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Unit 3
reading and thinking
Unit1
Unit 4
reading and thinking
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeastern Hebei. For several days,the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell. There were deep cracks that appeared in the well walls. At least one well had some smelly gas coming out of it.
河北省东北部的农村地区怪事连连。一连几天,村里的井水升升降降,起起伏伏,井壁上出现了深深的裂缝,至少有一口水井冒出臭气。
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that 引导定语从句
rise (rose, risen)
the sun / water level / temperature /price …
raise (raised, raised)
(vt,带宾语,可用于被动语态)
升起,上升, 上涨, 站起, 起床
(vi, 不带宾语,不用于被动语态)
举起 ,使升起, 提高, 提出,饲养,养育
解析
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Chickens and even pigs were too nervous to eat,and dogs refused to go inside buildings. Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide,and fish jumped out of the water. At about 3:00 a.m., on 28 July 1976,bright lights were seen in the sky outside the city of Tangshan and loud noises were heard. But the city’s one million people were asleep as usual that night.
鸡甚至猪都焦躁不安,不愿进食;狗拒绝进入屋内。老鼠跑到田外、寻找藏身之所;鱼儿也跳出水面。1976年7月38日波晨300左右,唐山城外的天空中出现了耀眼亮光,接着又传出巨大的声响。然而,那天晚上城里的百万居民仍像往常样沉睡在梦乡。
too + adj. / adv.+ to do
表示否定,“太…而不能…”
翻译:他太老了而不能工作。
He is _____ old ___ work. He is _____ old ____ he _______ work. He is _____ young ______ ____ work.
too
to
so
that
can’t
not
enough
to
解析
At 3:42 a.m.,everything began to shake. It seemed as if the world were coming to an end! Eleven kilometres directly below the city,one of the most deadly earthquakes of the 20th century had begun,a quake that even caused damage more than 150 kilometres away in Beijing. Nearly one third of the whole nation felt it!
凌晨3:42,万物开始摇晃,仿佛世界末日即将来临!在城市正下方的1千米处,20世纪伤亡最严重之一的一场地震爆发了,远在150多千米以外的北京都受到了这场地震的破坏,全国几乎三分之一的地区均有震感!
句型: it seemed as if 好像...
more than 多于 超过 damage 非常学案P89
para 2
as if 引导的句子表示真实的或极有可能发生或存在的情况,用实际时态。
It seemed as if the meeting would never end.
(2) as if 引导的句子是不真实的情况,用虚拟语气。
it seems a