I was lacking in everything needed to start a new friendship.

My parents moved to the town when they decided to look for new jobs but they didn’t realize I was really hurt when I said goodbye to my old friends. It felt awful to be a new student in the school and when my classmates were chatting, what I could do was to be caught up in my thoughts watching the clouds outside the window. I was not good at math or history; nor was I good at drawing or dancing. I was shy and timid. I had a few friends back at my hometown and it seemed that they were the only ones who I could be friends with for my whole life. I felt I had achieved a point of saturation with regard to having friends and I could make no further addition to my friend list. I was ashamed of myself, so I believed I deserved no notice from others until Emily came to my world.

Emily was fearless, outspoken and easy to go. She was everything I was not and I was too shy to come out of my shell. I met Emily in school almost every day and yet I never talked to her. We were in the same class but we were like poles apart. How I wished I could be like her or at least be a friend of hers!

It was another ordinary day.

I wandered to the bus stop in the morning and waited for the school bus. Birds were singing songs with their friends but who could I sing songs with? I got on the bus and went straight to my usual seat, complaining in a low voice about getting up early and going to school like every other day, and about how things were going to be the same all over again. Little did I realize something different would happen that day.

Para. 1:

When I got up to get down the bus, my schoolbag was stuck in the armrest. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Para. 2:

I got noticed by Emily, who brought me courage to start a new friendship!

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【答案】Para. 1:

When I got up to get off the bus, my schoolbag was stuck in the armrest. I didn’t notice it and stood up with all my strength. Unfortunately, my schoolbag was torn apart and all the contents fell on the ground. I knelt down to pick them up. Suddenly, I saw a hand passing me some of the books. I looked up and found it was Emily who was helping me. With her help, I put all the contents back to my schoolbag. I began to talk with her and was surprised to find that we had much in common.

Para. 2:

I got noticed by Emily, who brought me courage to start a new friendship! One day when I told her that I admired her and how I wished to be a friend of hers, she said, “We have already been friends.” I felt so happy that I even sang a song. Hearing my song, she thought highly of it and asked me to teach her to sing it. She made me realize how unique I was and at last I came out of me shell.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写作文。

通过阅读所给文章可知，作者跟随父母来到了一个新城镇，作为一名新生在学校的感觉很糟糕，作者很害羞，胆小，为自己感到羞愧，作者注意到了无所畏惧，直言不讳，容易相处的Emily，作者希望和她成为朋友，直到某一天一个早上发生了一些不同的事情。

续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：当我起身下车时，我的书包被卡在扶手上了。所以后文应该是讲述作者的书包被卡住，东西掉了出来，而Emily帮助了作者，二人开始相识起来；第二段开头是：我被Emily注意到了，她给了我勇气去开始一段新的友谊！本段应该写作者和Emily的友谊进展情况。

最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应为150左右。