高考英语作文高分必备 实践篇 023

 　　What happen to my son
In autumn, a father took his son to a small tree. He measured his son and knocked in a nail¹ as a mark. He hoped the boy could go taller in the next year. In winter, It's snowed very hard. However, the nail was still in trunk of tree all the time. Spring came, and the small tree grew stronger. Father brought his son to the tree again. He was eager to see how much the boy had gone since last year. To his surprise, he found that his son was shorter than the mark. He wondered what happened to my son?

 

1 nail   

n.钉子，指甲；vt.用钉钉牢，使固定，使集中于，揭露

参考例句：

• He drove a nail into the wall.他把钉子钉在墙上。
• In order to hang the picture,he had to hammer a nail.为了挂那幅画，他必须钉枚钉子。