UNIT 7 Life is full of the unexpected. 翻译:第七单元 生活充满了意外。
Section A 翻译:A部分
Language Goal: Narrate past events 翻译:语言目标:叙述往事
Look at the pictures. 翻译:看图。
What happened to the girl? 翻译:这个女孩发生了什么事?
I'm taking a shower! 翻译:我正在洗淋浴!
Listen to Mary talking about her morning. 翻译:听玛丽谈论她的早晨。
Complete the sentences. 翻译:完成这些句子。
By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower. 翻译:当我起床的时候,我哥哥已经在洗澡了。
By the time I got outside, the bus had already left. 翻译:当我出去的时候,公交车已经走了。
When I got to school, I realized I had left my backpack at home. 翻译:当我到达学校的时候,我才意识到我把书包落在家里了。
Take turns being Mary. 翻译:轮流扮演玛丽。
Look at the pictures above and talk about what happened this morning. 翻译:看看上面的图片,谈论一下今天早晨所发生的事情。
What happened? 翻译:发生什么事了?
I overslept. 翻译:我睡过头了。
By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower. 翻译:到我起床的时候,我哥哥已经在洗淋浴了。
Listen to Mary continue her story. 翻译:听玛丽继续讲她的故事。
Number the pictures(1-4)in the correct order. 翻译:按正确的顺序给这些图片编号【1-4】。
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 翻译:用括号内动词的正确形式填空。
Then listen again and check your answers. 翻译:然后再听一遍录音,并核对你的答案。
1. When I got home, I realized I had left my keys in the backpack. 翻译:1.当我到家的时候,我才意识到我把钥匙忘在书包里了。
2. By the time I got back to school, the bell had rung. 翻译:2. 当我回到学校的时候,铃声已经响了。
3. By the time I walked into class, the teacher had started teaching already. 翻译:3. 当我走进教室的时候,老师已经开始上课了。
Make up an ending for the story and share it with your partner. 翻译:给这个故事编造一个结局,并和你的搭档分享一下。
The teacher looked at Mary and ... 翻译:老师看着玛丽……
Role-play the conversation. 翻译:分角色表演对话。
Why were you late for class today, Kevin? 翻译:你今天为什么上课迟到,凯文?
My alarm clock didn't go off! 翻译:我的闹钟没有响!
I kept sleeping, and when I woke up it was already 8:00 a.m.! 翻译:我一直睡,当我醒来时,已经是早上8点了!
Oh, no! 翻译:噢,不是吧!
So I just quickly put on some clothes and rushed out the door. 翻译:所以我只是迅速穿上一些衣服就冲出门了。
You didn't eat breakfast? 翻译:你没有吃早餐?
No, I didn't even brush my teeth or wash my face! 翻译:没有,我甚至都来不及刷牙洗脸!
But before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left. 翻译:但是在我到达公交车站之前,公交车就已经离开了。
Then how did you get here? 翻译:那么你是怎么到这儿的?
Luckily, Carl's dad saw me on the street and gave me a lift in his car. 翻译:幸好卡尔的爸爸在街上看到我,并且开车捎了我一程。
Well, at least by the time you got to school, you were only five minutes late for class. 翻译:嗯,至少当你到达学校的时候,你上课只迟到了五分钟。
Read the passage and answer the questions. 翻译:阅读短文,并回答问题。
Which two events does the writer mention? 翻译:作者提到了哪两件事?
How did the writer end up missing both events? 翻译:作者最后是怎样错过这两件事的?
Life Is Full of the Unexpected 翻译:生活中充满了意外
In May 2001, I found a job in New York at the World Trade Center. 翻译:2001年5月,我在纽约世贸中心找到了一份工作。
On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my building at around 8:30 a.m. 翻译:2001年9月11日,我大约在早上8点半抵达我的办公大楼。
I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. 翻译:我正要上班,这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。
I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office. 翻译:我去了我最喜欢的咖啡厅,即使它离我的办公室东面有两个街区。
As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. 翻译:但当我和其他的办公室职员在排队等候时,我听到了一声巨响。
Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit my office building. 翻译:我还没来得及和其他人到外面看发生了什么事,第一架飞机已经撞上了我的办公楼。
We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building. 翻译:我们直愣愣地盯着燃烧的大楼上升起的黑烟,无法相信(这一切)。
I felt lucky to be alive. 翻译:我感觉活着真幸运。
Almost 10 years later, I woke up at 10:00 am on February 21, 2011 and realized that my alarm had never gone off. 翻译:大约10年之后,2011年2月21日上午10点,我醒来之后意识到我的闹钟没有响。
I jumped out of bed and went straight to the airport. 翻译:我跳下床就直接赶去机场了。
But by the time I got to the airport, my plane to New Zealand had already taken off." 翻译:但是当我到达机场时,我的那班飞往新西兰的飞机已经起飞了。
This is the first holiday I've taken in a year, and now I've missed my plane. 翻译:“这是我一年当中第一次度假,而现在我却错过了我的航班。
What bad luck!" 翻译:真倒霉!”
