Question

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。

I was 28 years old, the age when most young people have their eyes firmly fixed on the promise of success but I was a failure. Six years earlier, fresh from college, I had joined a dramatic producing company, and had been going into small towns and rural communities producing country-style musical comedies. But, in the summer of 1940, the country was in a depression, radio had changed people's tastes, and part-time shows weren't all that big any more. So , jobless and with nothing else in sight, I went back home. Later I got a job as a recreation-room director in my hometown. It paid $50 a month, for which I was grateful, but it sure was a dull job.

I felt so frustrated with my plan to be a dramatic star. Restless and dissatisfied though I was it was nice, in a way, to be back home. I tried to teach some of my town's children music and drama. And when I got a chance, I'd try my luck as a performer myself. I'd dress up as a country girl and tell little stories and jokes that I'd picked up during my years living around country folk. I gave this country girl a name-Minnie Pearl.

One October afternoon I was in the recreation room, waiting for the children when a banker friend, Jim Walker, came in and said, "We're going to have a bankers' meeting here. I understand you've been teaching some children dramatics and dancing and singing. Would you let the children entertain the bankers? "I said, yes. Suddenly, he turned and added, "Oh, by the way, the speaker from Chicago is flying here. If he's late, would you mind doing that Minnie Pearl thing? "I told Jim I'd do it.

That night the children sang and danced to old-time, popular songs when I was backstage. After we finished the performance, Jim came to me. "The speaker's not here yet. You'll have to help us. ""All right, "I told him, "just give me a minute to dress up."

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后, 请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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Then I went out in front of the hundred or so men in the audience.

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Then I walked off the stage into the audience, and a banker greeted me.

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Answer

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Then I went out in front of the hundred or so men in the audience. I said, "I'd like to give you my performance of a country girl." I started telling them about the wonderful stories and jokes. And the bankers were laughing and applauding. When I ran out of stories, I looked over at Jim Walker, and he shook his head. So I started singing old country songs. At the end of the second song, Jim came over to me and said, "The speaker's here. You can stop now. ”

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Then I walked off the stage into the audience, and a banker greeted me. He told me he knew Harry Stone, the manager of the great country music station in Nashville. Later he recommended me to Harry Stone. Harry Stone had me come up for an interview and offered me a good job. That changed my whole life. It was the beginning of Minnie Pearl, and, to me, the end of my "failure" and the beginning of a new way to share fun with others and look at things.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写。文章主要讲述了作者因为经济不景气回家当了娱乐室主任，教孩子们音乐和戏剧，同时自己也私下学着表演，一天朋友的到来让这一切有了改变。

续写分为两段，第一段的开头是：我走上舞台，面对着上百人……所以应该接着写：我给观众们说：“我要为你们表演一个乡村女孩。”然后我给他们讲故事和笑话，看了我的表演所有人都捧腹大笑，并且热烈鼓掌。我看着Jim Walker，他示意发言人还没到。我决定唱歌，正当我要唱时，Jim Walker说：“发言人到了，你就表演到这儿。”第二段的开头是：然后我走下舞台，一个银行家向我打招呼……所以应该接着写：他说他很喜欢我的表演，如果我不介意的话，他可以把我介绍给他的朋友，这个朋友是一个表演公司的经理，我同意了。几天之后，我去这家公司面试，表演了乡村女孩Minnie Pearl，非常幸运地被录用了。从此之后我再也不是一个失败者了，我也明白了机会青睐有准备的人。

续写时要求使用5个以上的关键词增加了写作难度，我们要熟悉划线词，在恰当的时候加以运用。最后还要主语所续写的文章词数应为150左右；续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词。按要求完成写作。