as…as sb. can/could 等于 as…as possible 尽可能的…… •例句：He got through as much food as he could and set out. •Tell Jim to come to my office as soon as he can. •near to = close to
2、The only passengers, a young woman
and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.It was the middle of winter.
• middle of winter 隆冬 • middle of summer 盛夏
• “her two baby daughters” 两个女婴
get 作不及物动词时可以表示“变得”： 例句：天气变得越来越暖和了哦。
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The weather is getting warmer~
6、The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.
go表示“变成（某种状态）”，通常表示不好的 变化：
Some foods go bad easily. The milk went sour.
get 在口语中使用较多，表示“成为（某种状 态）”，强调的是变化的过程（一下子变得）。天 气变化，
一般用get，get cold(变冷) Things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
8、Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.
• • • stamp out 踩出 out 在这里为副词，表示“出现，显露”等 The writer has brought out another book. He wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. SOS = Save Our Souls 国际通用的呼救信号 in the snow 在雪地上
survivor n. 幸存者(指人)
相同词根词： survival n. 幸存的东西 survive v. 生存；存活下来 • I learn how to live, but now I know how to survive. • I survived after the fire. • （生存） （存活下来） • survive + sth.(灾难) 经过某种灾难还存在，还 活着 • I survived the fire. • The house survived the earthquake.
Lesson 75 SOS 求救信号
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【New words and expressions】 生词和短语（6个） thick adj. 厚的 signal n. 信号 stamp v. 跺，踩 helicopter n. 直升飞机 scene n. 现场 survivor n. 幸存者
【课文讲解】
1、When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. off course 脱离轨道 • fly off course 飞行偏离航线 • During the storm, the ship went off course. • kill v. 杀（仅表示死了，不一定是人为的 杀死,有可能是火灾等） • Fire in Tokyo. Five people killed. Ten persons injured.（受伤） • murder v. 谋杀（故意杀死）
scene n. 现场
• ① n.（事件发生的）地点，现场 • A helicopter soon arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors. • 一架直升飞机很快飞抵出事现场搭救幸存者 • These things were found at the scene of the murder. • ② n. 风景，景色；景象 • A beautiful scene always makes me delighted. • I have just seen a sad scene.
signal n. 信号，暗号，标志 V.发信号，用信号传达
• 信号，例句： • 我们住的地方离城里太远, 不能收到清晰的 电视图像。 • We live too far from the city to get a strong television signal. • V.例句：他作手势要侍者拿菜单来。 • He signaled the waiter to bring the menu.
fall 可表示“变成……的状态”
fall + asleep/ill 坠落梦乡/病倒了 You fell asleep while I was talking to you. He fell ill last week, so he didn’t come to your wedding.
thick adj. 厚的
• • • • • • • • 做adj时：厚的，密的，浓的等意思； thick and thin任何时候 1. 例句：他们在任何情况下都是好朋友 They remained friends through thick and thin. 同义/反义： crowded thin 联想第三单元：黏糊糊的 sticky
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miles away 几英里之外（距离的表ark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. ● turn…into… = change sth. into … 把……变 成……
3、Snow lay thick on the ground.
• lay 是系动词,thick是形容词作表语，表示主语的状 态或性质。 • The old man lies ill and neglected in bed.
4、The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.
7、Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal.
hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做某事 •overhead adv. 从头顶 •wonder = want to know
come可表示“变成，成为，达到”等，与true连 用时表示“实现”
Her dream to swim across the channel has come true. come + true/right/loose The dream comes true. 梦想成真。 Take it easy. Everything will come right. come loose 变松动
stamp v. 跺，踩 n.邮票，章，印记
• • • • • 邮票：Postage stamp 他不耐烦地跺脚。 He gave a stamp of impatience. 未盖我们的戳记的都不是真货。 None is genuine without our stamp.
helicopter n. 直升飞机
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• 9、Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town.
• by radio 通过广播
10、It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. • long before = long long ago 很久以前 1.It was not long before + 从句不久就… 指过去 • It was not long before he went abroad. • It was not long before I finished my homework. 2.It will not be long before… 不久就…（将来可能发 生的事） • It will not be long before he gets over his illness. 3.before long 不久以后（一般将来时,从现在算不久 以后会怎么样） • Before long, he will go abroad. 4. shortly before …之前不久 shortly after …之后立即 • on the scene 在现场（固定短语）
• • • • • • • • 可以表示飞机的词语 plane ;airplane; aero plane; aircraft 喷气飞机 无人驾驶飞机 jet plane robot plane 例句：坐飞机去美国要花多少钱? How much does it cost to fly to the United States？