I thought to myself. 翻译:我心里想。
The other planes were full so I had to wait till the next day. 翻译:其他的航班也满了,因此我不得不等到第二天。
The next morning, I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before. 翻译:第二天早上,我听到了新西兰头一天发生地震的消息。
My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing. 翻译:我的坏运气出乎意料地变成了一件好事。
Find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words below. 翻译:从短文中找出与下面这些单词意思相反的单词。
Then write a sentence with each word. 翻译:然后用每个单词写一个句子。
lost: 翻译:失去:
west: 翻译:向西;朝西:
below: 翻译:在……下面:
dead: 翻译:死的;失去生命的:
empty: 翻译:空的;空洞的:
Retell one of the events to your partner. 翻译:向你的搭档复述一下其中一件事。
Use these words and phrases to help you. 翻译:使用这些单词和短语可以帮助你。
stare 翻译:盯着看;凝视
in disbelief 翻译:怀疑地;难以置信地
take off 翻译:脱下(衣服);(飞机等)起飞
unexpected 翻译:出乎意料的;始料不及的
burn 翻译:燃烧
above 翻译:在……上面
alive 翻译:活着;有生气的
till/until 翻译:直到
arrive at 翻译:到达;抵达
be about to 翻译:正要;刚要
even though 翻译:即使
e.g. On September 11, 2001, I arrived at my ... 翻译:例如,在2001年9月11日,我到达我的……
Grammar Focus 翻译:语法聚焦
When I got to school, I realized that I had left my backpack at home. 翻译:当我到达学校时,我才意识到我把背包忘在家里了。
By the time I got back to school, the bell had rung. 翻译:到我返回学校的时候,铃声已经响了。
Before I got to the bus stop, the bus had already left. 翻译:在我到达公交车站之前,公交车已经离开了。
I was about to go up to my office when I decied to get a coffee first. 翻译:我正要上楼去我的办公室,这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。
As I was waiting in line with other office workers, I heard a loud sound. 翻译:当我和其他的办公室职员在排队等候时,我听到了一声巨响。
Make sentences using by the time or before. 翻译:使用by the time或before造句。
Tim went into the bathroom. 翻译:蒂姆走进了浴室。
Mary got up. 翻译:玛丽起床了。
By the time Mary got up, Tim had already gone into the bathroom. 翻译:到玛丽起床的时候,蒂姆已经进入浴室了。
The coffee became cold. 翻译:咖啡变凉了。
I put cream in the coffee. 翻译:我把奶油放入咖啡中。
The teacher collected the math homework. 翻译:老师收了数学作业。
I got to school. 翻译:我到达学校。
I completed the work for my boss. 翻译:我替老板完成了工作。
The workday ended. 翻译:工作日结束了。
The movie started. 翻译:电影开始了。
I arrived at the cinema. 翻译:我到达电影院。
My mother finished making the apple pie. 翻译:我母亲做完了苹果馅饼。
I got home from my language course. 翻译:我从语言学习班回家。
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. 翻译:用方框中单词的正确形式填空。
rush out 翻译:冲出
forget 翻译:忘记
arrive at 翻译:到达;抵达
go into 翻译:进入
show up 翻译:赶到;露面
find out 翻译:找出;查明;发现
By the time I arrived at the party, everyone else had already shown up. 翻译:当我到达聚会场所的时候,其他所有人都已经到了。
When he put the noodles into a bowl, he realized he had forgotten to add the green beans. 翻译:当他把面条放进碗里时,他才意识到他忘了加青豆了。
By the time my mother came back from the market, I had already rushed out the door to go for my piano lesson. 翻译:到我母亲从集市回来的时候,我已经冲出门去上我的钢琴课了。
Before she got to the airport, she had found out about the earthquake. 翻译:在她到达机场之前,她就已经弄清楚有关这次地震的事了。
When she arrived at the movie theater, she remembered she had forgotten to feed her dog. 翻译:当她到达电影院时,她才记起她忘了喂狗。
Before she got a chance to say goodbye, he had gone into the building. 翻译:在她有机会告别之前,他就已经进入了那栋大楼。
Write two true statements and one false statement about your day yesterday. 翻译:就你昨天所发生的事情,写两个正确的陈述和一个错误的陈述。
Then ask your classmates to guess the false statement. 翻译:然后请你的同学来猜出那个错误的陈述。
By the time I left for school in the morning, ______ 翻译:早上我去上学的时候,______
By the end of the school day, ______ 翻译:放学前,______
By dinner time, I ______ 翻译:到晚饭时间,我______
Section B 翻译:B部分
Put these words in the correct columns in the chart. 翻译:把这些单词放在表格中正确的那一列。
Some words can go in more than one column. 翻译:有些单词可能不止放入一列。
Nouns 翻译:名词
(people, places, things) 翻译:(人,地点,事物)
