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Lesson 1

Reading comprehension:

1 . What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller?

2. What does the storyteller mean by “it took only six hours to break my body and soul?

did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didn't?

4. What lessons have you learnt from the story? Give your reasons.

一、重点词汇

1. escape vi. 逃脱; （气体，液体等）漏出; 声音（不自觉地）由…发出;

The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and shout a warning.

vt.& vi. 逃避，避开;

No detail was too small to escape her attention.

n. 逃走; 逃跑工具或方法; 野生种; 泄漏;

I hear you had a very narrow escape on the bridge.

练习：

They went to the mountains _____________________(避暑).

答案：to escape the summer heat

2. survive vi. 幸存，活下来; vt. 比…活得长，经历…之后还存在; 幸存.

The time has come for action if the beautiful animals are to survive.

The plants cannot survive in very cold conditions.

Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can 52 . I am living proof of that.

The old woman survived her husband by ten years.

练习与拓展：

They didn’t know how they could_____________________________(挨过这个寒冷之夜)

The ________ of the earthquake often talks about his _______________.

答案：survive the cold night survivor survival

5. equal adj. 相等的; 平稳的; 势均力敌的; 胜任的;

They are now trying to compete on an equal footing.

n. 同样的人; 相等的数量; 能与之比拟的东西; （地位、实力等）相同的人;

The film demands attention, and has no equal in cinema history.

那部电影众人瞩目，在电影史上无与伦比。

vt. 等于; 比得上; 使相等; 同样看待; vi. 相等，相平（与out连用）;

过去分词: equalled 复数: equals 过去式: equalled 现在分词: equalling 第三人称单数: equals

No amount of money can equal memories like that.

No one equals him in spelling.

I’m not equal to doing the task.

Cooperation equals success.

练习与拓展：

He doesn’t em equal to _______(do) the task.

Two plus two ________ four.

答案：doing eaquls

二、单词语境记忆 根据英汉提示写出单词的适当形式

1. At last the writer___________ (逃跑)from the whirlpool，but his brothers didn't.

2. I wish she had_________ (幸存) the plane crash.

3. The hor that/ which was ___________ (frighten) ran away from the fire.

4. Turning around, she saw her husband and ___________ (镇静下来) down.

5. My sister and I were ________ (好奇的)children and delighted in finding out all sorts of things.

was and, to a large ________ (程度)，still is a good show.

7. It was encouraging that he __________ (意识到) the dangers the company faced.

8. In hospital she'll be under __________ (obrve) all the time.

答案： escaped; survived; frightened; calmed; curious; extent; recognized; obrvation

三、重点词组

写出下列句中pick up的含义。

I was able to pick up the program on the short wave radio. _______________________________

I’ll pick you up at the school gate. ________________________________________________

He picked up the book from the floor. ______________________________________________

The children have picked up the local accent.________________________________________

He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital._________________________________

答案：收听到； 接你； 捡起； 学会； 恢复身体

四.短语语境填空

1. Do you remember that time she __________ (接) my daughter when I was ill?

2. I wrote my wish on a piece of cloth and ____________ (把它系在) the tree.

3. This text __________ ( .....改编而来) a story in Chine literature.

4. My garden _________ (覆盖着)so many butterflies that I could hardly e the flowers.

5. The giant panda __________ (......著名)a national treasure of China.

6. Why are you sitting ___________ ( ......的边缘)the building? It's dangerous.

答案： picked up; tied it to; is adapted from; was covered with; is known as; on the edge of.

五，复习下面句型：填空或者按照要求完成句子：

1. About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. that was the day ________ it took

only six hours to break my body and soul.

2. ____________________________________(只需不到一天的时间)to change my hair from

black to white.

3. One day, two brothers and I were coming back from the islands ________ we often risked

______ （go）and got more fish than others.

4. ________________________ (我一听到这个词)， I became very frightened.

5. I knew _______he meant by one word well enough.

6. I began to think how amazing a thing it was to die in such a way, and

________________________________ (看到自然的力量是多么神奇).

7. As you can e, the reason ________ I’m here to tell the story is _______ I made the right

decision.

8. I was still tied to the barrel and the waves soon carried me to an area _________ the other

fishermen were.

六、句式语境仿写

1. The moment I heard the word 1 became very frightened. 我一听到这个词就非常害怕。

[仿写]他困得很，一 上床就睡着了。

He was so sleepy that he fell asleep _____________________________________________.

2.... the larger the bodies were, the more rapidly they fell, ....身体越大，下落越.....

[仿写]汽车的功率越大，就越难驾驭。

_____________ the car, _________________________________ it is to handle.

you can e, the reason why I'm here to tell the story is that I made the right decision.

如你所见，我来这里讲故事的原因是我做了正确的决定。

[仿写]我们(之)所以没有去,是因为我们得到通知太晚了。

The reason _________________ was ________________________________________.

答案：1. the moment he went to bed 2. The more powerful; the more difficult 3. why we didn’t go;

that we were told/notified so late.

七、课文填空

About three years ago, the storyteller experienced a horrible storm, 1_______ had broken his

body and soul.

One day, he was out fishing around some islands with his two brothers when the sky 2

_______ (cover) with clouds. They were in a terrible storm in less than a minute. His 3._______

(young) brother fell into the a. He and his elder brother were pushed 4.______ the direction of

the whirlpool and went round and round it. The storyteller felt sick, as if he was falling from

5.__________ mountain top in a dream. It may appear strange, but at that moment, when they were

on the edge of the whirlpool, he felt calmer than when they were moving towards it. After a while, he

made three important 6.________ ( obrve ). 7. _______ (ba) on what he had found, he tied

8._________ (he) to a barrel, which helped him to float. Although he tried to make his elder brother

understand that he should do the same, his brother was too 9. ________(frighten) and stayed in the

heavy boat.10._________ (final)，the storyteller was saved.

八、根据提示完成课堂小作文

天气很好,这就是我们决定去参观一座古老的寺庙的原因( That's the )。一大早，

我们就朝寺庙的方向(in the direction of)出发。我们一到达(the moment), 就了解到这座寺庙经历

了(survive)一场可怕(horrible)的大地震。当我们正在欣赏寺庙的美丽时，突然(all at once)我们

听到一声可怕的尖叫声。一名受惊吓的(frightened)游客掉到一条很深的河里，我立即把他教起

来(pick up)并设法把他送到医院。尽管我不能好好欣赏一下寺庙 ,但这对我很有意义。

It was a sunny day and that was the reason why we decided to pay a visit to an ancient

temple. Early in the morning we made our way in the direction of the temple. The moment we

arrived there, we knew that it had survived a horrible earthquake. While appreciating the beauty of

it, we heard a frightening scream all at once. It turned out that a frightened tourist fell into a deep

river, but luckily I picked him up and managed to nd him to the nearest hospital. Although I

couldn’t have a good appreciation of the temple, I consider it quite rewarding.