7DancingwithMyself

一、請根據(jù)兩個(gè)提示句進(jìn)行故事續(xù)寫，150詞左右。

Thee-mailpoppedontomyscreen."Becauseyoulackvolunteerservicehours,you'reinvited

tohelpataballfortheOklahomaFoundationfortheDisabledthisSaturdaynight.Inordertobecome

aJuniorHospitalityClub(JH)member,youmustattendthisfinaleventoftheseason.^^Adancefor

peoplewithdisabilities?I'dnotbeenaroundmanypeoplewithdisabilities,andIdidn'tknowhow

comfortableI'dfeelhelpingout.Besides,I'dbegoingalone,whichwassuretomakemefeel

awkward.

rdpromisedtojoinJH,awomen'ssocialandcharitableorganization,atthebeginningofthe

yearwiththehopeofmeeting"couplefriends^^formyhusbandandme.WhatIdidn'tcountonis

thatwe'dbedivorcingsevenmonthsafterIsignedup.Despitethedivorce,Iwantedtobecomea

member.Itypedareplythatrdgo.GettingtoknowthewomenofJHwasfun,andIlikedtheidea

ofbeingpartofagroupthathelpedthecommunity.Unfortunately,memberssometimesbroughttheir

husbandstoactivities.Certainly,ataball,thatwouldbethecase.I'dfeelmorealonethanever.I

sighed.Please,God,helpmegetthroughthis.Ihatedfeelingsoalone.

OnSaturdayafternoon,!walkedintothelargegym.Severalclubmemberslaughedastheyfilled

balloonswiththeirhusbands.SomeonesuggestedIjoinagroupmovingtablesandchairs."Thisarea

willbethedancefloor,“saidawomanasweliftedafoldingtable."Letmedothat."Amangavethe

womanontheotherendofthetableakissonthecheek."Youtwogetthechairs."Ismiled,butinside

Ifeltapangofloneliness.Everyonehadadateexceptme.

Atseveno'clocksharp,busloadsofrevelers(狂歡者)arrived.Theyalllookedliketheyhad

somedisabilities,someevencominginwheelchairs.Thelightsshutoffabruptly,andthemusic

started.Mostpeoplemadetheirwaystraighttothedancefloor."Thisisjustlikeahigh-schoolmixer,“

IcommentedtoanotherJHmember.Beforeshecouldreply,herhusbandgrabbedherhand.Iwas

thankfulforthedarknessandhopeditcoveredmysadness.Iedgedclosertothewallandwatched

otherstwisttothemusic.Beingalonemademefeelunworthy,unloved.

Then,Isawayoungwomanwaveatmefromthecenterofthedancefloor.

二、原版品讀

DancingwithMyself

Thee-mailpoppedontomyscreen."Becauseyoulackvolunteerservicehours,you'reinvited

tohelpatasockhopfortheOklahomaFoundationfortheDisabledthisSaturdaynight.Tobecome

aJuniorHospitality(JH)Clubmember,youmustattendthisfinaleventoftheseason."Adancefor

peoplewithdisabilities?rdnotbeenaroundmanypeoplewithdisabilities,andIdidn'tknowhow

comfortableI'dfeelhelpingout.Besides,I'dbegoingalone,whichwassuretomakemefeel

awkward.

rdpledgedJH,awomen'ssocialandphilanthropicorganization,atthebeginningoftheyear

withthehopeofmeeting“couplefriends"formyhusbandandme.WhatIdidn'tcountonisthat

we'dbedivorcingsevenmonthsafterIsignedup.Despitethedivorce,Iwantedtobecomeamember.

ItappedoutareplythatI'dgo.GettingtoknowthewomenofJHwasfun,andIlikedtheideaof

beingpartofagroupthathelpedthecommunity.Unfortunately,memberssometimesbroughttheir

husbandstoactivities.Certainly,atasockhop,thafdbethecase.I'dfeelmorealonethanever.I

sighed.GettingdressedupandgoingtoapartywasthelastthingIfeltlikedoing.Butitwasonly

fourhours,thenI'dbedonewithmyrequirements.Afterthis,allleftwasawrittentest.

OnSaturdayafternoon,Irootedaroundintheclosetforfifties-styleclothes.Aftergetting

dressedup,Istaredatmyreflection.Tearswelledupinthecornersofmyeyes.Please,God,helpme

getthroughthis.Ihatedfeelingsoalone.

AdeejaywassettinguphisequipmentasIwalkedintothelargegymnasium.Severalclub

memberslaughedastheyfilledballoonswiththeirhusbands.Thevolunteerservicecoordinator

suggestedIjoinagroupmovingtablesandchairs."Thisareawillbethedancefloor,"saidawoman

asweliftedafoldingtable.uLetmedothat."Amangavethewomanapeckonthecheek."Yougals

getthechairs."Ismiled,butinsideIfeltapangqfloneliness.Everyonehadadateexceptme.

