高考英语写作指导(02)

　　Many years ago, there lived a farmer who wanted to be rich and own a lot of land. A stranger told him of some land for sale nearby. The farmer bought the land. He was happy for a while but then again wished to own even more land. The stranger told him of some other land. The farm bought this land too. This happened several times. The farmer was very happy to have more and more land, but he was never satisfied. The more land he bought, the more he wanted.

　　One day, the stranger offered to do something for the man. The stranger said that he had a friend some distance away who would sell the farmer all the land he needed for only $300. The farmer went to visit the friend. The friend said that for $300 the farmer could have all the land he might cover by traveling on foot from sunrise to sunset. The farmer was supposed to walk as far as possible within this time, mark the spot and return before sunset. If he arrived late, he would lose both the land and the money.

　　The farmer agreed and went to bed early that night in order to have a good rest for his trip the next day. But he did not sleep well. He dreamed that it was the devil himself who was tempting him. His greed for land was so great, however, that at sunrise he was dressed and ready to leave.

　　He walked and ran all morning in order to cover as much ground as possible. On the return trip he was very tired. He walked slowly, and in the end he had to run a great distance in order to get back before sundown. When he arrived, he fell down very tired. He died without ever getting up.

　　At the burial a few days later, the stranger had a smile on his face as he said, “Now the old man has all his land he needs—exactly six feet of it in which to lie. I hope he’s satisfied.” (from )

　　解题指导：在具体步骤上，可参照前面的一道题进行。另外，应注意的是，在开始进行缩写之前，应认真阅读原文，把握其主要的情节，然后，用自己的语言，将这个故事陈述出来。由于本文是一篇记叙文，那么原文中的故事发生的时间、地点、人物、事件、发展和结果这几个要素是文章必须具备的。因此，我们在缩写的时候，不可把这些基本要素省略掉了。

　　范文：

A Greedy Farmer

　　Years ago, there lived a farmer who wanted to be rich and own a lot of land. He bought much land from others once and again. Though he had already got a lot of land, but he was never satisfied and wanted to own even more.

　　One day, the farmer was told that he could buy as much land as he could cover by traveling on foot in a day for only $300. But he should return before sunset, or he would lose both the money and the land. Hearing the good news, the farmer was too excited to fall asleep the night before the long travel.

　　He set out early the next morning. He walked and ran all morning so as to cover as much land as he could. He was so tired out when he returned that he fell down and never to get up once more.

引用地址:http:///Article/200805/1581.html

　　更多高考信息》》》

　　www.jiaoshi66.com报名系统》》》

（www.jiaoshi66.com）