内容正文:
Section A(3a-3c)
阅读课本Activity 3a,根据课文内容回答下列问题。
1.Where did the writer work in May,2001?
2.What happened when he∕she was waiting in line with
other office workers?
3.How did he∕she feel?
In New York at the World Trade Center.
A plane hit his∕her office building.
He∕She felt lucky to be alive.
4.When did the writer plan to go to New Zealand on vacation?
5.Why did he∕she miss the plane?
6.What did the writer think of his∕her experience?
.
On February 21,2011.
His∕Her bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.
Because he∕she overslept.
教材原句1 I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
我正要上楼,这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。(教材P91)
辨析:be about to do sth.与be going to do sth.
be about to do sth. 意为“即将做某事”,表示即将发生的动作,指“最近的将来” The train is about to leave.火车即将离开。
通常不与具体的时间状语连用,而常与when引导的时间状语从句连用 I was about to go to bed when the doorbell rang.我正要上床睡 觉,这时门铃响了。
be going to do sth. 意为“打算或将要做某事”,表示对未来的“计划、打算” I’m going to drive to work tomorrow.
明天我打算开车去上班。
1.It’s half past ten now.We are about .
A.leaving B.to leaving
C.to leave D.leave
2.—Why were you late for school this morning,Tom?
—I was about to go to school it began to rain.
A.since B.while
C.as D.when
3.—What are you saving money for?
—Father’s Day is around the corner.I a gift for
my father.
A.am going to buy B.have bought
C.bought D.was buying
教材原句2 We stared in disbelief at the black smoke
rising above the burning building.
我们直愣愣地盯着燃烧着的大楼上升起的黑烟,无法相信(这一切)。(教材P91)
辨析:above,on与over
above 在……上面,表示任意上方 The waterfall is above the bridge.瀑布在桥的上游。
在上面;高于 The temperature is above 30℃ today.今天气温高于30摄氏度。
on 在……上面,物体与物体互相接触 There are five books on the desk.桌子上有五本书。
over 在……上面,表示物体与物体之间有垂直关系 There is a bridge over the river.河上有一座桥。
1.The