Lesson 44
Through the forest
穿过森林
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★forest n,森林
★risk n,危险，冒险
★picnic n,野餐
★edge n,边缘
★strap n,带，皮带
★possession n,所有
★breath n,呼吸
out of breath:上气不接下气
waste one's breath;白费口舌
in one breath:片刻
hold one's breath:屏住呼吸
bad breath:口臭
★contents n,（常用复数）内有的物品
content:内容(抽象)
★mend v,修理
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How did Mrs,Sterling get her bag back?
Mrs,Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men,They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag,In the struggle,the strap broke and,with the bag in their possession,both men started running through the trees,Mrs,Sterling got so angry that she ran after them,She was soon out of breath,but she continued to run,When she caught up with them,she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag,so she ran straight at them,The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away,'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs,Sterling later,'but they did not steal anything.'
参考译文
安.斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。在争抢中，手提包的带断了，包落入这两个人手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。斯特林夫人非常气愤，向着他们追了过去。只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了，但她还是继续追赶。当她赶上他们时，发现他们已经坐了下来，正翻着包里的东西。于是她直冲过去。这两个人吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。“这提包带需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后说道，“不过他们什么也没偷走。”
【课文讲解】
Mrs.Anne Sterling did not think of the risk...
take a risk:冒...风险
run after:追赶,追随,追求
run behind:在某人后面跑
run to:跑向
rush up to:迎面冲过来
up:向上,面对面 (down:方向相同)
in one's possession:为某人所拥有……
so...that:如此...以致于
continued to do:接着做
catch up with.追上,赶上(强调结果)
contents of the bag:包里的东西
go through:浏览,翻看
run(straight) at
need doing:需要做,需要被做
needn't可以回答must开头的疑问句,只能用在肯定句中,可以直接加动词-ing
want doing,主动,表示被动含义它们的主语一定是物
need to be done---主语是人,也可以是物
总结:
1.never/not think of the risk she was taking
2.with sth.in one's possession
3.need doing
【letter writing】
Esq.
Esquire写信时对男性的尊称(放在人名的后面)
Mr.and Mrs.(已婚)
先写人名,再写地址
【Key structures】
a.动词-ing做介词宾语,或做主语
b.to 做介词 + 动词-ing
look forward to,be used to,be accustomed to,devote oneself to
object to
c.begin,start,continue+to do/doing 没有区别
d.hate,love,like+doing……表示一种习惯
hate,love,like+to do……表示某一次性的行为
would love /like to do:表示想要
I hate to (say)...
e,need,want
如果以物体做主语,可以直接加动词-ing,表达被动的含义
Exercises
B.Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:
1.to see
would love to do 固定用法,等同于would like to do
想要,愿意
2.working
be accustomed to doing 习惯于做某事
look forward to doing
be used to doing
be accustomed to doing
develope to doing
object to doing
3.ironing
iron n.铁,熨斗
v.熨烫,熨衣服
4.to leave
I must bo going now.我要走了
I must go.
5.to argue/arguing
6.to come
7.seeing
8.knocking
介词后面加动词,一定要加-ing形式
9.waiting
get/be tired of 对...厌烦
10.to rain/raining
有三个动词加to do和加doing一样:begin,start,continue
11.working
believe in信任,信仰
take it easy 轻松,放松,慢慢来
believe in + sb 表示信任某人,信仰某人
believe in + doing 表示我的信条是...
12.taking
【Mutiple choice questions】
4.c
That's后一般加特殊疑问词引导的从句或that's all加从句
for 加句子的时候,放在主句之后表示由于某个理由,我们不说for this 而说for this reason
5.c
frightful=terrible
frightened 感到害怕的
6.b
10.a
steal后面加物,rob的后面加人
steal sth from sb
rob sb of sth
8.a
what she did 她做的事
What I said is ture.我所说的话是真的
That is what I heard.那就是我所听到的事情
what=the thing that
The thing is that my borther will come./arrive.
The thing surprised me.
The thing that/which surprised me is that my borther will come.
What surprised me is that my brother will come
What I saw made me sad.
What you said made me sad.