2ChoosingLife

一、請根據(jù)兩個提示句進行故事續(xù)寫，150詞左右。

Fornearlytwentyyears,mylifecenteredaroundtwothings:smokingcigarettes,andtryingto

quitsmokingcigarettes.Itwasaharmfulcircle,butIcouldn'tbreakit.

WhenImarriedCassietenyearsago,IfoldedupmypackofcigarettesandsworeIwasquitting.

Whenweboughtourfirsthouseeightyearsago,Imarkedthateventinmylifebybreakingmypack

ofcigaretteswithmyshoeheel.Whenmyson,Cole,wasbornfiveyearsago,Ithrewmycigsintoa

garbagecan.Andwhenmydaughter,Olivia,wasbomthreeyearslater,yetanotherpackofcigsbit

thedust.

Ievenbeganworkingout-liftingweightsandrunningfivedaysaweek,rainorshine.Ilost

fortypoundsanddevelopedastrongbody,butIwasneverabletodefeatthosecigarettes.

Smokingisadangeroushabit,whichconfusesyourbrain.Subconsciously,youknowcigarettes

aredeadly-buteverycellinyourbodyscreamsoutforthatnicotine,disturbingyourjudgment.So

Ijustkeptsmoking,thelifeslowlyandinvisiblybeingsuckedrightoutofme.

OnedaythewillpowerIhadlackedarrivedsuddenlyfromamostunexpectedplace:apure

cornerofmyson'smind.

AsCassiewasdrivingmysonhomefromkindergarten,theypassedacemetery（墓地）andCole

askedunexpectedly,caMom,whafsundertombstones?99

Cassiethoughtaboutthequestionforafewmoments,tryingtothinkofananswereasyforhim

tounderstandbutnotsodirect.Whilerealizingtherewasnosuchanswer,shedirectlysaid,"Dead

people."

“IsthatwhereDad'sgoingtobebecausehesmokes?"Coleasked.

“Ihopenot,“Cassiereplied.

“Dadshouldn'tsmoke.Ifhegoeson,he'llbedeadwhenI'mtwenty.Colesaid,hisvoicerising

inanger.

Cassiewasspeechless,shockedbyCole'swords.66ButIstillhopehecomesbackasaghost（鬼

魂）andtalkstome,“headded,"likeObi-WanKenobididtoLukeSkywalkerinStarWars.”

WhenIarrivedhomefromworkthatevening,Cassietoldthewholestorytome.

二、原作品讀

Fornearlytwentyyears,myliferevolvedaroundtwothings:smokingcigarettes一andtrying

toquitsmokingcigarettes.Itwasaviciouscircle,oneIcouldn'tbreak.

WhenImarriedCassietenyearsago,IcrumpledupmypackofcigarettesandsworeIwas

quitting.Whenweboughtourfirsthouseeightyearsago,Imarkedthatriteofpassagebypulverizing

mypackofcigaretteswithmyshoeheel.Whenmyson,Cole,wasbornfiveyearsago,Islam-dunked

mycigsintoagarbagecan.Andwhenmydaughter,Olivia,wasbornthreeyearslater,yetanother

packofbuttsbitthedust.

Ievenbeganworkingoutfanatically-liftingweightsandrunningfivedaysaweek,rainor

shine.Ilostfortypoundsanddevelopedarock-hardphysique,butIneverwasabletooutrunthose

cigarettes.

Smokingisaninsidioushabit;itscramblesyourbrain.Rationally,youknowcigarettesare

lethal-buteverycellinyourbodyscreamsoutforthatnicotine,skewingjudgmentandpriorities.

SoIkeptpuffingaway,thelifeslowlyandinvisiblybeingsuckedrightoutofme.

OnedaythewillpowerIhadlackedarrivedwithbrusqueforce,fromamostunexpectedplace:

anuncloudedcornerofmyson'smind.

AsCassiewasdrivingColehomefromkindergarten,theypassedacemetery,whichprompted

theboytoask:“Mom,whafsundertombstones?^^Sheponderedthequestionforafewmoments,

tryingtothinkofadelicateanswer.Realizingtherewasnodelicateanswer,shebluntlysaid,"Dead

people/9

“IsthatwhereDad'sgoingtobebecausehesmokes?"Coleasked.