Atseveno9clocksharp,busloadsofrevelersarrived.Somecameinwheelchairs.Somewalked

withlimps.Otherslookedliketheyhadotherdisabilities.Thelightsshutojfabruptly,andthemusic

blared.Mostpeoplemadetheirwaystraighttothedancefloor,whileothersstoodaroundinacircle.

“Thisisjustlikeahigh-schoolmixer,“IcommentedtoanotherJHmember.Beforeshecouldreply,

herhusbandgrabbedherhand.Itlookedlikethey'dtakenswing-dancelessonsatonetime.Iwas

thankfulforthedarknessandhopeditcoveredmysadness.Iedgedclosertothewallandwatched

otherswiggleandtwisttothemusic.Beingalonemademefeelunworthy,unloved.

Then,inthecenterofthedancefloor,Isawsomethingradiant.Itwasayoungwoman.Maybe

itwasthelightreflectingoffthediscoballaboveher,butsheseemedtohaveanauraabouther,a

glow.Althoughastranger,shewavedatmefromthedancefloor.Barelyfivefeettall,withastout

bodyandthickneck,shesmiledbroadly.Inthemiddleofthecrowd,herskirtswishedasshemoved

tothemusic一alone.Sheseemedsofree,soatease.Again,shewaved,butthistime,shemotioned

meouttothedancefloor.Ifeltinhibited,andeverythingwithinmewantedtoresist.Iforcedmyself

towalktowardthecenteroftheroom.Pushingmywaythroughdancers,Imadeitunderthedisco

ball.Butthewomanwasn'tthere.Myfirstinstinctwastorun.

ThenInoticedthosesurroundingme.Mostofthedancerswerewithoutpartners.Costumes

varied,buteachworeabigsmile.Adultswithdisabilitiesallseemedtobeenjoyingthemselvesmore

thanme.

AsIstoodinthecenterofthefloor,ithitme:inaroomfulofpeoplewhomtheworldlabeledas

disabled,Iwastheonetooafraidtodance.Ireallydidn'tneedtofindthewomanwhowavedme

ontothefloor.WhatIneededwastolearnhowtodancebymyself.Righthere,rightnow.Iclosed

myeyesandswayedsidetoside.Movingtothemusic,IfeltmorejoyfulthanIhadinalongtime.

WhenIopenedmyeyes,IrealizedIwasn'talone.True,Ididn'thaveapartner,butIwassurrounded

byagroupofpeoplewhoseemedtoembracelifedespitetheirlimitations.

Laterthatmonth,ItookthefinaltesttobecomeamemberofJH.IgiggledasIwrotetheanswer

tothefirstquestionthataskedthemottoofJH:Helpyourselfwhilehelpingothers.Indeed,Ialready

had.

I.Wordsforunderstanding

單詞音標(biāo)詞性釋義單詞音標(biāo)詞性釋義

pop[pop]vi.突然出現(xiàn)blare[bleo(r)]vi.發(fā)出刺耳

聲

hop[hop]n.舞會grab[graeb]vi.vt.攫?。蛔?/p>

住

foundation[faun'deiJ°n.基金會edge[ed3]V.（使）徐徐移

n]動(dòng)

hospitality[,hospi'taen.好客;殷勤wiggle['wig(a)l]vi.擺動(dòng);扭動(dòng)

loti]

awkward['□:.kwad]adj.尷尬的twist[twist]vi.轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)

pledge[pled3]vt.宣誓參加radiant['reidi0ntadj.光芒四射

]的

philanthropicLflIon'0rDadj.慈善的aura[10:ra]n.氣質(zhì)

pik]

divorce[di'vo:s]V.離婚glow[gl9U]n.微弱穩(wěn)定的

光

sigh[sal]V.嘆息stout[staut]adj.壯實(shí)的

closet['klDz.lt]n.衣櫥swish[SWIf]vi.快速移動(dòng)

deejay['di:d3ei]n.播放音樂的inhibited[In'hlbladj.拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?/p>

人tld]

gymnasium[djIm'nein.(gym)體育instinct「Instigkn.本能

ziom]館t]

coordinator[kou'o:din.協(xié)調(diào)員；varyfveo.ri]v.（彼此）相異

neito]

peck[pek]n.匆匆的吻hit[hit]vt.使突然想

起

gal[gael]n.女孩;姑娘sway[swei]vi.搖擺

reveler「revoh(r)]n.狂歡者embrace[im'brelvt.擁抱

s]

limp[11mp]n.跛行g(shù)iggle[19igi]vi.咯咯笑

abruptly[o'brApt]adv.突然地motto['mDtau]n.座右銘；格

短語釋義短語釋義

helpout幫助setup組建

counton期望;預(yù)計(jì)apangof一陣突然的

signup報(bào)名加入busloadsof一車車的

tapout（在計(jì)算機(jī)上）打出shutoff關(guān)閉，熄滅

rootaround翻找;搜尋atonetime曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)時(shí)期，一

度

stareat凝視smilebroadly開懷地笑

wellup（液體）涌出，溢出atease不拘束的；放松的

getthrough完成makeit成功

III.Readtoappreciate:FillintheblanksaccordingtoChinesetranslations

1.眼淚涌出了我的眼角。Tearsintheofmyeyes.(Emotion)

2.我笑了，但內(nèi)心卻感到一陣孤獨(dú)。

Ismiled,butinsideIfeltloneliness.(Action+Emotion)

3.燈突然熄滅，刺耳的音樂響起。Thelightsshutoff,andthemusic.

