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8B Unit 4 Reading
一.学习目标:
1. understand the extract from Gulliver’s Travels with the teacher’s help;
2. understand the possible theme of the story;
3. learn how to read a novel and develop a love for reading
二.知识目标
词汇:against tie stomach until finger tiny continue either manage lift
词组: crash against by the time be tired out tie... to move up over the same...as
Shout at continue to do/doing sth manage to do sth a huge army of
句型:After our ship crashed against the rocks,I swam as far as I could.
By the time I finally felt the land under my feet, I was tied out .
I moved up over my stomach and neck until it was standing near my face.
I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed to break the ropes.
三.知识点
1、After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as far as I could.在我们的轮船触礁之后,我尽可能地游。
①against用作介词,其具体意思如下:
(1)相反;反对;违反;违背;逆。
We all should fight against evil.我们都应该同邪恶做斗争。
(2)撞击;撞着,碰着,顶着,触及,与……相撞,同……冲突。.
I pushed against the door and the door opened at last.我用力推门,最后门开了。
(3)逆行,逆……方向,对着;跟……反方向。
Don't drive against the traffic.不要逆向行车。
练一练:不要用球撞墙。_____________________________________________________.
②这里的as…as one can could是个固定短语,表示“尽某人所能……”相当于as…as possible。
Please come as early as you can.=Please come as early as possible.
例句:玲玲尽可能多地用英语与她的同学交谈。
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2. By the time I finally felt the land under my feet,1 was tired out.当我最后觉得土地在我脚下时,我累坏了。
by the time通常引导一个时间状语从句,表示“到……的时候”,主句则表示在
此时间之前某个事件已完成。值得注意的是,从句用一般过去时,主句通常用过去完成时;
从句用一般现在时,主句通常用将来完成时。
By the time I got to the station, the train had already gone. 当我到达车站时火车已经开了。
【注意】如果主句的谓语是be动词或者是像know等表示认知的持续性动词,则往往用一般过去时,不用完成时。
By the time he went abroad,he was fourteen.出国那年他14岁。
练一练:当我到家时,他们已经离开了。
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3. I woke up as the sun was rising…我醒来了,这时太阳正在升起……
【辨析】rise和raise有何区别?
这两个词都有“提高,上升,增加”的意思,但其用法不同。
(1)raise是及物动词,发出此动作的通常是人,可用于被动语态,意为“举起;提高”,如抬头、