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讲师：屈慧贞

Lesson7Toolate为时太晚

Theplanewaslateanddetectiveswerewaitingattheairportallmorning.

hourarlier,someonehadtoldthepolicethatthieveswouldtrytostealthe

eplanearrived,someofthedetectiveswerewaitinginside

tookthe

wodetectives

werekeepingguardatthedoor,rsurpri,

thepreciousparcelwasfullofstonesandsand!

生词

①expect

1.v.期待，等待

-Iamexpectingaprentfromhim.

2.预计，预料

-Ididn’texpectthatyoucamesoearly.

ne

-Istillexpectthepolicetofindmybag.

-Istillexpectmybagtobefoundbythepolice.

②valuableadj.贵重的，宝贵的

avaluablering

valuableadvice

-Don’twasteyourvaluabletime.

valuelessadj.一钱不值的invaluableadj.价值高的无法估计的，值钱的

pricelessadj.无价的，值钱的preciousadj.宝贵的

③diamondn.钻石

adiamondring

ruby红宝石

emerald绿宝石

sapphire蓝宝石

-Threesnakes,whopoisoncouldkillapersonintenminutes,areguardingabluestarsapphire

worthnearlysixhundredthousanddollarsataJapaneexhibitionofjewelsntfromanIndian

muum.

platinum铂金

④stealv.偷（stole,stolen）

stealsth.(fromsb./sp.)

-Athiefstolemybag(fromme).

⑤robv.抢

robsb./sp.(ofsth.)

-Arobberrobbedmeofmybag.

ps:steal的宾语是东西，rob的宾语是人或地点

-Hiswalletwasstolen.

-Hishouwasrobbed.

⑥guard

1.警戒，守卫

beonguard=keepguard很警惕，在站岗

-Twomenareonguardatthegate.

beofguard不警惕

-Apickpocketneedstargetswhoarerelaxedandoffguard;

rd让某人很惊讶

-Yourarrivalreallycaughtmeoffguard.

2.n.警卫员区bodyguardn.保镖lifeguardn.救生员

语法讲解

过去进行时态:

使用场合：表示过去某时或某阶段正在进行的动作。

结构：肯定：S+was/were+doing...

否定：S+wasn’t/weren’t+doing...

疑问：Was/Were+S+doing...?

过去进行时经常用于when，while及as引导的时间状语从句中。

-WhileIwassleeping,thetelephonerang.

-YesterdaywhenIwaswalkingdownthestreet,ImetSusan.

课文讲解

①allmorning=thewholemorning

tellthepolice=callthepolice=gotothepolice

②trytodo...努力去做

trydoing...试着去做...

-I’lltrytohelpyou.

-Trygoingtoschoolbybike.

③while并列连词“而”=whereas

-IliketeawhileTinalikescoffee.

-I’mcookingwhileheiswatchingTV.

造句：当电影开始时，一些观众在观看而另外一些观众在大声地交谈。

④区分：theother、another、others、other

theother两个中另一个：-Hecameinwithanappleinonehandandanorangeintheother.

another另一个（多指三个以上中）：-Givemeanotherone.-Ineedanothertwodays.

others代词，常用于some...(the)others结构

-Somestudentscamebackwhiletheothersdidn’t.

other其它的，常作形容词

tudents-Whereismyothershoe?

-Ifanyoneofushadanydifficultyinourlifeandstudy,theotherwouldhelphimout.

-IgotthestoryfromTomand_______________________peoplewhohadworkedwithhim.

han

-oupleafinish_____________intwodays?

ers

⑤toone’ssurpri/excitement/sadness/gladness

⑥befullof装满，充满=befilledwith

-Theroomisfullofsmoke.-Heisfullofanger.

⑦动词短语宾语的位置

及物动词词组的宾语若是名词可放中间可放末尾，若是代词只能放中间；不及物动词词组的宾语无论名词代词

只能放末尾。

习题

ectiveswereattheairport______.

entarobbery

etheplanewaslate

ectives______.

’topentheparcel

’thethieves

Structure句型

3.______weredetectiveswaiting?Attheairport.

4.______weretheyexpecting?Avaluableparcelofdiamonds.

ppened

______theplanearrived.

as

ectiveswentintothebuildingandwaited______.

______.

off

Vocabulary词汇

ectiveswere______avaluableparcelofdiamonds.

ingto

______.

eveswantedto______thediamonds.

sthe______building.

st

______stonesandsand.