Xiao Fuxing
①It was a Sunday afternoon around the early spring of 2000 when I went to the post office to send a letter. Just as I was nearing the post office, a young woman brushed past me. Suddenly, she stopped and looked back at me. The look was affectionate and somewhat unexpected, as if she recognized an acquaintance with whom she had met unexpectedly. The eyes made me think I really ran into someone I know, I could not help but stop and look at her: not very old, just the early twenties, look fresh, medium build, thin. Look at her dress, early spring is still wearing a bloated cotton coat, I guessed it is an outsider, probably working girls. I thought carefully, never seen such a person, she must have recognized the wrong person. So I laughed at my own self-centeredness and walked toward the post office.
②I hadn't taken more than a few steps when she came running from behind and ran up to me, which surprised me, not knowing what I had stumbled upon. I only heard her ask me carefully and cautiously in that soft southern voice, "Are you Mr. Xiao Fu Xing?" I was more and more surprised that she actually called out my name, and stood there mute, nodding almost mechanically. She looked excited all of a sudden and went on to say, "Just now you walked towards me face to face, and I looked at you like. I read the book you wrote when I was in middle school, and you resemble the picture in the book. I really didn't think how it was so coincidental that I met you here today!"
③It turned out to be a reader, probably this warm words of hers, very able to satisfy my vanity, especially listening to her say that she likes some of the things I wrote, especially that she read my writing when she was in middle school helped her, and has not been able to forget it.......I'm like an elementary school student who loves to listen to praise, and immediately a little dizzy. Can not find the north, stood in the street and she talked, one let the side of the traffic, the hustle and bustle.
④From her words, I gradually understand, she grew up in the southern countryside, graduated from high school, did not go to college, the family life is difficult, followed the folks to Beijing to work, live from my home is not too far, to go half an hour or so, today's Sunday rest, she is just to the post office to send money home, and sent a letter of peace. Although it is a casual encounter, just some commonplace words, but let me feel like she was in the heart of the heart, a moment actually a little moved, did not think that just write some ordinary things, can make the heart closer, the distance is shortened, and the heart should be said to be nowadays not useful literature a little special function it. So, I am further dizzy, along the slope to continue to slip down, I do not know how to her enthusiasm in return, even pointing across the road to my family live in the building to her, said: "I live there, you have time, you are welcome to my home as a guest." Said wrote the address to her. She happily said, "Great, I will definitely go."
⑤When I got home, I told my family about the incident as a happy posting, but I didn't want to be immediately poured with cold water by the whole family, who said, "You think you've met your soulmate? Don't be a liar, right?" "Yes, now the liar can be a lot of it, you can not forget the fox said a few words of praise, is to cheat the meat in the mouth of the duck." "What? You even told people the address of our house? Are you stupid? You're just waiting for people to come to your door and find your head to cheat you!" "If it is really come to the door, cheat a few money is nothing, but don't get into other things ......"
6 all of a sudden, said I was dumbfounded. Recall again and again on the street and the young woman's encounter and conversation, does not seem to be a fox-like liar ah, and besides, she must have read the book I wrote, or else can not tell the name of the book; and can be compared to the picture on the book to recognize me ah. But the people at home are not wrong, no one will not put the word liar written on the door of the head, clever liar more and more, can not be prevented. Thinking about it, I regretted it again and again, and I couldn't help but feel a little weak. A few days in a row, are a little wary.
⑦The good thing is that many days passed, all safe and sound. As time went by, the incident gradually faded into oblivion.
8 nearly a year has passed, the day after the Spring Festival, our family from Tianjin children's grandmother's home after New Year's Eve, just on the elevator, open the elevator of the old lady said to me: "You wait for me for a while, two days ago, there is a young woman to look for you, you're not at home, to bring something on my place." A short while later, she brought a package of things wrapped in scrap newspaper. I went home and opened the package to see that it was two green papayas. Next to the papayas was a small slip of paper with a few lines of small writing, addressed to "one of your readers".
9 The whole family froze there, no one could say a word.
⑩This incident has been the past four years, but how can I not forget this young and sincere woman, can not forget this incident, can not forget these two papayas. Always remember to cut the papaya, don't look at the skin so green, inside is red, extra bright, especially the unique fragrance, in the room wafting, many days did not dissipate.
(From the Reader, 2004, No. 6, with changes)
Reading questions
17. Please add a few sentences before the first natural paragraph of the article, and write another beginning, so that the new beginning and the end should follow each other.
18. In the course of my relationship with the young woman, my feelings changed many times. Please summarize in simple language the changes in my feelings at different times and places.
(1)When I talked to the young woman in front of the post office:
(2)After I went home and was complained by my family:
(3)After I received the papayas:
19. In the fifth natural paragraph of the article, it is written that "I" told my family about the time and place when "I "After meeting the young woman and leaving her address, I was complained by my family. Do you think there is any truth in what the family said? Tell us what you think.
20. The title and the end of the article mention the "flavor" of green papaya, what do you think is the "flavor" of green papaya? Please talk briefly about your understanding.
21. After reading this article, which place do you think is the most distinctive writing? Try to make a brief comment on this.
Reading Answers
17.Reference examples：①I once received a gift from a reader, two green papayas. ② How could I forget the two green papayas, for the fresh fragrance of these two papayas still lingers in my heart. ③I can't forget the two green papayas, which symbolize a sincere reader's deep love and high hopes for me.
18. (1) "I" trusted and warmed to the young woman.
(2) I regret my behavior and suspect that the young woman is a liar.
(3) Feeling guilty for misunderstanding the young woman and y regretted by her behavior.
19. Reference examples: ① It makes sense. Because there are indeed many such scammers in society, the Chinese have a traditional idea that "one must be on guard against others". The family's words don't make sense. Because people should treat each other sincerely, more understanding, more trust.
20. ① write the green papaya itself unique flavor; ② write the young woman embodied in the sincerity, enthusiasm; ③ write the sincerity and trust between people should have.
21. Examples: ①This article is a small thing to see the big, through a small thing to express a social problem that deserves attention. ② The sentences in the last paragraph of the article are implicitly rich in meaning and have a lingering flavor. ③The use of suspense makes the article undulating. ④The article sketches the young woman's life experience and describes in detail how I interacted with the young woman, highlighting the center of the article. ⑤ The article describes the psychological activities of "I" in detail, and the changes in "my" feelings run through the whole article, which not only makes the image of the characters fuller, but also makes the clues of the article clearer. The ellipsis in the third paragraph omits the young woman's other words that have nothing to do with the theme of this article, making the text more concise.