men, gun in hand, pointing to him. bob then walked into the street and got into a car parking there, followed by those strong men. the car soon disappeared.

　　另有学生这样写到：

　　the moment the officer caught bob by the arm, he got rid of it and ran away at once. he was running down the street as fast as he could, when he was shot on the right shoulder. he turned round. to his great surprise, it was jim wells, his o ld friend. he fell on the ground and fainted.

　　在作文教学中，通过对一定的语言材料进行不同方式的处理，确实是锻炼学生的思维，发展学生的想象力的一条重要途径。当学生对当前的语言材料进行阅读、处理时，进行了充分的分析、比较，又充分展示了自己的想象力，其思维得到了充分的发散。心理学研究已经证实，发散思维对个体的创造性有着重要影响，我们应该根据教材特点，结合教学内容，注意这种思维能力的训练，并创造一些行之有效的教学技术。可以说，续写结尾、续写故事、改写、扩写等，都是高中英语作文教学中锻炼学生思维，发展学生想象力的有效手段。