Eg. This is the first time that I have been to Beijing. It was the second time that I had seen the film. 归纳： ① It is/will be+the+序数词+time+that 从句的时态用现在完成时（have done)。 ② It is (high) time+that从句，该从句的时态用 一般过去时（did）或should do。 ③ It is/will be+一段时间+since从句，该从句 的时态用一般过去时（did）。 ④ It was+一段时间+since从句，从句用过去 完成时。
类似的“名词+介词+名词”的结构还有： hand in hand，手牵手地 arm in arm 手挽手地， side by side 肩并肩地 mouth to mouth 嘴对嘴地 heart to heart 开诚布公地，心连心地 shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩地，齐心协力地
Important sentences
1.She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered.她和家人躲藏了几乎25个月后被发 现了。 ①句中before意思是“ 在„„之前 ”，有时可以理解为 “ 还没等„„就„„ ”。 ”。
友谊象美酒, 越陈越醇厚.
Friends are like wine; the older, the better.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患 难 见 真 情
Without a friend, the world is a wilderness.
Homework
1.Remember the language points. 2.Do the exercise on the paper after learning the passage.
Eg. It is no use trying to persuade him to go there. It is no good smoking. You’d better give it up. It is no use crying over apilt milk. It is no good reading without understanding. It is great fun playing golf. It is a waste of time trying to talk to her when she is in this mood.
5.I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. 现在分词短语做后置定语，相当于 which are hanging… Eg. Do you want to see the doctor working on the case report in the office.
注意：判断一个句子 是不是强调句式的方 法：把句中的it is/was 和that去掉，看句子 结构是否完整，若完 整就是，若不是就不 是。
3.Another time five months ago,I
happened to be upstairs at dusk when
the window was open.还有一次，就在五个 月前的一个晚上，我碰巧在楼上，窗户是开 着的。句中happen to do sth.意思是“
3.set down写下，记下；放下 eg. He set down all his thoughts in his diary.(put down; write down写下) They set down their bags to take a short rest. 拓展：set about (doing) sth 着手（干）某事 set off 动身 set aside 放在一边 set out 出发；着手做（to do sth);陈述 set forward 提出；拨快（钟表）；
6.It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced. 看这些东西再也没有乐 趣了，因为大自然是一种真正需要体验的东 西。 It is/was+名词+doing是一个固定句型，其中 it是形式主语，doing sth.是真正的主语。该句 型中的名词常用no use/no fun/no good/no pleasure/a waste of time等。It is no pleasure doing sth.“做某事没乐趣”
on board 乘（车,飞机） on call 听候召唤 on duty 值班 on foot步行 on earth 到底
5.in order to为了……，以……为目的 eg. Every day he listens to English over the radio in order to improve his pronunciation. so as to 为了……(不可位于句首） 6.face to face面对面地
拓展：go against违背 go ahead用吧，请 go in for爱好 go up 上升 go by 过去，逝去 go after 追赶 get through （使法律等）通过；接通电话
2.a series of 一系列；一连串 eg. He was tired but still had a series of meetings to go to. 他已经很疲惫了，但还有一系列 的会议等着他去参加。
②在“It+be+时间段+before从句”中before意为
“ „„之后才„„ 为“ 不久„„就„„ ”。
③在“It+be+否定形式+ long+before从句”中before意
2.I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.(强调句）
4. on purpose故意地；有意地；有目的地
eg. I don’t think he did it on purpose, for he is
really a kind person. 我认为他不是故意这样做
的，因为他真的是一个好人。
on 在这里表示处于某种状态或在某个方位，
类似的短语还有：
• 没有朋友，世界成了荒野。
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
和朋友走在黑 暗中要好过一 个人独自在光 明中行走。
Important hrases
1.go through ①经历，经受 They went through one hardship after another. ②仔细阅读或研究，仔细查看 The police went through the pockets of the thief. ③完成，用光 I can not go through the exercises in two hours. ④通过，穿过 The rope is too thick to go through the hole.
Summary
1.Go through经历；通过；完成 2.A series of 一系列；一连串 3.Set down记下；放下 4.On purpose故意地 5.In order to为了；目的是 6.Before 的用法 7.It is/was…that…强调句结构 8.It is the first time that用法
碰巧做某事 ”，可转变为It happens that... 。
4.The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face
Learning aims
1.To learn and grasp some important new words and phrases.
2.To analyze some long and difficult sentences. 3.To remember the important language points.
if “是否”，引导宾语从句；because 引导 原因状语从句。强调句句型结构“it is/was+ 被强调部分+that/who/whom+句子剩余部分”， 可以强调主语、宾语、状语和表语。
Eg. It was I that/who met Tom in the street yesterday.(强调主语） It was Tom that I met in the street yesterday.(强 调宾语) It was in the street that I met Tom yesterday.(强 调地点状语） It was yesterday that I met Tom in the street.(强 调时间状语）