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Lesson 75 文本
SOS
When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away. When it grew dark. she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early ,next morning she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters' SOS' in the snow. Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.
文本解析
一)词汇学习Word study
1. 可以表示“变成”的一些动词
grow, turn, go, get, come, fall等动词均有“变成”的意思,但它们在用法上有时有差别。
(1)grow表示“(逐渐)变得”,比get要正式些:He has grown fat.他长胖了。He has grown to like studying mathematics.他渐渐喜欢学数学了。It was growing hot.天渐渐热了起来。
(2)turn表示“把(状态、性质)改变(成)……”或“使变颜色”等:Leaves will turn yellow in autumn.秋天时树叶将会变黄。Jasper hopes the stone Medusa will turn cars and their owners to stone.贾斯珀希望这个石头的蛇发女怪美杜莎会把汽车和汽车主人们都变成石头。A colony of be had turned the engine into a hive一群蜜蜂把发动机变成了蜂房。
(3)go表示“变成(某种状态)”,通常表示不好的变化:Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.“大本”钟很少出差错。Some foods go bad easily.有些食品容易变质。
(4)get在口语中使用较多,表示“成为(某种状态)”:Things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.近来情况变得如此糟糕,以致他决定节食。It's getting warmer and warmer.天气越来越暖和了。
(5)come可以表示“变成”、“成为”、“达到”等,与true连用时表示“实现”:Her dream to swim across the channel has come true.她横渡海峡的梦想实现了。
(6)fall也可以表示“变成……的状态”:You fell asleep while I was talking to you.我和你说话时,你就睡着了。He fell ill last week, so he didn't come to your wedding.上星期他病了,所以没来参加你们的婚礼。
2. scene n.(1)(事件发生的)地点,现场:A helicopter soon