内容展开的记叙文。这组图共四幅图画，好似连环画一样。这种题型在历年的高考中多次出现，如1992年、1993年、1997年、1998年和2000年连续五次的高考书面表达。这类作文往往都是按时间顺序排列的连环图画，或讲述故事，或叙述事件。
本篇作文紧扣画题，并从每幅图画的全貌、背景、人物、细节等方面去分析，很好地把握了四幅图画所提供的信息以及它们之间的内在联系，按照画面内容、以时间为线索（in autumn, in winter, spring），根据提示词父亲、儿子、长个子、钉子，对整件事进行了生动的记叙。整篇文章结构紧凑、行文流畅，过渡自然，took, knocked, brought … again, wonder等词的使用使语言更加生动、有趣。资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
