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Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚

Summary writing 摘要写作

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Answer these questions in not more than 50  words.

回答下列问题,将答案组成一个段落,不要超过50个单词。

1  How long were detectives waiting at the airport?

2  What were they expecting from South Africa?

3  Where did two men take the parcel after the arrival of the plane?

4  How many detectives opened it?

5  What was the parcel full of?

 

Key structures 关键句型

 

What were you doing when I telephoned? 过去进行时

Study these sentences carefully. Pay close attention to the words in italics.

细读这些过去进行时的例句,特别注意用斜体印出的表示时间的状语。

When I was watering the garden, it began to rain. 当我正在花园里浇水时,开始下雨了。

I was having breakfast when the telephone rang. 我正在吃早饭时,电话铃响了。

While we were having a party, the lights went out. 当我们正在聚会时,灯熄灭了。

George was reading while his wife was listening to the radio. 乔治在看书时,他的妻子在听收音机。

As I was getting on the bus, I slipped and hurt my foot. 当我上公共汽车时,我滑了一下,撞伤了我的脚。

Someone knocked at the door just as I was getting into the bath. 就在我要进澡盆洗澡时有人敲门。

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. (11. 1-2) 飞机晚点了,侦探在机场等了一个上午。

 

Exercises 练习

 

A  Underline the verbs in the passage which tell us what was happening.

选出课文中表示过去某时正在进行的动作的句子,并在下面划上横线。

B  What was happening when…?

Read the passage again then answer these questions. Write a complete sentence in answer to each question.

重读课文后回答以下问题,回答时写出完整的句子。

1  What was happening when the plane arrived?

2  What was happening when two of the detectives opened the parcel?

C  Write sentences of your own in answer to these questions. Each answer must begin with‘I was…’

根据自己的情况回答以下问题,每句回答均要以I was开头。

1  What were you doing when I telephoned you?

2  What were you reading when I saw you in the library this morning?

3  What were you saying when I interrupted you?

D  What was happening? What happened? 过去进行时与一般过去时。

Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

用正确的时态填空。

1 As my father ______ (leave) the house, the postman ______ (arrive).

2  Tom ______ (work) in the garden while I ______ (sit) in the sun.

3  As I ______ (walk) down the street, I ______ (meet) Charlie.

4  While he ______ (read) the letter, he ______ (hear) a knock at the door.

5  While mother ______ (prepare) lunch, Janet ______ (set) the table.

6  She ______ (drop) the tray when I ______ (speak) to her.

 

Special difficulties 难点

 

Two men took the parcel off the plane. (11. 6-7)

Do you remember these sentences? (SD6)

你还记得这些句子吗?(参见第6课的难点)

Come and look at my photograph album.

I am looking for my pen. I lost it this morning.

Will you look after the children for me please?

Now read these sentences:

仔细阅读这些句子:

Instead of saying:                          We can say:

除了这种表述方法外:                还可以说:

He took off his coat.                     He took his coat off. He took it off.

He put out the fire.                        He put the fire out. He put it out.

She put on her hat.                       She put her hat on. She put it on.

 

Exercise 练习

 

We can change the position of the words in italics in some of the sentences below. For instance, we can change the position of the word out in this sentence: He put out the fire. But we cannot change the position of the word for in this sentence: He is looking for his pen. Where possible, change the position of the words in italics in the sentences below.

在下面的有些句子中我们可以调换用斜体印出的词的位置。比如说,在“He put out the fire. ”这句话中,我们可以变动out的位置(He put the fire out. )。但是,在“He is looking for his pen. ”中,我们却不能变动for的位置,如有可能,调换下列句子中用斜体印出的词的位置。

1  He gave away all his books.

2  She woke up the children early this morning.

3  He is looking for his umbrella.

4  They cut off the king's head.

5  Put on your hat and coat.

6  Give it back to your brother.

7  Help me to lift up this table.

8  Take off your shoes and put on your slippers.

9  He is looking at the picture.

10  Send her away or she will cause trouble.

11  They have pulled down the old building.

12  Make up your mind.

13  He asked for permission to leave.

14  She threw away all those old newspapers.

 

Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

 

Comprehension 理解

1  The detectives were at the airport ______ .

a.to meet a plane

b.to prevent a robbery

c.to watch the building

d.because the plane was late

2  The detectives ______ .

a.found the diamonds

b.didn't open the parcel

c.didn't prevent the robbery

d.caught the thieves

Structure 句型

3  ______ were detectives waiting? At the airport.

a.Why                               b.When

c.Where                             d.What

4  ______ were they expecting? A valuable parcel of diamonds.

a.Why                               b.When

c.Where                             d.What

5  Someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. This happened ______ the plane arrived.

a.before                             b.after

c.when                              d.as soon as

6  The detectives went into the building and waited ______ .

a.in                                    b.into

c.inside                              d.for

7  Two men took the parcel off the plane. They ______ .

a.took off it                        b.it took off

c.took off                          d.took it off

Vocabulary 词汇

8  The detectives were ______ a valuable parcel of diamonds.

a.expecting                         b.waiting

c.expecting for                   d.expecting to

9  The parcel was valuable. It was ______ .

a.worth                              b.worthy

c.precious                          d.value

10  The thieves wanted to ______ the diamonds.

a.rob                                 b.steal

c.take from                        d.take to

11  The detectives waited inside the main building. This was the ______ building.

a.most important                 b.smallest

c.first                                d.greatest

12  Someone had filled the parcel with stones and sand. It was ______ stones and sand.

a.full with                          b.full of

c.full by                             d.full in

 

Sentence structure 句子结构

 

Arrange these groups of words in the correct order, then check your answer against the text.

按照正确的语序排列以下词组,然后对照课文第6-7行,核对你的答案。

into the Customs House/two men/and carried it/took the parcel/off the plane