“Ihopenot,“Cassiereplied.

“Dadshouldn'tsmoke,99Colesaid,hisvoicerisinginanger.Hekickedthebackofthefrontseat.

“Dad'sstupidforsmoking.WhenFmtwenty,he'llbedead.”

Cassiewasspeechless,stunnedbyCole'sintuitiveness.Then,justasquicklyashehadexploded.

hecomposedhimself.atIhopehecomesbackasaghostandtalkstome,“hesaidplacidly."LikeObi-

WanKenobididtoLukeSkywalkerinStarWars.”

WhenIarrivedhomefromworkthatevening,Cassierecountedthestorytome.Neveroneto

mincewords,shestaredrightintomyeyesandsaid,“He'salreadywrittenyouoff,Will.He'sfigured

thingsoutinhismind,cometotermswiththefactthatyouwon'tbearound.Andifhecanonlyhave

youasaghost,thafswhathe'lltake.”

Callitanepiphany.AlthoughColehadn'tsaidanythingIdidn'talreadyknow,hiswords——

deliveredsohonestlyandinnocently,asonlyachildcando一distilledeverythingintoasimple,

unavoidabletruth.Smokingcouldonlyleadtooneconclusion,andwhentheyplacedmeunderthat

tombstone,lifewouldhavetogoonwithoutme.IfIcouldn'tevenfoolmyownfive-year-oldkid,

whywasIcontinuingtotrytofoolmyself?

Laterthatevening,IfoundColelyingonthecouchinthefamilyroomwatchingMonsters,Inc.

“Cole,“Isaid."I'vebeenthinkingaboutwhatyousaidtoMomtoday,andI'mgoingtoquit

smoking.ButIneedyourhelp.Ifstoohardtodoalone."

Thesecondstickedbyashehatchedhisplan.Hislipswerepursed,asuresignthathewasdeep

inthought.Finally,hespoke."Okay.Here'swhatwe'lldo:everymorningandeverynight,I'lltell

younottosmoke.”

"You'lldothat?"Isaid.

“Yes.”

“Promise?”

“Yes.”

“Soundslikeaplan."

And,byGod,itwas.EverytimeIhadanurgetosmoke,Ifoughtitoffwiththoughtsof

tombstonesandObi-WanKenobiandalittleboytryingdesperatelytohelphisoldmanoutofajam.

Thosevisionswerelikeapsychic,industrial-strengthnicotinepatch.

SohereIam,checkingoffthedaysthatI'vebeencigarette-free.Imissthosedamthings,but

I'mchoosinglifeoverthealternative.Afterall,mykidsneedme——althoughnotnearlyasmuchas

Ineedthem.

I.wordsforunderstanding（加粗的單詞為熟記單詞，其它認(rèn)識即可）：

單詞音標(biāo)詞性釋義單詞音標(biāo)詞性釋義

revolve[ri'VDIv]vi.圍繞；以…為stun[stAn]vt.使震驚；使目

中心瞪口呆

vicious['VIf0S]adj.惡劣的；嚴(yán)重intuitivenes[In'tju：Itn.直覺

的sIvnos]

swear[sweo(r)]vt.發(fā)誓explode[ik'sploudvi.發(fā)怒

]

pulverize['pAIvsraivt.將…弄碎compose[k0m'pouz]vt.使鎮(zhèn)靜；使平

z]靜

slam-dunk['slsem'dAvt.斷然拒絕placidly[^laesidll]adv.平靜地

gk]

butt[bAt]n.煙頭recount[ri'kaunt]vt.詳細敘述

fanatically[fb'n&tikli]adv.狂熱地stare[steo(r)]Vi.凝視；注視

physique[fi'zi:k]n.體格；體形epiphany[I'pifoni]n.頓悟

outrun[,aut'rAn]vt.跑得比…快，innocently['inosntli]adv.天真地

超過

insidious[in'sidios]adj.暗中為害的distill[di'sti1]vt.提煉

scramble「skraembl]vt.擾亂conclusion[kon'klu：3n.結(jié)局

n]

rationallyfraejnoil]adv.理智地；清醒couch[kautj]n.長沙發(fā)

