How to Complete a Story
Continuation Writing
Contents
Read for the characters 读角色
Read for the plot and emotion
读情节和情感
Predict the ending 预测故事结尾
List the outline 罗列写作要点
01
02
03
04
05
Find the theme 确定主题
八省联考真题再现
During this past year, I've had three instances of car trouble. Each time these things
happened, I was sick of the way most people hadn5t bothered to help. One of those times, I
was on the side of the road fbr close to three hours with my big Jeep. I put signs in the
windows, big signs that said NEED A JACK (千斤顶),and offered money. Nothing.
Right as I was about to give up, a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over, and the father
bounded out. He sized up the situation and called fbr his daughter, who spoke English. He
conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would
need something to support it. Then he got a saw (锯子)from the truck and cut a section out
of a big log on the side of the road. We rolled it over and put his jack on top, and we were in
business. I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron.
No worries: He handed it to his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new
tire iron. She was back in 15 minutes. We finished the job, and I was a very happy man.The
two of us were dirty and sweaty. His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands. I
tried to put a $20 bill in the man's hand, but he wouldn't take it, so instead I went up to the
truck and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could. I asked the little girl where they lived.
Mexico, she said. They were in Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a fruit farm for
the next few weeks. Then they would go home.
01 Read for the characters
I
My car _______________.
I wait for _____________.
I needed ______________.
I broke the father’s ___________.
I gave $20 bill to ________________.
Father
He couldn’t _______________.
He got many tools from _______________.
He helped me finish repairing the car.
He refused ________________
He workd on a __________________.
Mother She gone to buy ____________in a flash.
She prepare a pot of water for us _____________.
The girl She conveyed ___________________.
She asked me ______________________.
Who What
02 Read for the plot and emotion
1. I had ______with my jeep on the road.
2. I put big signs , asking for________ .
3. A Mexican family who couldn’t
_______offered me _______ .
4. The family helped me out and refuse
_______ , but I gave it to the mother .
5. The girl asked me if I’d had lunch.
7. Ending?
6. What happend?
d_______
s______
g______
? ?
h______
trouble
a jack
speak English help
$20 billdisappoiinted/
discouraging
surprised
happy guilty
03 Find the theme
A stranger helped me out when my jeep had trouble
on the road.
A stranger who couldn’t speak English and refuse
money helped me out when my jeep had trouble on
the road.
Theme can be:
• Love can be passed on.
• Kindness has no boundary.
• .......
(What does the author in the story
want to tell us?)
Predict the ending (预测故事结尾)04
P1: When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch.
P2: After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
Q1: What was my reply? (about lunch) Did I have lunch?
Q2: What did the girl do? (about the paper bag)
Q3: How did I feel?
Q4: How did they left? (after they left)
Q1: What did I find in the paper bag?
Q2: How did I feel?
Q3: How did I change the opinioin towards stranger?
Q4: What does the story intend to tell readers?
对段首语进行分析、设问
两个段首语是重要的续写提示,控制着情节的发展方向。对其分
析设问,能够将预测的故事情节以问题的形式呈现,利于打开思路,
整理信息和组织语言。
方法 一:设问
05 List the outline (罗列写作要点)
Para.1
plot emotions
1. I responded to the girl
2. I gave the lunch from
the girl/ the mother.
3. The Mexican family
left.
... ...
embarrased
/awkward
moved/
grateful
Para.2
plot emotions
1. I found something
else in the paper bag
2. my reflections to this
3. what will I do in the
future
... ...
surprised
delighted
... ...
P1: When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch.
Plot--my response
没吃午饭,肚子饿了, 小女孩邀请
• 动作:my head, stomach,
hand.....
• 语言:I replied, I answered.....
Emotions--my response
尴尬
• Scratching my head, I was
embarrased to find that (宾从)
• Smiling awkwardly, I admitted
feeling a bit hungy.
P1: When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch.
Plot-- I got the food
让我稍等片刻
在车里拿食物/ 又去店里买食物
把食物给我/ 一起吃完后又打包给我
Plot--I got the food
尴尬
With moved tears rolling around my
eyes, I took the sandwich.
Touched deeply, I ......
Choking up(哽咽), I couldn’t speak any
words.
She made me wait for a moment.
