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1、读后续写两篇一Barbara, 70, and me, at 71, have swum together for at least 50 years. We swim in a quiet cove (小海湾). Its home to seagulls, a duck or two, and kayaks (独木舟) on occasion. The difficult summer drought of 2021 brought a burning sun that warmed the water. As the drought eased and the water cooled i
2、n late August, we decided to keep swimming. We have both read Bonnie Tsuis Why We Swim, a fine book about cold-water swimming. We challenged ourselves to swim for as long as possible through September and into October. I have long loved swimming, though the fear of being seen as fat has dogged me. I
3、 am one of those female bodies poorly displayed in bathing suits. Cold-water swimming deepened my sense of well-being and let me use my body. It became a ritual Barbara and I embraced as swimming sisters. When she returned to the United States immediately after our Canadian Thanksgiving, I did not k
4、now how I could continue our cold-water tradition. I wasnt prepared to freeze alone. But, I had to swim; there were larger commitments I could not dismiss (摒弃). In the summer, we planned to cross from the cove to an island across the lake. I had to stay fit. We also planned to host a cold-water swim
5、ming race for locals in the fall. We would make it an annual event, enhancing our strength and endurance (耐力) so that, in our 80s, we might swim through October and into November. With these plans in mind, I joined my local city pool. I had not been in a public pool for about 30 years. But my body s
6、aid swim, my brain said swim and my heart, could not let go. So I went anyway. I am swimming. I am alive to my love of the water, alive to my promise for the spring and the summer that will come. I intend to step back into the lake in May, and through September and October with Barbara. We are perfe
7、ctly matched in our devotion, and increasingly aware of the miracle of being able-bodied enough to share the cold-water wonder side by side. Summary writing 概要写作Please write a summary of the article in about 60 words.参考答案：Barbara and I are swimming sisters who have swum together for over 50 years. W
8、e devoted ourselves to cold-water swimming, which relieved my anxiety over my figure and improved my sense of well-being. When Barbara returned to the US, I joined the local pool to stay fit in preparation for the plans we had made. Nothing can stop me from swimming, and I long to swim with Barbara
9、when she is back.二For her 85th birthday, I gave my mother an iPad. Shed never used a computer. She had a trying relationship with her TV remote control (遥控) and a miserable track record (以往的记录) with her cell. She was keen (热切的) on a tablet because she knew people who had them, and she believed that
10、if she didnt keep up with technology, shed one day find herself in a computerized (计算机化的) kitchen, “unable to open a can of soup”. Our first task was email. She quickly learned the fundamentals but couldnt see the point of emailing when she could phone or visit in person. Next, we tackled Netflix. M
11、oms a movie lover with an appetite for murder mysteries (凶杀奇案). She was astonished by the amount of crime thrillers that Netflix has on offer. One Saturday she called because she was having trouble logging onto (登录) Netflix. I suggested it might require an update. “They probably have fewer people wo
12、rking as its a long weekend,” she told me. She learned to Zoom and FaceTime. She experimented with podcasts. She started emailing her grandchildren. Mom is a reader, so we downloaded the library app and signed her up for an ecard. Now she regularly downloads e-books herself. When they are not immedi
13、ately available, she puts them on hold and forgets about them. She became curious about all the icons (图标), so we set up a weekly tutorial (辅导课), which takes place over the phone, each of us with our iPads. One day, I struggled for 45 minutes to help her find the search bar. “It looks like a magnify
14、ing glass (放大镜),” I kept saying. Finally, she asked: “You mean the frying pan?” We speak on the phone every day. We also FaceTime, Zoom and email. She powers through e-books, marveling that she can check them out in the middle of the night. She watches TV series and knows whats trending. But she has
15、 not yet successfully surfed the Net. She would like to read the newspaper, but pop-up ads (自动弹出式广告) and sidebars are problematic. She “accidentally” touches them, and then ends up on some strange pages. I cant wait for the day when we can sit down in person and surf the Net together. In the meantim
16、e, its great to see how much her confidence has grown. Yesterday, she FaceTimed me. “Ive made a resolution,” she announced. “Im going to learn how to operate every piece of technology in the apartment including the TV remote.”Summary writing 概要写作Please write a summary of the article in about 60 words.参考答案：Afraid of lagging behind the technology, my mother was enthusiastic about learning to use a tablet. She ha