地

lethal['li:91]adj.致命的；有害hatch[haetf]Vt.策劃;密謀

的

skew[skju：]vt.影響…的準(zhǔn)確purse[P3：S]vt.噴嘴

性

priority[prai'Drotin.最重要的事urge[3：d3]n.沖動；強烈的愿

]望

invisibly[In'viz0bliadv.無形中；無形desperately['desp0r0tli]adv.拼命地；不顧

]地一切地

suck[SAk]vt.吸取jam[d3aem]n.困境

brusque[brusk]adj.唐突的；突然vision['vi311]n.畫面

的

unclouded['An'klaudiadj.無憂無慮的psychic[,saikik]adj.超能力的

d]

prompt[prompt]Vt.促使；導(dǎo)致patch[paetj]n.補丁

ponder['pDnds]vt.仔細考慮；琢dam[da：n]adj.該死的

磨

delicate['delikgt]adj.巧妙的alternative[0:rt3:nn.可供選擇的事

otiv]物；替代物

bluntly['blAntli]adv.直率地；坦白

地

短語釋義短語釋義

crumplesthup壓皺；把…變皺figuresth.out理解；弄明白

riteofpassage（標(biāo)志人生重要階段的）cometotermswith接受

儀式，重大事件

bitethedust掉在地上tickby時間流逝

puffaway吸煙industrial-strength強效的

neveronetomince沒有拐彎抹角，直言不checkoff核對正確后做上記號

words諱

writesb.off摒棄，認(rèn)為…不重要

III.Readtoappreciate:

1.近二十年來，我的生活就圍繞著兩件事：吸煙和戒煙。（action）

Fornearlytwentyyears,mylifearoundtwothings:smokingcigarettes一and

tryingtoquitsmokingcigarettes.

2.她仔細地想了一會兒這個問題，試圖給出一個巧妙的回答。(action)

Shethequestionforafewmoments,a

delicateanswer.

3「爸爸不應(yīng)該抽煙，”科爾很大聲地說，因為他很生氣，還踢了前座的后背。(action+

emotion)

“Dadshouldn'tsmoke,“Colesaid,hisvoice.Hekickedthebackof

thefrontseat.

4.卡西說不出話來，被科爾的直覺驚呆了。(action+emotion)

Cassiewas,byCole'sintuitiveness.

5.他噴起嘴巴，陷入沉思的時候他都是這樣的表情。(action)

Hislipswere,asuresignthathewas.

6.每次我有吸煙的沖動時，我都會想到墓碑、歐比-萬?克諾比和一個小男孩在拼命幫他的父

親擺脫困境的場景。(emotion)

EverytimeI________________________________________,I

withthoughtsoftombstonesandObi-WanKenobiandalittleboy

hisoldmanoutofajam.

IVLanguageinuse

(1)Applicationofthekeywords:FillintheblanksaccordingtotheChinesesentences.

1.保羅憤怒地吼道：“這關(guān)你什么事？"Paulyelling,"Whathasitgottodo

withyou?"

2.艾瑪做了幾次深呼吸，努力讓自己平靜下來。

Emmatookseveraldeepbreaths,makinganefforttoherself.

3.我兩眼無神地盯著我面前的這張紙。Iblanklyatthepaperinfrontofme.

4.我們無法制定計劃，無法爬上潮流和成功的階梯。

Wecan'tplansandclimbthatstairwayofpopularity,ofsuccess.

5.“我不同意你們的想法。“她撅著嘴巴說到。"Idon'tapproveofyouropinions.^^shesaid,

herlips.

6.我直起身，盡力不閉上眼睛。Iheldmyselfuprightandfoughtthetoclosemyeyes.

(2)Imitationofthescenes:

請描寫一個小孩討厭爸爸吸煙并想辦法幫爸爸戒煙的場景。

Key:

一、讀后續(xù)寫

WhenIarrivedhomefromworkthatevening,Cassietoldthewholestorytome.Afterthat,

shestaredrightintomyeyesandsaid,"Well,Colehasfiguredthingsoutinhismind.Heistryingto

acceptthefactthatyouwon'tbearoundhim.Andifhecanonlyhaveyouasaghost,thafswhathe'll

take."IthitmethatCole'sinnocentwordsmadeeverythingintoasimplebutunavoidabletruth.

Smokingcouldonlyleadtoon