内容正文:
Adversity
Unit 4
and
Courage
THE REWARD FOR PERSEVERANCE
We watched as Shackleton and the boat sailed away from Elephant Island. It was easy to imagine the danger ahead of them. Would they ever return to find us? What might happen to them? What if they were delayed?
远航
在……前面
省略结构,意为“如果……会怎样”,在本句中引起虚拟语气。
para 1
1. What if they were delayed?
What if…?如果……会怎么样呢?(=What would happen if…?)
eg What if it rains when we can’t get to school on time?
What if the assistant came tomorrow instead of this
afternoon?
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) ______________________________ (如果机器人坏掉怎么办) right as it is serving hot soup or tea?
2) _______________________________ ? (要是我们把沙发挪到这边来会怎么样) Would that look better?
3)如果没人同意我的观点,那怎么办呢?
what if nobody else agrees with me?
What if the robot breaks down
What if we moved the sofa over here
para 1
We felt so alone and desperate. But it was not for long. There was nothing like a good dinner and some music to cheer us up.
adj.绝望的
cheer sb. up 使某人振作起来
desperation n.绝望;拼命;铤而走险
“没有比···更····”
translation:
没有什么比得上假期更让人放松的。
There is nothing like a holiday to make one feel relaxed.
Life fell into a regular pattern. Staying alive took all our time and energy. For example, we needed water, and Elephant Island had none. We found that we could melt ice from the ocean and drink the water from it. But how could we make fire?
陷入固定的模式 fall -fell =fallen
花时间
para 2
There were no trees growing on Antarctica and no oil, so the only fuel we could use was animal fat. This gave off oily,black smoke, but it stayed burning even in strong winds.
在大风中
adj.油的,油脂的
V.-ing作定语
定从
that
para 2
2. There were no trees growing on Antarctica and no oil, so the only fuel we could use was animal fat.
There be + 主语+ 非谓语动词
该句式中,非谓语动词作后置定语,修饰前面的主语。具体形式:
(1) There be + 主语+ doing (表示主动和进行)
eg There are 300 people moving to the new factory in the south.
(2) There be + 主语+ done(表示被动或完成)
eg In this book, there are passages learnt before.
(3) There will be + 主语+ to do (表示动作尚未发生)
eg There wil