手风琴的回忆

重庆市大足第二中学校 龚 勇

爸爸送给了“我”一架手风琴，并且花钱找了专业的老师给“我”授课。 “我”被要求每天练习半小时手风琴，从而失去了在户外玩球的时间。 但是，有一天“我”终于明白了父亲的苦心。

难词探意

1. accordion /ə΄kɔːdiən/ n. 手风琴

2. frugal /΄fruːɡl/ adj. 节俭的

3. coordinate /kəʊ΄ɔːdɪneɪt/ v. 使协调

4. fumble /΄fʌmbl/ v. 笨手笨脚地做

I remember one day my father gathered my mother and me into the living room and opened the box as if it were a treasure chest.“Here it is,” he said. “Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life.” I gave him a thin smile because I had prayed for a guitar or a piano. An accordion was nowhere in my favorite list. The accordion has lost its characteristic, and its art form becomes stiff. I could already hear my friends' teasing laughter.

For the next two weeks, the accordion was stored in the hall closet. Then one evening Dad announced that I would start the following week. I turned to Mom for support. Her clenched jaw told me I was out of luck. Spending $300 for an accordion and $5 per lesson was out of character for my father. He was always frugal.

Shortly after, my lessons began with Mr Elli at the Allegro Accordion School on my first day. I felt clumsy in every way. “How did he do?” my father asked when it was over. “Fine for the first lesson,” said Mr Elli.

I was ordered to practice for half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it. My future seemed to be outside playing football. Gradually, to my surprise, I was able to string notes together and coordinate my fingers to play simple songs. Often, after supper, my father would request a tune or two. As he sat in his easy chair I would fumble through Lady of Spain and Beer Barrel Polka.

Throughout the summer, Mr Elli's lessons grew more difficult. It took me a week and a half to master them now. All the while I could hear my fellows outside playing heated games of stickball. I'd also hear occasional laughter. However, the laughter was faint compared to the upcoming concert in which I would be singing solo on the stage at the local cinema. How I wished I could skip the whole thing.

Reading Check

阅读上面的材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1:

Emotions boiled over on a Sunday afternoon.______________________________________________

Paragraph 2:

On the night of the concert, my mother wore beautiful earrings and makeup.____________________

写作导引

一、语篇研读

要想续写内容与所给短文之间逻辑连贯、衔接紧密，必须充分理解所给材料的大意，掌握作者想要传达的意思。 本文是一篇记叙文，文章分析如下：

二、情节构思

基于原文本和续写段落首句提供的信息，采用围绕中心提问相关问题的方法，构思要续写的故事情节，一般分为四步。

第一步，根据已给出的文本判断文章的立意。

根据前文所讲的“作者父亲给他买手风琴，并强迫他学习弹奏手风琴”的情况可推断出本文的立意应是父爱和父子之情。

第二步，根据续写第2段所给出的段首句倒推续写第一段应包括什么内容。

根据第2段的段首句“音乐会那天晚上，妈妈戴上了漂亮的耳环，化了妆”可知，续写第1段要写“作者为了演奏会练习弹奏手风琴”，这样才能确保续写的两段是相衔接的。

第三步，围绕续写第1段所给出的段首句和上面的分析进行提问和构思：

(1)What made the author's emotions boiled?

(2)What did the author say to express his dissatisfaction?

(3)How did the author's father persuade him?

第四步，围绕续写第2段所给出的段首句进行提……