Verbs 翻译:动词
(action words) 翻译:(动作词语)
Adjectives 翻译:形容词
(description words) 翻译:描述性单词
fool 翻译:蠢人;傻瓜
fool 翻译:愚弄
embarrassed 翻译:窘迫的;害羞的
fool 翻译:蠢人;傻瓜 愚弄
invite 翻译:邀请
costume 翻译:(特定场合穿的)服装;装束
embarrassed 翻译:窘迫的;害羞的
go off 翻译:离开;进行;停止运转
call 翻译:呼叫;打电话
get dressed 翻译:穿衣服
empty 翻译:空的;空洞的
show up 翻译:赶到;露面
realize 翻译:意识到
change 翻译:改变;变化
clock 翻译:钟,时钟
tired 翻译:疲倦的;厌烦的
stay up 翻译:熬夜;不睡觉
Tell your partner about something that happened to you recently. 翻译:使用1a中两个或两个以上的单词。
Use two or more words in 1a. 翻译:告诉你的搭档关于你最近所发生的一些事情。
Last Friday night, my friend invited me to his birthday party ... 翻译:上个星期五晚上,我的朋友邀请我去参加他的生日聚会……
Dave, Nick and Joe are talking about April Fool's Day. 翻译:戴夫、尼克和乔正在谈论愚人节。
Listen and write each person's name under the correct picture. 翻译:听录音,并在正确的图片下面写上每个人的名字。
Listen again. 翻译:再听一遍录音。
Who says each of the phrases below? 翻译:下面的每个短语都是谁说的?
Write D for Dave, N for Nick and J for Joe. 翻译:写出D(戴夫),N(尼克)和J(乔)。
a costume party 翻译:化装舞会
my alarm went off 翻译:我的闹钟响了
stayed up all night 翻译:一夜没睡
was tired 翻译:很累
was really embarrassed 翻译:很尴尬
the other kids showed up 翻译:其他孩子也来了
Tell April Fool's Day stories in your group. 翻译:在你的组内讲述一下愚人节的故事。
Use the information in 1c and 1d. 翻译:使用1c和1d中的信息。
What happened to Dave on April Fool's Day? 翻译:在愚人节那天,戴夫发生了什么事?
Well, a friend invited him to a costume party ... 翻译:嗯,有个朋友邀请他去参加一个化装舞会……
Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool's Day? 翻译:你曾经戏弄过别人吗,尤其是在愚人节那天?
Have you ever been fooled by others? 翻译:你曾经被别人愚弄过吗?
Tell your story to your partner. 翻译:给你的搭档讲讲你的故事吧。
Read the passage quickly. 翻译:快速阅读这篇短文。
Then match each paragraph with the main idea. 翻译:然后将每个段落与其中心思想相匹配。
Paragraph 1 An introduction to April Fool's Day 翻译:第一段 对愚人节的一个介绍
Paragraph 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool's Day 翻译:第二段 发生在愚人节那天的滑稽故事范例
Paragraph 3 A sad story that happened on April Fool's Day 翻译:第三段 发生在愚人节那天的一个悲惨故事
Paragraph 4 One of the most famous tricks played 翻译:第四段 最有名的恶作剧之一
USING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about. 翻译:利用背景知识 仔细地阅读每个段落的第一句话可以刺激自己对主题的理解,并帮助你猜出整篇课文所讲述的内容。
April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes place in different countries around the world. 翻译:愚人节是一种在全世界不同的国家中所举行的庆祝活动。
It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other. 翻译:它降临在每年的4月1日,这一天许多人相互搞出各种各样的恶作剧,并且开着各种各样的玩笑。
One April Fool's Day, a reporter in England announced that there would be no more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. 翻译:有一个愚人节,有位英国记者宣称以后不会再有意大利面条可以吃了,因为意大利的农民已经停止种植制作意大利面条的植物了。
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could. 翻译:许多人都跑到当地的超市去抢购尽可能多的意大利面条。
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. 翻译:等到人们意识到这个故事是个骗局时,全国各地所有的意大利面条已经被卖光了。
In another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water. 翻译:在另一个有名的恶作剧中,一个英国的电视节目报道称,发现了一种特殊的水。
They said this water would help people lose weight and that one customer had already lost a lot of weight in just four months. 翻译:他们说这种水会帮助人们减肥,而且还说有位顾客在仅仅四个月内体重就已经减轻了许多。
By the end of the day, more than 10, 000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water. 翻译:到那天结束时,已有一万多人打电话给电视台去弄清楚怎样得到这种水。
Many April Fool's jokes may end up being not very funny. 翻译:许多愚人节玩笑的结局并不是那么有趣。
A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day. 翻译:有位著名的电视明星曾经在愚人节那天邀请他的女朋友上他的节目。
He asked her to marry him. 翻译:他请求她嫁给他。
The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married. 翻译:那位女士非常高兴,因为她真的想结婚。
However, when she said yes, he replied, "April Fool!" 翻译:然而,当她点头说“是”的时候,他回答说,“愚人节!”
