The man with no shoes

浙江宁波市鄞州高级中学 彭文国

题材 爱心 体裁 议论文 文章词数 334 建议用时 6 min

难词探意

1.perplex/pə΄pleks/v.使困惑

2.revealing/rı΄viːlıŋ/adj.揭露真相的

3.intently/ın΄tentlı/adv.专心地

Shoes can tell you a lot about a person.was a firm believer in this,being someone who looked at many shoes himself.Although he had grown up hearing thatare “the windows to the soul”,he was always quiteperplexedby this expression.Eyes are simply holes in one's head that allow them to see.Winston couldn't find anything remotelyrevealingabout them,just a sense of awkwardness when he had been caught staring into someone else's for too long.On the other hand,staring at someone'srarely ever became a socially uncomfortable interaction.People barely noticed a small man in the cornerintentlywatching their feet,and Winston liked it that way.Winstonhe was able to fit most people into basic classes such as these,simply by the brand,color,and condition of whatever was on their feet.

One day,Winston was seated in his regular spot,in the back corner of the Alewife train station,watching the passers-by.Suddenly he noticed something different.Twowalked past,making an unfamiliar sound on the floor.With curiosity,Winston looked closer.In all his years sitting at the train station,he had seen manyfeet,but never saw a bare foot.Their bareness made Winston feel nervous.He wondered what kind of a man couldn't afford to buy himself shoes.Aman,perhaps.A man who was of questionable intelligence. Certainly not the kind of man Winston wanted to be anywhere near.

He immediately curled in on himself,turning his eyes downward and his shoulders in toward his body to prevent any possible social interactions.however,took the space made free by Winston's shrinking.

Reading Check

Continuation task

阅读上面的文章，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150 左右；

2.应使用不少于5 个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

“It's my little girl's birthday.She's seven,”He explained.

While staring at the man,a sense of shame washed over Winston.

Language Study

人物情感描写用词

1.a sense of awkwardness 尴尬的感觉

2.uncomfortable 不舒服的

3.with curiosity 带着好奇心

4.feel nervous 感觉紧张