八英人下册英语section b 1

1a

Think

of

a

time

when

you

werelate

for

or

couldn’t

go

to

an

event.What

was

the

event?

What

wasthe

reason

why

you

were

late

orcouldn’t

go?

Tell

your

partner

thestory.What

happened

to

the

girl?Let’slisten.1b

Listen

and

write

shortanswers

to

the

questions.What

event

happened

at

the

school

yesterday?The

school

basketball

competition.Who

missed

theevent? Kate.Which

team

won

at

the

event? John’s

team.1c

Listen

again.

Number

the

events

[1-6]intheordertheyhappened.

4

Kate

saw

a

dog

by

the

side

of

the

road.

2

Kate

got

to

the

bus

stop.

6

Kate

called

the

Animal

Helpline.

1

Kate

left

the

house.

5

Kate

waited

for

someone

to

walk

by.

3

Kate

realized

her

bag

was

still

at

home.realize仔细观察下面例句中动词realize的意义和用法，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。【例句】The

boy

didn’t

realize

his

mistakeuntil hismother

toldhim.When

Grace

realized

whathad happened,

she

was

very

sorry.Fan

Binbin

finally

realized

her

dream of ing

an

actress.【结论】通过对例句1和例句2的观察我们发现，realize与cometoknow意思相近，意为“意识到；了解到”，是及物动词，其后可接名词，也可接宾语从句。仔细观察例句3可知，realize与come true意思相近，意为“实现

”。1d

Talk

about

why

Kate

missed

the

schoolbasketball

competition.

Student

Abegins

a

sentence

with

while

or

when.Student

B

completes

the

sentence.A:

When

the

school

basketball

competitionstarted

…B:When

the

school

basketball

competitionstarted,Kate

was

still

making

her

way

to

school.

前往；费力地前进A:

When

she

got

to

the

bus

stop,

Kate

…B:

When

she

gotto

the

busstop,Kate

realized

that

her

bag

was

still

athome.A:

While

she

was

running

back

home,

…B:

While

she

was

running

back

home,

shesaw

a

dog

bythe

side

of

theroad.2a

Look

at

the

pictures

and

title

in

thepassage.

What

do

you

think

thepassage

is

about?Do

You

Remember

What

You

Were

Doing?Read

the

Title

and

First

Sentences.The

title

canbe

helpfulfor

youtounderstand

a

text.

It

is

also

a

good

idea

toread

the

first

sentence

of

eachparagraphbefore

you

read

the

whole

text.2b.

Read

the

passage

and

answer

thequestions.What

are

the

two

events

in

the passage?When

did

they

happen?What

are

the

two

events

in

the

passage? Dr.

Martin

Luther

King

was

killed.The

World

Trade

Center

in

New

Yorkwas

taken

down

by

terrorists.When

did

they

happen?Dr.

Martin

Luther

King

was

killedon

April

4,

1968.

The

World

TradeCenter

in

New

York

was

taken

down

byterrorists

on

September

11,

2001.2c.

Read

the

passage

again.

Are

thefollowing

statements

true(T)

orfalse(F),or istheinformationnot

given

(NG)?

F

1.Everyone

in

America

rememberswho

killed

Dr.

King. F

2.

Robert

Allen

was

eating

lunch

whenDr.

King

was

killed.

T

3.

Robert’s

parents

were

shocked

to

hearthe

news.

F

4.

Kate

Smith

was

watching

a

movie

whena

plane

hit

the

World

Trade

Center.

T

5.Katedidn’tthinkher

friendwastellingthe

truth

about

the

event.2d.

Underline

sentences

from

the

passagewith

similar

meanings

to

the

ones

below. Not

everyone

will

remember

who

killed

him,but

they

can

remember

what

they

were

doingwhen

they

heard

that

he

got

killed.Although

some

people

may

not

remember

whokilled

him,

they

remember

what

they

weredoing

when

they

heard

thenews.No

one

said

anything

for

the

rest

of

dinner.We

finished

the

rest

of

our

dinner

in

silence. September

11,

2001----

the

date

alonemeans

something

to

most

people

in

the

US.Even

the

date

---

September

11,

2001

---has

meaning

to

most

Americans. I

had

trouble

thinking

clearly

after

thatbecause

I

was

very

afraid.I

was

so

scared

that

I

could

hardly

thinkclearly

after

that.1.

What

do

you

think

the

passage

isabout?passage

n.

章节，段落passage作“(文章的)段落”解时,不限于文章的一个自然段,也可以由若干句话或若干个paragraphs组成。

passage也可作“一段,一节”解,一般指讲话、文章或乐曲的一部分。e.g.

The

teacher

spentanhour

inexplaining

this

passage.老师用了一小时来讲解这一段。

Choose

the

correct

order

of

thefollowing

sentences

to

form

apassage.把下列句子排好顺序组成一篇短文。2.

My

parents

were

completely

shocked!我的父母完全震惊了！completely

adv.彻底地，完全地e.g.

I

understand

completely.我完全明白。shocked

adj.

惊愕的；受震惊的e.g.

She

was

so

shocked

that

shecouldhardly

say

a

word.她大为震惊,几乎一句话也说不出来。[即学即练]翻译下列句子。看到邻居那样对待孩子我很惊愕。

It

shocked

meto

seemy

neighbours treated

their

children

in

that

way.他对她抽烟感到很震惊。He

was

shocked

at

her

smoking.3.

My

parents

did

not

talk

after

that,

and

we

finished

the

rest

of

our

dinner

in

silence.我的父母听闻那个消息后没再说话，我们静静地吃完了那顿饭。in

silence

沉默，无声e.g.

Many

patients

were

waiting

in

silence.许多病人在静静地等候着。A

hundred

and

fifty

reporters

sat

insilence.在场的150名记者静静地坐在那里。4.

…

most

Americans

remember

what

theywere

doing

when

the

World

Trade

Centerin

New

York

was

taken

down

by

terrorists.……绝大多数美国人都记得纽约世贸中心被恐怖分子摧毁时他们在做什么。此句中was

taken

down是被动语态。意思是

“被摧毁”。其中takedown表示将建筑物或高的物体“拆除；拆掉；拆卸”，此处根据上下文可翻译成“摧毁；毁掉”。如:

They’re

talking

about

how

to

take

that

walldown.他们在讨论如何拆除那堵墙。5.

She

remembers

working

in

her

office

nearthe

two

towers.她记得当时正在距两座塔楼不远的办公室工作。

tower在句子中指的是世贸中心的双子塔。remember

(someone)

doing

something是一种固定搭配，表示“记得（某人）曾经做过某事”，其中remember可表示“记得；回忆起；想起；记住”等意思。e.g.

I

don’t

remember

seeing

him

anywhere.我不记得在什么地方讲过他。He

remembered

meeting

her

at

a

partyonce.他回想起曾在一次聚会上见过他。I

remember

my

father

bringing

home

alarge

Christmas

tree.我记得父亲带回家个很大的圣诞树。6.

I

didn’t

believe