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Lesson 79 By air 乘飞机

Summary writing摘要写作

In not more than 80 words describe what happened from the moment the plane took off. Write two different paragraphs using the points and connections given below.xiao84.com

用不超过80个单词的篇幅描述一下飞机起飞后发生的事情。用以下要点和连写出两段不同的文字。

Composition作文

Write two paragraphs in about 150 words using the ideas given below:

按以下思路写出两段文字,字数为150左右:

1  Plane took off ---- a passenger threw a lighted cigarette into an air vent ---- he thought it was an ash tray.

2  Smoke ---- panic ---- the plane returned to the airport ---- fire engines, ambulances ---- no one was hurt ---- the fire was put out ---- the plane took off again.

Letter writing书信写作

Write a suitable Purpose of about 50 words to follow this introductory paragraph:

按照以下引言的思路,写出一段50个词左右的“目的”:

You will be surprised to hear that your uncle Peter has unexpectedly returned from South America. He is staying with us at present and I know that he would very much like to see you.

Key structures关键句型

What happened? What was happening? What used to happen? (KS7, 31, 55) 表示过去发生,过去正在进行和过去经常发生的动作(复习第7,31,55课关键句型)

Exercises练习

A  Underline all the verbs in the passage that tell us what happened, what was happening, and what used to/ would happen.

划出课文中所有说明过去发生,过去正在发生,过去经常/将要发生的情况的动词。

B  Give the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Use would in place of used to where possible. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise:

用正确的动词时态填空,可能情况下用would来替代used to,完成练习后再对照课文,核对你的答案:

I____(travel) by air a great deal when I____(be) a boy. My parents____(live) in South America and I ____(fly) there from Europe in the holidays. A flight attendant____(take) charge of me and I never ____(have) an unpleasant experience. I am used to travelling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we ____(fly) low over the city and slowly ____(gain) height, when the plane suddenly ____(turn) round and ____(fly) back to the airport. While we ____(wait) to land, a flight attendant ____(tell) us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.

C  Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences:

解释以下两个句子在词义上的不同点:

1  I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. (11.2-3)

2  I am used to travelling by air. (1.4)

Special difficulties难点

The verb take has a different meaning in each of these sentences. Study them carefully:

动词take在以下句子中有不同的含义。细读这些例句:

After taking off, we were flying over the city … (11.5-6)

He took off his coat. 他脱下外套。

He is always taking his teacher off. (He is always making fun of him by imitating him.)

他总是模仿他的老师。

Young Tom takes after his father. (He resembles his father.)

年轻的汤姆长得像他的父亲。

That wardrobe takes up a lot of space. (It occupies a lot of space.)

那个衣柜很占地方。

He has taken up French. (He has begun to learn French.)

他开始学法语。

When his wife died, he took to drinking. (He started drinking and it became a habit.)

妻子死后他染上酗酒的习惯。

He was so persuasive that I was taken in. (I was deceived.)

他真能说,结果我被骗了。

The reporter took down everything I said. (The reporter wrote …)

记者记下了我说的每件事情。

That business was doing very badly until Jones took over. (He became in charge of it.)

琼斯接管公司之前,公司的经营很差。

Exercise练习

Supply the missing words in the following sentences:

填空:

1  Who will take ____when the present director leaves?

2  As soon as he got into the lift he took his hat ____.

3  You shouldn't be taken ____by stories like that.

4  Last year he took____ Russian; now he's taking ____Chinese.

5  None of my children takes ____me.

6  The new rocket will take____ from Cape Canaveral.

7  ‘Please take____ this letter for me, Pamela,’ the manager said.

8  He takes people____ so well he ought to go on the stage.

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Comprehension理解

1  The aeroplane had to return ____.

(a) a long time after it had taken off    

(b) shortly after it had taken off

(c) just before landing   

(d) the next day

2  The plane had to return because ____.

(a) there was a very important person on board    

(b) everyone was worried

(c) the flight attendant said so   

(d) there was fear of an explosion

Structure句型

3  I used to travel a great deal when I was a boy. I still ____a great deal today.

(a) use to travel  

(b) used to travel  

(c) travel 

(d) am used to travelling

4  I used to travel a great deal. I used to travel ____.

(a) very many  

(b) a great number  

(c) a lot 

(d) lots

5  ____have you been travelling? Since I was a boy.

(a) Since when  

(b) When  

(c) For when

(d) How much

6  I used to fly to South America ____the holidays.

(a) on  

(b) to  

(c) at 

(d) during

7  I felt frightened. It was____ experience.

(a) frightening  

(b) a frightening  

(c) the frightening 

(d) one frightening

Vocabulary 词汇

8  I used to travel by air. I always went on a long ____.

(a) trip  

(b) travel  

(c) way 

(d) distance

9  She would take charge of me. She was ____.

(a) dutiful  

(b) commanding  

(c) charging 

(d) responsible

10  I am used to travelling by air. I am ____to it.

(a) accustomed 

(b) habitual 

(c) customary  

(d) inhabited

11  She told us to keep calm. She told us not to be ____.

(a) nervous  

(b) angry  

(c) irritated 

(d) annoyed

12  We were curious to find out. We ____.

(a) were strange 

(b) were odd  

(c) wanted to know 

(d) were peculiar

Sentence structure句子结构

Rewrite this sentence, then check your answer against the text.

改写以下句子,然后对照课文第5行,核对你的答案。

I have only ever felt frightened on one occasion.

Only on one occasion ____________________________________.