8．阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
After filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I look what I could get—a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was dive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen—teaching English.
School started, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class—seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love for the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my task master known to be the strictest most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes. I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数为150左右：
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语：
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语己为你写好：
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语，
Paragraph 1:
After class, I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
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Paragraph 2:
Inspired by his advice, I walked towards the classroom, determined to make a change.
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【答案】Para 1:
After class, I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door. My boss was sitting in his chair with a hardened face, gazing at me long and hard. Anxious and ashamed, I said nothing, wondering if he would fire me right away. He handed me an envelope, which definitely added more anxiety to me at that moment. However, my eyes went wide open when I opened it and read the letter. It was not an unemployment letter but a letter with several suggestions about my teaching, one of which was highlighted in red: An educator should respect students, feelings. Almost immediately, a warm glow of emotion rose inside me. As I went out of the office, I made up my mind to change my attitude.
Para 2:
Inspired by his advice, I walked towards the classroom, determined to make a change. As the bell rang, I stood on the platform, eyes wandering across the classroom. The students seemed to expecting another boring and dull English lesson, some dropping their eyes and some whispering in the back rows. I cleared my throat and announced, “Boys and girls, let’s begin with your voice about my literature lesson.” Suddenly, a complete silence fell over. Each lifted his heads and cast me a puzzled look. Flashing a smile, I encouraged, “Anything you’d like to say!” At this, the students got stirred up. The class soon amazingly came to life thanks to their brilliant voices, which brought me to what my strictest boss enlightened me: respecting the students instead of ignoring them will make a difference.
【分析】
本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者去了偏远的荒野地区——新泽西西部——教英语，在工作中苦苦挣扎，学生们在教室后面扔纸团，说脏话，而作者的老板也特别严格，最会开除没有经验的老师。老板看到了作者课上学生的众多不良行为后，给了作者建议，作者也因此下定决心做出改变，领悟到尊重学生而不是忽视他们会产生很大影响。
【详解】
1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“下课后，我走到他的办公室，深吸了一口气，打开了门。”可知，第一段可描写作者面对老板时发生的事情，老板给了作者建议。
②由第二段首句内容“在他的建议的鼓舞下，我走向教室，决心做出改变。”可知，第二段可描写作者收到建议鼓舞后的所作所为，作者开始鼓励学生发言。
2.续写线索：作者来到老板办公室——作者面对老板感到焦虑羞愧——老板给出建议——作者受到鼓舞——作者做出改变——作者感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
递给：hand sb. sth./ pass sth. to sb.
解雇：fire / kick out
决心做某事：make up one’s mind to do sth./ be determined to do
情绪类
困惑：puzzled / confused
惊奇：amazingly / surprisingly
【点睛】
[高分句型1] Anxious and ashamed, I said nothing, wondering if he would fire me right away. (运用了形容词作状语以及if引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] However, my eyes went wide open when I opened it and read the letter. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句)
After filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I look what I could get—a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was dive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen—teaching English.
School started, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class—seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love for the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.
In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave my students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time my boss, who was also my task master known to be the strictest most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.
My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes. I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数为150左右：
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语：
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语己为你写好：
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语，
Paragraph 1:
After class, I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
Inspired by his advice, I walked towards the classroom, determined to make a change.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Para 1:
After class, I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door. My boss was sitting in his chair with a hardened face, gazing at me long and hard. Anxious and ashamed, I said nothing, wondering if he would fire me right away. He handed me an envelope, which definitely added more anxiety to me at that moment. However, my eyes went wide open when I opened it and read the letter. It was not an unemployment letter but a letter with several suggestions about my teaching, one of which was highlighted in red: An educator should respect students, feelings. Almost immediately, a warm glow of emotion rose inside me. As I went out of the office, I made up my mind to change my attitude.
Para 2:
Inspired by his advice, I walked towards the classroom, determined to make a change. As the bell rang, I stood on the platform, eyes wandering across the classroom. The students seemed to expecting another boring and dull English lesson, some dropping their eyes and some whispering in the back rows. I cleared my throat and announced, “Boys and girls, let’s begin with your voice about my literature lesson.” Suddenly, a complete silence fell over. Each lifted his heads and cast me a puzzled look. Flashing a smile, I encouraged, “Anything you’d like to say!” At this, the students got stirred up. The class soon amazingly came to life thanks to their brilliant voices, which brought me to what my strictest boss enlightened me: respecting the students instead of ignoring them will make a difference.
【分析】
本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了作者去了偏远的荒野地区——新泽西西部——教英语，在工作中苦苦挣扎，学生们在教室后面扔纸团，说脏话，而作者的老板也特别严格，最会开除没有经验的老师。老板看到了作者课上学生的众多不良行为后，给了作者建议，作者也因此下定决心做出改变，领悟到尊重学生而不是忽视他们会产生很大影响。
【详解】
1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“下课后，我走到他的办公室，深吸了一口气，打开了门。”可知，第一段可描写作者面对老板时发生的事情，老板给了作者建议。
②由第二段首句内容“在他的建议的鼓舞下，我走向教室，决心做出改变。”可知，第二段可描写作者收到建议鼓舞后的所作所为，作者开始鼓励学生发言。
2.续写线索：作者来到老板办公室——作者面对老板感到焦虑羞愧——老板给出建议——作者受到鼓舞——作者做出改变——作者感悟
3.词汇激活
行为类
递给：hand sb. sth./ pass sth. to sb.
解雇：fire / kick out
决心做某事：make up one’s mind to do sth./ be determined to do
情绪类
困惑：puzzled / confused
惊奇：amazingly / surprisingly
【点睛】
[高分句型1] Anxious and ashamed, I said nothing, wondering if he would fire me right away. (运用了形容词作状语以及if引导的宾语从句)
[高分句型2] However, my eyes went wide open when I opened it and read the letter. (运用了when引导的时间状语从句)
