Question

【题目】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。续写词数为150字左右。

The spot of red was what first caught Randy Heiss’s attention on December 16, 2018. He was hiking the remote land behind his farm in a small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, and there lying on the grass was a balloon. He walked toward it with his dog, thinking he should pick it up and throw it away.

That’s when he noticed the balloon’s string was attached to a piece of paper. “Dayami,” it read on one side, in a child’s writing. Heiss flipped the paper over. On the back he saw a numbered list, all in Spanish. His Spanish wasn’t very good, but he could see it was a Christmas list!

Heiss was charmed. He suspected that a child had tried to send Santa Claus a Christmas wish list by balloon, something he used to do himself when he was a kid. Nobody had ever returned the letters Heiss had sent, but he wondered whether he could find the girl who had sent this one.

It would be difficult, but Heiss had a few clues. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the border, was the city of Nogales, Mexico, with a population of about a quarter million. Based on the wind direction, he was almost sure that was where it came from. Heiss brought the note home to his wife, who is fluent in Spanish and helped him translate the list. They determined that Dayami, probably a girl, had asked for a doll, a dollhouse, doll clothes and art supplies.

Heiss then posted his search about finding Dayami on Facebook, attaching photos, hoping some of his friends in Nogales might know the girl’s family. A few days passed with no results; Heiss worried that time was running out before Christmas. On December 19, 2018, he decided to send a private Facebook message to Radio Xeny, an AM radio station based in Nogales. To his surprise, someone from the station called him back right away and promised him to post his search on the station’s Facebook page immediately.

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The next morning, Heiss awoke to a message from Radio Xeny.

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Dayami’s eyes were wide open with wonder.

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Answer 1

【答案】Paragraph 1:

The next morning, Heiss awoke to a message from Radio Xeny. The staff had located Dayami, who indeed lived in Nogales and would be willing to arrange a get-together at the radio station. Heiss and his wife rushed to buy everything on Dayami’s list. Then they drove for 45 minutes, crossing the border into Nogales. They finally met the very excited girl.

Paragraph 2:

Dayami’s eyes were wide open with wonder. Like, ‘Oh my gosh, this really did work!’ It was a beautiful experience,” Heiss said. “Quite healing for us.” Heiss, 61, has lived in Bisbee, Arizona for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife lost their only child. They have no grandchildren. Now they split their time between Nogales and Bisbee. “Being around children at Christmastime has been absent in our lives,” Heiss said. “It’s been kind of a gaping hole in our Christmas experience.” He has since reflected on what a miracle it was that he spotted the balloon at all, let alone that he was able to locate Dayami and her family.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写作文。

通过阅读所给文章可知，文章主要记叙了Randy Heiss捡到了女孩Dayami的心愿气球，上面是一张用西班牙语写的圣诞节的礼物清单，最后历经了许多困难，Heiss最终找到了女孩，并帮她完成了气球上的心愿。

续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：第二天早上，Heiss醒来时听到了来自Xeny电台的消息。所以后文应该是讲述工作人员找到了Dayami，Heiss和妻子赶忙去买Dayami清单上的所有东西。然后他们开了45分钟的车，越过边境进入诺加利斯。他们终于见到了那个非常兴奋的女孩。第二段开头是：Dayami惊奇地睁大了眼睛。本段应该写Dayami收到这份惊喜的反应，以及描述Heiss一家的情况，他和妻子失去了他们唯一的孩子。他们没有孙子孙女。现在他们两家人成为了朋友。

最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应为150左右。