8台阶 阅读拓展训练

8台阶阅读拓展训练

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台阶阅读拓展训练

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天桥娱乐场。

这是天桥最热闹的一处大场，到处设着评书桌、杂技棚、落子馆，在一个个拉洋片、练把式、唱大鼓、说相声、变戏法的场子上，挤满了人群。

在一个偌大的人场子里，一群玩杂技的少年艺人在表演着登刀竿。围看的人群不时叫着好。

人丛中，一把洒金大折扇哗地打开了。扇上绘着一只飞翔的白鹤。

江南少爷徐放鹤轻摇着扇，挤进了人圈。

徐放鹤身材修长，面容清俊，嘴角仿佛永远挂着一缕生动的笑意，身穿一袭荷色纺绸长衫，衫上绣着三五只飞腾的白鹤，显得飘逸风流。

他用折扇遮住阳光，抬头往高竿上看去。

那竿子有七八丈高，交叉着横插几十把白晃晃的刀片儿，一个留着冲天小辫的俊美女孩赤着脚，着一身掐腰紧袖小红衣，嫩藕片似的脚板踩着刀刃往竿顶爬着。

看客们瞅得心悬气短。

徐放鹤微笑起来，喝彩道：“好脚板！”

那爬竿的红衣女孩突然来了个身子倒悬，双手按在刀刃上，腾空转起了圈。

看客们纷纷往场子里扔铜板。

徐放鹤从衣袋里掏出一块银元，正要扔，忽然一笑，将银元放回袋里，撩起长衫下摆，摘下腰间的一块圆圆的羊脂佩玉，像是有意要引起那红衣女孩的注意似的，将佩玉一下一下在手里抛接起来。

竿上的女孩很快注意到了徐放鹤，对着徐放鹤像狐狸般地笑了笑，又挑逗似的挤了一眼，身子突然轻灵地一跃，后背上仿佛长着钩子似的，一下将身子贴在了竿子上，那刀片儿正巧在她的四肢和腰肢间插出，丝毫没有伤着皮肉。

看客们惊呼一声，鼓掌。

徐放鹤一扬手，将手中的佩玉往那竿子上扔去。

只听“叮”的一声，佩玉在一枚刀片上被削成两半，齐齐地飞出，飞撞在不远处的墙脊上，然后又飞撞回来，直扑红衣女孩的前胸。

看客中有人失声尖叫。

那红衣女孩似乎觉得这很好玩，脸上仍挂着迷人的笑容，猛地左右出手，动作快如捕蝇，就在那两片玉块眼看着就要击中她那挺隆着的胸脯时，将那玉块一把抓住。

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