--Lesson 79By Air?【Text】Iused to travel by air agreat deal when I wasaboy. Myparents used tolive in SouthAmericaand I used tofly therefromEurope inthe holidays. A flight attendantwould takecharge of me and Inever hadan unpleasant experience. I amused to traveling by air andonly on one occasion haveI everfeltfrightened. Aft ertakingoff,we wereflying low over thecityandslowlygainingheight,whenthe plane suddenly turnedroundand flewback totheairport. Whilewewere waitingto land, a flight attendant told us to keepcalmand to get off theplanequietly as soon as it hadtoucheddown.Everybodyon board was worried and we were curious to find out whathadhappeter welearnt thatthere was a veryimportant personon board. Thepolice hadbeento ld thatabomb had been planted on the plane. After we hadlanded,the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately,nothing wasfound and fivehours laterwe wer eable totake off again.【课文翻译】我在幼年的时候,曾多次乘飞机旅行。
我的父母曾经住在南美洲, 所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里。
我总是由一位空中乘务员照管,从未遇到过不愉快的经历。
我习惯了乘飞机旅行,只是有一次把我吓坏了。
起飞之后,我们在城市上空低低地飞行,然后慢慢爬高。
这时飞机突然调转头来,飞回了机场。
在我们等待降落时,一位空中乘务员告诉我们要保持镇静,待飞机一着陆,就马上不声不响地离开飞机。
飞机上的人都很着急,大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。
后来我们才得知,飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。
有人报告警察,说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。
我们降落之后,飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。
幸运的是,什么也没有找到。
5个小时后,我们又起飞了。
Newwordsand expressions生词和短语【生词讲解】1.parent1)n父母(pl.)eg: Johnand Maryhave become parents.--John和Mary已经为人父母了。
词汇拓展:relation n家人toinviteallyourrelationsto dinner 邀请你全家人来吃饭relative n(正式)家人,亲戚(更常用) eg My uncle is mynearest relative.我的叔叔是我最亲的亲人。
2)n (定) 能繁殖的任何生物the parenttree母树parent company母公司parentagen出身,身世a childof unknownparentage身世不明的小孩parenthood 父母的身份或情况2.flightattendant空中乘务员air-hostess空姐flight1)班机,航班eg:Flightnumber447for Geneva isready to leave.飞往日内瓦的447航班准备出发。
2)航程,飞行距离a straightflight towards home 直航回家3)航空旅程eg: Didyou have agood flight ? 你搭乘飞机一路愉快吗?attendant n(公共场所照顾游客的) 服务员a flight attendant空中乘务员a museumattendant 博物馆接待员shop assistant 售货员3. frightenedadj受惊的,吃惊的eg:The frightened horseranaway from the fire.受惊的马从大火中逃跑了。
eg:Hewasfrightened atthethoughtofhis coming examination.一想到即将到来的考试他就害怕。
eg:She was frightened to look down from the topof thetall building.她害怕从高楼顶上向下看。
eg:The little girlwas frightened thather motherwouldn`tcomebac k.小女孩害怕妈妈不回来了。
区别afraid adj 害怕的be afraidof 害怕某物beafraidof dogs害怕狗be afraidthat(从句)害怕某事be afraid to do sth害怕做某事frightening adj 令人害怕的,令人吃惊的(主语是物)a frightening dram 吓人的梦frightful adj 可怕的,惊人的afrightfulscene 可怕的景象frighten1) v使吃惊,惊吓eg:The little girl was frightened by the big dog.这个小女孩被大狗吓到了。
2)v吓走eg: Hefrightened off his attacker by callingforthe police.他叫警察吓走了袭击者。
fright n 害get a fright吓一跳4.curious1) 急于了解的,好奇的eg:A goodstudent should alwaysbe curious tolearn.好学生应该有求知欲。
eg:He was socurious to know what was in the letterthat he openedit, even though it was addressedtohisfather.他是如此的好奇想知道信里的内容以至于他打开了信,尽管信是写给父亲的。
2)好管闲事的eg:My neighborsare verycurious.我的邻居们非常爱管闲事。
curiosity n 好奇,好奇心outofcuriosity 出于好奇eg:The boy burnedwith a curiosity to knowwhat was in the letter addre ssedto his mother.这个孩子极想知道写给妈妈的信里的内容。
5.bomb1)n 炸弹形近词:comb 梳子plantabomb in the postoffice 在邮局安放一枚炸弹2)原子弹eg:Hasthat county got the bomb?那个国家有原子弹吗?习语: golike a bomb(指交通工具)行进快速,疾驶eg:Mynewcar goes likebomb.我的新车行进非常快。
spend a bomb/ cost a bomb 花了许多钱bomber n 轰炸机fighter n 战斗机6.plant1) v 安放eg:He planted himself in a chair bythe fire.他稳坐在炉火边的椅子上。
plant oneself (安放自己=稳坐)eg: He planted a knife inherback.他在他的背上插了一刀。
2) v 种植eg:April isthetimeto plant.四月是种植的时间。
3)v 播种,培植eg: The hillside was planted with trees.山坡上被种满了树。
4) n植物eg: All plants need water andlight.所有的植物都需要水和阳光。
5) n 工厂eg:They`ve just built anew chemical plant.他们刚刚兴建一所化学厂。
【课文讲解】1.I usedto travel by air a greatdeal whenI was a boy. My parentsusedto livein SouthAmerica andI usedto flythere from Europe inthe--holidays.①usedto do我们用used to do表示过去有过但现在已不存在的习惯,以便将过去与现在形成对照。
它后面经常用由but now...,but not...any more/any longer等构成的、用了一般现在时的句子以强调过去和现在的不同之处。
ﻫeg:-Do you watch television?-I usedto,butIdon't any longer.- 你看电视吗?ﻫ-我过去常看,但现在不看了。
ﻫeg:I used to smoke, but I don't any more/anylonger.我过去常吸烟,但现在已不吸了。
eg:He usedto be alazyboy, but now he isvery hard-working.他过去是个懒孩子,但现在他很勤奋。
在针对used to提问时,一般也用dideg: -I used to be agood swimmer.- Did you really?I didn'teven knowyou could swim.ﻫ-Didyou use tosmoke?ﻫ- Yes, I did /usedto.- 我过去是个游泳好手。
ﻫ-真的吗?我以前甚至不知道你会游泳。
- 你从前吸烟吗?- 是的,我吸。
区别:would 是另一个用于描述过去经常性行为的词,它与used to有时可以互换,有时则不可以,而且ﻫwould 需要指出具体时间,used to则不需要。
1) 当used to暗示与现在的对照时,不可用would替换:ﻫeg:Iused to drink heavily, but I have givenup drinkingnow.我过去喝酒很厉害,但我已戒了。