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A Lucky Bamboo
第二节(满分 25 分)
阅读下面材料，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。
My wife, Hannah, and I don’t usually keep house plants. Anything in pots gets either over watered or
underwatered. But after I was diagnosed (诊断) with a brain cancer, with an expectation of no more than a year to live, I loved the idea of having something new and green around.
My friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant in a deep-green pottery bowl with
three pencil-sizes talks (茎) bound together. We placed the plant in the living room window across from the couch where 1 spent much of the day. I smiled when I looked at it over the coffee Hannah brought me each morning.
I told Hannah I wanted to care for the plant myself. When it didn’t immediately turn yellow or brown or lose all its leaves, I was pleasantly surprised. Tending to the plant gave me a sense of accomplishment at a time when I sometimes felt useless. Brain cancer limited my ability to walk, and the treatment left me exhausted, making it hard for me to accomplish everyday tasks.
As a family physician, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Since my diagnosis in August 2018, far too often, it seemed that I had to rely on help from other people. The enormous change left me feeling aimless and unsettled. Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me I could still be a caregiver.
Plants and people could still depend on me. Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery and
completed radiation. Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny and thick. Both the tree and I were thriving. But then, somehow, it began to show signs of stress. No matter what I did, the leaves kept browning and hanging down to the floor.
注意：
1.续写词数应为 150 左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para.1: “If my lucky bamboo dies, I might die too!” I yelled, ________________________________________
Para.2: As my anxiety reduced, I began to search online to help my failing plant.________________________
Read and Think:
What is the theme of the passage
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What are the link sentences
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Key Action:
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衔接句一
Para.1 ...,and my high-pitched scream pierced the silence of the room, which caught Hannah’s attention.
Hannah comfort（核心动词）
又疑惑又担心，H匆匆赶来。只一眼，她便明白了事情的缘由。（形容词作状语）
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她很理解我的感受，把手里的咖啡递给我后，她轻柔地说道：“欣赏茂盛的幸运竹的确让人心情愉悦，但是照料幸运竹的过程才真的让人觉得人生很充实啊。”（独立主格）
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听了她的话，我陷入沉思。H继续安慰我，说有合适的照料，幸运竹肯定能重新焕发生机。（非谓语）
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衔接句二Hannah’s heartfelt comfort came as a beacon of hope, and I could feel the previous calmness coming back again.
衔接句三
Para.2...Out of expectation, I succeeded in collecting several scientific and practical tricks to prevent the leaves browning and hanging down.
Save bamboo（核心动词）
然后我将自己所查的窍门应用在实践中，改变了浇水的次数，也增加了日照，希望能如我所愿。（非谓语，in order to）
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虽然过程缓慢，但是我观察到幸运竹的叶子不再掉落了。枝头甚至有新生的嫩绿的芽。
（As/完全倒装）
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我迫不及待跟H分享了这个好消息，H微笑着对我点点头。（can’t help but to do）
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主旨句/结尾句
Staring at the tender leaves of the the lucky bamboo shining in the sunshine, I reflected on what I had gone through these days. No matter whether it would thrive again in the future, one thing was for sure: I would take care of it wholeheartedly. After all, it is the process of tending it rather than bamboo itself that could offer me a sense of purpose.
Key:
Lucky Bamboo
Para.1 ...,and my high-pitched scream pierced the silence of the room, which caught Hannah’s attention.
Key Action: Hannah comfort
又疑惑又担心，H匆匆赶来。只一眼，她便明白了事情缘由。（形容词作状语）
Confused and concerned/Puzzled and worried, H came over in a hurry. One look and she figured out what had happened. (At the first glance, she figured out what had happened.)
她很理解我的感受，把手里的咖啡递给我后，她轻柔地说道：“欣赏茂盛的幸运竹的确让人心情愉悦，但是照料幸运竹的过程才真的让人觉得人生很充实啊。”（独立主格）
A smile of understanding flashing across her eyes, H handed the prepared coffee to me and said gently “ The lush/ thriving/flourish bamboo definitely refreshes you, but what makes you feel fulfilled is the process of caring for it.”
听了她的话，我陷入沉思。H继续安慰我，说有合适的照料，幸运竹肯定能重新焕发生机。（非谓语）
While her words set me deep in thought, Hannah continued comforting/reassured me, saying that with proper care, the lucky bamboo would definitely/absolutely/ would be bound to revive.(或者would surely came back to life.或者would regain vigor and vitality.)
Hannah’s heartfelt comfort came as a beacon of hope/give me a glimmer of hope, and I could feel the previous calmness coming back again.（或者：It was then that a spark of hope was lit up deep inside me.）
Para.2...Out of expectation, I succeeded in collecting several scientific and practical tricks to prevent the leaves browning and hanging down.
Key Action: Save bamboo
然后我将自己所查的窍门应用在实践中，改变了浇水的次数，也增加了日照，希望能如我所愿。（非谓语）
Then I applied all the tricks to the practice/Then I got all the tricks employed , adjusting the frequency of watering and extending the time under sunshine ( 或者：increase the exposure to the sunshine), so that /in order that / with the hope that it would live up to my expectation.
虽然过程缓慢，但是我观察到幸运竹的叶子不再掉落了。枝头甚至有新生的嫩绿的芽。
（Despite/完全倒装）
Slowly as the plant grew, I still observed that the leaves of the bamboo stopped falling down. On the top were even several newly-born and tender buds.
我迫不及待跟H分享了这个好消息，H微笑着对我点点头。（can’t help but to do）
I can’t help sharing the amazing news with H, who just nodded to me with a slight and relieved smile.
Staring at the tender leaves of the the lucky bamboo shining in the sunshine, I reflected on what I had gone through these days. No matter whether it would thrive again in the future, one thing is for sure: I will take care of it wholeheartedly. After all, it is the process of tending it rather than bamboo itself that could offer me a sense of purpose.

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