2011-10-31 Halloween 【Aiden in English】 ... I heard a howl. I thought I was dreaming. So, I asked Robbie if he had heard it, and he nodded. I felt a shiver run down my spine. We heard a noise in the bushes. I ran to the window just in time to glimpse a dark shadow running past in a blur. I turned around to leave, but something made my heart skip a beat. It was a white figure whose outlines I could make out! A ghost, just as I thought! The next thing I knew, I was falling through the darkness. "Aiden, Aiden!" "Huh?" I opened my eyes and saw Sam standing over me. "What happened?" I asked. "Oh, you fainted." He spoke. "We have to get out of here!" I blurted out. "Why?" Sean asked. "Can't you see? " I shouted. "This house is haunted!" Then we heard a noise, followed by a scream. "Let's go." Sean tugged my arm. We ran down the hallway and made a sharp turn into a room. "Under the bed!" I said, and we dove into the darkness. "Ouch!" I shouted, "Sam, don't kick me!" "It's too dark!" He spoke. We climbed out of bed. Now that we were safe, we could try to get away. "There!" Shouted Robbie. We saw what he meant. Light came from a window and the entrance. Then, I felt something cold that made my hair stand on end. "It's the ghost," I shouted. We ran as fast as our legs could carry us. When I looked back, I was horrified. The ghost was only a few steps behind. The door was only a few steps closer, and then pain exploded in my arm. We had just crashed through the door, and dawn came through it. I didn't even turn around to look. I just kept running all the way home. 【Background/Reference】
I went trick-or-treating with my best friends＿＿＿, ＿＿＿, and ＿＿＿. Our pillowcases were full of candy, and it was getting late, so my friends wanted to go home. I wanted a few more chocolate bars, so I turned to my friends and said, "Let's knock on a few more doors and then head for home." They were worried because they thought it was already too late. "Let's go home now," they said to me. I told them not to worry because we could take a shortcut through the old forest. So, after a few more houses, I took my friends to the path through the forest. We walked for about 20 minutes, and then, suddenly, I felt very strange. I couldn't remember the way! It was dark and foggy. We were lost. And to make matters worse, it started to rain. And then, it began to pour. Lightning lit up the sky, and thunder rang in our ears. We wandered around in the rain for over two hours. We were very wet and very cold. And then, at about midnight, I saw an old abandoned house on a hill. "I think we'll have to spend the night in that old house and wait till morning," I said. My friends didn't think it was a good idea, but they were cold and wet, so they agreed. We walked up the old wooden steps to the front door. The door creaked open, and we went inside, sat down, and started to eat a chocolate bar, when ... 【紅霞譯】 …… 我聽見什麼東西嗥叫，起先還以為自己在做夢。我連忙問羅比是否聽到奇怪的聲響，羅比點了點頭，我渾身上下立刻哆嗦起來。這時，樹叢方向也出現動靜，我疾步跑向窗前，結果發現一個黑影忽隱忽現。我轉身離去，不料內心害怕，竟失去了控制。眼前出現一個穿白色衣服的人，相貌越來越清晰。正如我想的那樣，是一個幽靈。我眼前發黑，嚇得魂不附體，以後什麼事都不知道了。 “兒歌，兒歌！”“嗯？”我睜開眼睛，只見山姆站在我身旁。 “出什麼事了？”我問。 “哦，你暈了過去。”山姆回答。 “我們必須離開她！”我急促地說。 “為什麼？”夏恩不解地問。 “難到你看不出嗎?”我高聲嚷着：“這屋子鬧鬼！” 不一會兒，我們聽到響聲，接着就是大叫。“快走！”夏恩使勁拽着我的胳膊。 我們沿着走廊急轉彎，跑進房裡。“床下！”我說了一聲，隨後我們一起消失在黑暗中。 “哎喲！”我不由得叫了起來：“山姆，你別踢我好不好？” “太黑啦！” 山姆趕緊解釋。 我們爬出床下，終於找到了安全之地。 “那兒！”這時，羅比又喊了起來。 我順着羅比指的方向望去，發現一束光從窗子和門口照了進來。我又開始發冷，連頭髮也一根一根地豎了起來。 “幽靈！”我禁不住大叫了一聲。 我們撒腿就跑，如野兔亂逃一氣。我忍不住回頭張望，差點沒嚇個半死。幽靈只有幾步之遙，雖然大門離我們更近。我突然覺得胳膊一陣劇痛，我們終於破門而出。這時，晨曦透過門縫射進屋內，我顧不上環視周圍，徑直朝家奔去。 【後語】
我選在“萬聖節”的當天下午開家長會，實屬巧合。班主任卡利科夫“小傢伙”太太(Mrs. Kalikow)知道天黑時分我要跟孩子挨門逐戶一起聲討“搗蛋還是請客”，於是她開門見山，特別把與現實緊密相關、孩子新近完成的非虛構小小說搬出來說事。 這是一篇命題練習──《萬聖節》。事先班主任要求全班學生閱讀已選的背景資料，然後大家再根據劇情，進一步杜撰自己想要發展的故事情節。因為選用的是非虛構文學體裁──第四類寫作，學生必須以背景/閱讀資料為基礎，所以輪到動筆時，其難度應該比描述虛構性元素大得多。 
Halloween Costumes (萬聖節盛裝 10-31-2011) 相關博文(Crosslink): 小學三年級(3rd Grade) |
