期末各类话题范文及语块背诵（1）

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。

I’m from the fishing town of Kinsale, in Ireland. Life is pretty good there, but Dubai caught my attention when I was 18. I moved there myself 10 years ago as a 30-year-old film-maker. It’s been a wild ride, full of chaos and wonder.

My wife, Christine, lives here with me; when her sister Angela came to visit in April this year, the three of us set off in my pickup truck. It was a cloudless day, touching 40 ℃. The heat and humidity were violent, so we had to go sightseeing from the car.

We took the scenic route between Dubai and Ras Al-Khaimah, a charming city in the north. A year earlier, while going off-roading with a friend, I got stuck at a water crossing there, at the only inlet on the coast, where the sea flows into a swampy lagoon (咸水湖). I had to be rescued, and learned how quickly the tide (潮水) could come in.

Christine spotted what looked like the Loch Ness monster stuck in the sand. We decided to investigate and drove up to where the sand met the lagoon. It was a camel, not moving.

Since relocating here, I have always kept a shovel, rope, torches and knives in my car—getting stuck in the desert can be debilitating (耗费体力).

I got out my shovel and approached the camel. It was a female; we nicknamed her Stucky. It looked as if she had been trapped for hours—she was in quite deep. I’ve been around camels a lot in Dubai; they are massive. They can be friendly, but they can also be fierce. I approached Stucky slowly and started to gently dig away the sand around her. I kept patting her. I knew if she swung her head around quickly, she could injure herself, or me.

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。

Paragraph 1:

Christine filmed my rescue attempt and posted photos on social media. _______________

Paragraph 2:

Luckily, at that point, a pickup arrived carrying 7 guys with all sorts of apparatus (装备). ___

【参考范文】

Paragraph 1:

Christine filmed my rescue attempt and posted photos on social media. Angela gave Stucky water. I focused on digging out her back legs. When I tried to wipe the sweat from my eyes, I would get sand in them. An hour later, we still weren’t making much progress—whenever we nearly freed a leg, which took about 20 minutes, she would get sucked back into the sand. And the more she struggled to get free, the more stuck she became. We were worried it would get dark and the tide would come in.

Paragraph 2:

Luckily, at that point, a pickup arrived carrying 7 guys with all sorts of apparatus (装备). Someone saw posted photos of the camel rescue on social media. Word then quickly spread to the small farms a few kilometres away. They joined in and worked super-hard. Everyone was working on all four of the camel’s legs at the same time, using different techniques. When we finally got her out, Stucky’s legs were effectively dead. The the guys massaged her legs to get the blood flowing. It took about 20 minutes for her to stand. Then she turned, stretched and gave us a wink goodbye.

话题——救助动物

我和妻子、妻妹三人在沙漠旅行途中遇见一只被困的大骆驼。我用工具想把它从沙子里救出来，但是作用不大。我的妻子把我救助的照片发到了社交媒体上，在附近的人看到了社交媒体的信息，前来救助。

语块积累

1. Life is pretty good. 生活很美好。

2. catch one’s attention 吸引某人的注意

3. It’s been a wild ride, full of chaos and wonder. 我们去的是野外，旅途既充满了混乱又充满了奇迹。

4. come to visit 前来参观

5. set off 出发

6. It was a cloudless day, touching 40 ℃. 那天万里无云，气温高达40 ℃。

7. go sightseeing 观光，游览

8. charming 迷人的，充满魅力的

9. be/get stuck+介词短语 被困住，陷入困境

10. spot 看到，认出，注意到

11. We decided to investigate and drove up to where the sand met the lagoon. 我们决定去探查一番，开车前往沙湖交接的地方。

12. approach 接近

13. It looks as if+句子 看起来好像

14. be trapped 被困住

15. I kept patting her. 我不停地轻轻拍着它。

16. Christine filmed my rescue attempt and posted photos on social media. Christine拍下我救援的过程，把照片发到了社交媒体上。

17. focus on doing sth. 专注于，专心于

18. wipe the sweat from my eyes 擦掉眼上的汗

19. make (much) progress 取得（很大）进展

20. And the more she struggled to get free, the more stuck she became. 她越挣扎着出来，陷得越深。

21. It would get dark. 天快黑了。

22. word spreads to sb. about sth. 关于……消息在……中传开了

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