She went back to the truck and came back
with a paper bag./Her mother was gone in a
flash to buy lunch for us.
“Here you are./ Keep it and have it later.” A
paper bag came into sight. I looked at the
little girl, whose eyes glittered something,
arousing my curiosity about what was in the
bag.
P1: When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I'd had lunch.
Plot--Saw the family off
致谢+ 不用谢
送别
I show my heartfelt apprecitatioin to them.
With my thumb up, I expressed my thanks again and again.
Laughing loudly, the father said with his broken English, “No thanks! Happy!
The father started the truck , with the mother and the little girl seated at the
back seat, waving goodbye to me. Waving back with a smile, I wished them a
safe trip.
Plot--Find something else
发现食物和钱
To my surprise, not only was there warm
lunch inside, but also there was the $20
bill inside.
发现还有便条
Apart from the sandwich, I spot a $20 bill
along with a note, reading ,” Kindness is
free. Take care.”
Emotions--my response
震惊
Numb with shock, I stared at the $20 bill.
感动
Holding the paper bag tightly, I stood
there with a warm current rising in my
heart.
内疚
I grasped the note, feeling a sense of
guilt about my previcous thought that all
the people were indiferent.
P2: After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
Plot--My future behaviour
P2: After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
像墨西哥家庭一样帮助别人
From then on, I placed a jack and some common tools in my car. When
meeting someone in need on the road, I would make every effort to help
them out like the Mexican family.
Theme--What does the story intend to tell ?
世界充满爱和善意
Lova and kindness are never wasted, which always make a difference.
Only in this way could more and more people help each other in the future.
A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roofs spring up and
make new trees.
好人一生平安
As the saying goes, “It is a blessing(福气) to get love from others and to care for others
is a blessing.”
第一段情节构建
• 要与原文情节的衔接;
• 要与第一段的关键词衔接;
• 要与第二段段首语的衔接。
第二段情节构建
要与第二段的关键词衔接;
要与文章开头的遥相呼应;
要“意料之外,情理之中”;
要根据具体语境弘扬真善美,凸显主题,升华精神。
积累素材,激活表达(细节描写词汇)
人体与动作描写(面部表情、心理活动、
肢体动作等)
情感描写(惊喜、惊讶、感激、感动等)
面带笑容 wear a smile on one’s face
面露喜色 sb’s face lights up / brightens
脸上露出灿烂的笑容 a bright / shining
smile appears on / spreads across / crosses
sb’s face
勉强笑了笑 force a smile
步伐轻快 with a spring in one’s step
眼睛闪烁着喜悦的光芒 sb’s eyes shine
brightly with joy
眼睛紧盯着某人的脸 one’s eyes fix on sb’s
face
好奇地看了某人一眼 throw / cast a curious
glance at sb
词:
affect, move (moved, moving),
touch (touched, touching),
curious, shock, wonder,
surprise (surprised, surprising),
amaze (amazed, amazing),
astonish (astonished, astonishing)
appreciate, thankful, grateful,
aid, assist
词块:
do sb a favour, help out, with the help
of, give / lend (sb) a hand, in return (for),
express / show one’s thanks
积累素材,激活表达(细节描写词汇)
人体与动作描写(面部表情、
心理活动、肢体动作等)
情感描写(惊喜、惊讶、感激、感动等)
紧紧抓住某物 hold tightly on sth
伸手抓某人的手 reach for sb’s hand
手里拿着某物 hold sth in one’s hand
伸出双臂拥抱某人 put / throw one’s
arms around sb
冲上前去 rush forward to do sth
冲到门口 rush to the door
挥手 wave one’s hand
摇头 shake one’s head
手舞足蹈 jump / dance for joy
兴高采烈地 in a cheerful voice
目瞪口呆 with sb’s eyes wide open
惊讶地说不出话来 be shocked beyond words
惊讶地 in amazement / astonishment
出乎意料地 beyond one’s expectations
潸然泪下 / 泪如泉涌 tears roll / run / stream /
flow down sb’s cheeks 或 tears well up in sb’s
eyes
感动地说不出话来 be touched beyond words
By using linking words effectively.
By adding some details reasonably.
By using different sentence structures.
Three tips:
Polish your continued story
&
write it on your notebook.