(Environment)

4.我慢慢移近墻邊，看著其他人隨著音樂扭動(dòng)。

Iclosertothewallandwatchedothersandtothemusic.(Action)

5.雖然身高幾乎不到五英尺，且身體壯實(shí)脖子粗粗，然而她笑得開懷。

fivefeettall,withabodyandthickneck,she.(Action+

Thinking)

6.我感到很拘束，內(nèi)心的一切都想要抗拒。Ifelt,andeverythingwithinmewantedto

.(Thinking)

7.我從跳舞的人群中擠過，成功到了舞池中央(迪斯科球燈下)。

mywaydancers,Iunderthediscoball.(Action)

8.沒錯(cuò)，我沒有伴侶，但我的周圍不僅有JH的成員，還有一群人，盡管他們有著各種缺陷，

他們似乎仍能擁抱生活。

,Ididn'thaveapartner,butIwasbyagroupofpeoplewhoseemedto

lifetheir.(Thinking)

IV.Languageinuse

(1)Applicationofthekeywords:FillintheblanksaccordingtotheChinesesentences.

1.當(dāng)她看到支票上的數(shù)字時(shí)，她的眼珠子瞪得都快要掉出來了。

Whenshesawtheamountwrittenonthecheque,hereyesnearlyoutofherhead.

2.她讀信的時(shí)候眼淚奪眶而出。Asshereadtheletter,tearsinhereyes.

3.一條長長的車龍緩緩向前移動(dòng)。Alonglineoftrafficitswayforward.

4.收音機(jī)整天刺耳地播著那討厭的音樂。Theradiohasbeenoutthatdreadfulmusic

allday.

5.他伸出手臂摟住她，他們熱情相擁。Hehisarmsroundherandthey

passionately.

6.我仰躺著，聽著風(fēng)穿過樹林發(fā)出的嗚咽聲。Ilayonmyback,listeningtothesoundofthewind

inthetrees.

7.我抓起我的包就跑。Imybagandranoff.

8.我突然想起JH的座右銘：幫助他人就是幫助自己。

ThenthemottoofJHme:Helpyourselfwhilehelpingothers.

9.昆廷的情緒似乎隨天氣而變化。Quentin'smoodseemstoaccordingtotheweather.

10.他們排隊(duì)等候時(shí)緊張地傻笑著。Theynervouslyastheywaitedfortheirturn.

(2)Imitationofthescenes：

l.Adanceforpeoplewithdisabilities?I'dnotbeenaroundmanypeoplewithdisabilities,andIdidn't

knowhowcomfortableI'dfeelhelpingout.Besides,I'dbegoingalone,whichwassuretomake

mefeelawkward.

模仿：描寫我當(dāng)時(shí)代表班級獨(dú)自參加敬老院社會實(shí)踐前內(nèi)心排斥的心理活動(dòng)。

2.1wasthankfulforthedarknessandhopeditcoveredmysadness.Iedgedclosertothewalland

watchedotherswiggleandtwisttothemusic.Beingalonemademefeelunworthy,unloved.

模仿：描寫看見他人跳舞自己卻縮到角落很孤獨(dú)自卑自憐傷心的樣子。

3.WhatIneededwastolearnhowtodancebymyself.Righthere,rightnow.Iclosedmyeyesand

swayedsidetoside.Movingtothemusic,IfeltmorejoyfulthanIhadinalongtime.

模仿：描寫緊急狀況下決心嘗試獨(dú)自搬開擋路的大石頭，及成功后的快樂感。

Key:

一、請根據(jù)兩個(gè)提示句進(jìn)行故事續(xù)寫，150詞左右。

Then,Isawayoungwomanwaveatmefromthecenterofthedancefloor.Shortandfatas

shewas,shesmiledbroadly,twistingaroundandaround——alone.Sheseemedsofancy-free.Again,

shewaved,butthistime,shesignalledmeouttothedancefloor.Ifeltinhibited,andeverything

withinmewantedtoresist.Iforcedmyselftowalktowardthecenteroftheroom.Pushingmyway

throughdancers,Imadeitunderthediscoball.Butthewomanwasn'tthere.Myfirstinstinctwasto

run.

ButInoticedmostofthosesurroundingmewerealsowithoutpartners.Eachworeabig

smile.Adultswithdisabilities,someeveninwheelchairs,allseemedtobeenjoyingthemselvesmore

thanme.IrealizedwhatIneededwastoda