“我”与男友计划结婚；“我”寻遍了城里的商店最终买到了梦寐以求的结婚礼服；但因礼服太大，找人进行修改；之后男友却电话通知婚礼取消；“我”的世界陷入一片混乱。

（3）根据已知人物、事件及续写段落首句预测故事发展（development)。

从已给出的两段首句可推理，故事总体的发展可能是失恋后的“我”又遇到了修改礼服的女士Maggie，当她知晓“我”已取消婚礼后，极力推荐她儿子Tim与“我”见面，结果“我”与Tim结婚，并过上了幸福而快乐的生活。续写第一段：“我”又遇到了曾为“我”修改礼服的Maggie，她很关切地询问“我”婚礼的事，当得知“我”已取消婚礼的时候，Maggie 可能在表示遗憾的同时向“我”推荐她儿子。续写第二段：“我”最终在第二年的夏天与Maggie的儿子结婚了。因此，接下去可以描述“我”的婚后生活以及“我”对这件事的感受。

（4）结合下划线词罗列写作要点（points)。

第一段可以通过问以下5个问题来获取写作要点：Who did I meet? What did we talk about? What was Maggie’s feeling when she learned that my wedding had been canceled? What was her suggestions? What was my attitude to her suggestions? 第二段可以问以下4个问题来获取写作要点：What about my wedding the next summer? What kind of person was Tim? What were my comments on Tim? What was my opinion about my marriage?

（二）参考范文

One day, while standing in line at the supermarket, I heard someone calling my name. It was Maggie, who once helped me to do alterations for my wedding gown. She politely inquired about my summer wedding. When she learned that my wedding had been called off, she was very shocked, but agreed it was probably for the best. I thanked her for adjusting my wedding gown. With a sparkle in her eye, she began telling me about her single son, Tim. Even though I wasn’t interested in dating again, she finally talked me into meeting Tim.

I did have my summer wedding, with Maggie’s son, only a year later. And I did get to wear the dress of my dreams down the aisle on the arm of Tim on my special occasion. It was obvious that without the special gown, I would never have met Tim, my real “Mister Right”. Till now, Tim and I have shared eighteen years of our happy life together, with our three children.

（三）范文解析

范文围绕文章的内容进行了意料之外、却又是情理之中的故事情节拓展。第一段写我偶遇Maggie。当得知“我”已取消婚礼，她对此深表遗憾，并开始向“我”推荐她儿子，努力说服“我”与其见面。第二段，由于Maggie的极力撮和，“我”与Tim最终走在了一起。“我”庆幸自己因这件特殊的礼服而认识了给“我”带来美好生活的丈夫。这一结局也非常符合故事发展的逻辑。

（四）提炼归纳

1. 合理拓展情节

在该题中，我们通过9个问题来拓展并整理自己的写作思路，整个故事的发展以“the special gown”为主线，围绕着这个主线来设计具有一定逻辑关系的问题，从而发展故事情节，最终引出合理的结局。

2. 灵活运用语言

记叙文的语言少有套路，也因此更显示作者的语言功底。例如，这个故事是以第一人称来叙述的，这有助于体现故事的真实性，但若通篇文章都以第一人称开头，语言上就会显得

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