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【题目】”阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为120左右。

My fiance(未婚夫）and I were excited about shopping for our first home.But our funds were limited,and none of the houses in our price range seemed satisfactory.

One agent recommended a house in particular..Although her description sounded wonderful,the price was beyond our range,so we declined.But she kept urging us to have a look at least.

We finally did and it was love at first sight:It was Our Home,small and charming, overlooking a quiet lake.Walking through the rooms and talking with the owners,a nice elderly couple,we felt the warmth and happiness of the marriage within that home.As perfect as it was,the price remained too high for us.But every day,we would sit by the lake, looking at the house and dreaming of what it would be like to live there.

Days later,we made a(n)offer-far below the asking price.Surprisingly,they didn't laugh at us.They renewed their offer instead.It was also much more than we could afford,but far less than the original asking price.

The next day,we got a disappointing message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.Even so,we decided to talk with the owners directly.We made our final offer, which still was thousands of dollars 'less than' the other buyer's bid.We knew it,but we had to try.Nobody knew if we could get it.

Paragraph 1:We went to the owners' home after we made our final offer.The other buyer came to visit the owners too.

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Paragraph 2:The owner looked at us and said,"I want to sell my house to you!"

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Answer 1

【答案】Paragraph 1

After we made our final offer we went to the owners' home where the other buyer came to visit the owners too. He begged the owners to sell it to him because the price he offered was much higher than ours. The owner asked the buyer, "why do you want this house?" The buyer answered, "It is near the city, so I want to buy it for investment. I can rent it to earn money." The owner thought for a while and then looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, sir. I can't sell my house to you, because I am looking for someone who truly loves my house, not just for money."

Paragraph 2:

The owner looked at us and said, "I want to sell my house to you!" Then he explained why. He'd seen us sitting by the lake all those times; he knew how much we loved the place and that we'd appreciate the years of work they had put into their home; he realized he would take a loss by selling it to us, but it was worthwhile; we were the people they wanted to live there.He told us to consider the difference in the price "an early wedding present." That's how we found our home and how I learned that when people are kind they are not strangers, only friends we haven't yet met.

【解析】

本篇书面表达是读后续写。通过阅读所给文章可知，作者和未婚夫打算买房子，看到非常心仪的房子，但是付不起高价，另一个买家出了更高的价格，尽管如此，作者他们决定以最终报价直接去找房子的主人。

续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：我们决定了最终报价后去了房子主人的家里，另一个买家也去拜访房子的主人……所以本段应该是写另一个买家请求房子主人把房子卖给他，并向房子主人陈述理由，以及房子主人听后的感受和决定等内容。第二段开头是：主人看着我们说：“我想把我的房子卖给你们。”……本段应该写房子主人解释他为什么想把房子卖给作者，因为他看到了作者对这个房子的喜爱，虽然作者的出价低一点，但这是值得的。文章最后写作者通过这件事的得到的感悟。

续写时要注意所续写短文的词数应为120左右；按要求完成写作任务。