That little joke didn't have a very happy ending. 翻译:那个小小的玩笑并没有一个很快乐的结局。
The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled. 翻译:那位电视明星失去了他的女朋友,而且他的节目也被取消了。
One of the world's most famous tricks, however, happened in October rather than in April. 翻译:然而,世界上最有名的恶作剧之一是发生在十月,而不是在四月。
In that month in 1938, actor Orson Welles announced on his radio program that aliens from Mars had landed on the earth. 翻译:在1938年那个月,演员奥森·韦尔斯在他的广播节目中宣布,来自火星的外星人已经在地球上着陆了。
He described where they had landed and told how they were moving across the United States. 翻译:他描述了外星人已经在哪里着陆,并告诉大家他们是如何跨越过美国的。
Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country. 翻译:韦尔斯使这件事听起来如此逼真,以致于数以百计的人都相信了这个故事,于是恐惧席卷了整个国家。
By the time police officers announced that the story was a hoax, thousands of people had left their homes. 翻译:等到警察宣布这个故事是一个骗局时,成千上万的人已经离开了他们的家园。
Read the passage again and answer the questions. 翻译:再读一遍短文,并回答问题。
Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool's Day? 翻译:为什么超市在一个愚人节中卖光了意大利面条?
What did the TV show say the special water could do? 翻译:电视节目说那种特殊的水能做什么?
Why did the TV star's joke have a bad ending? 翻译:为什么说电视明星的玩笑有一个不好的结局?
When did the Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth? 翻译:奥森·韦尔斯什么时候跟人们说来自火星的外星人在地球上着陆了?
Why did so many people believe Orson Welles? 翻译:为什么那么多的人都相信奥森·韦尔斯?
Which of these stories is the most believable? 翻译:这些故事中的哪一个是最可信的?
Which is the least believable? 翻译:最不可信的是哪一个?
Why? 翻译:为什么?
Would you be fooled by any of these stories? 翻译:你会被这些故事中的任何一个所愚弄吗?
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 翻译:用括号内动词的正确形式填空。
After the spaghetti story appeared in the news, everyone rushed to the supermarkets. 翻译:在意大利面条的这个故事出现在新闻当中之后,大家都匆匆赶去了超市。
By the time people found out the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets had disappeared. 翻译:等到人们弄清楚这个故事不是真的时,超市里所有的意大利面条都已经消失了。
By the time the day ended, more than 10,000 people had called the TV station to ask about the special water. 翻译:等到那天结束时,已有一万多人打电话给电视台打听那种特殊的水。
By the time the show ended, the TV star had lost his girlfriend. 翻译:等到节目结束的时候,那位电视明星已经失去了他的女朋友。
By the time police officers told the country that the story was a hoax, many people had run away from their homes. 翻译:等到警察告诉全国人民那个故事是一个骗局时,许多人已经逃离了他们的家园。
Tell your funny story from 2a to the class. 翻译:向全班同学讲述一下2a中的滑稽故事。
The class will vote for: 翻译:全班同学将会投票选出:
the funniest joke 翻译:最滑稽的笑话
the most embarrassing joke 翻译:最令人尴尬的笑话
the most creative joke 翻译:最富有创造性的笑话
What's your story? 翻译:你的故事是什么?
Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said "Please say hello." 翻译:嗯,去年,在学校开学的第一天,我妹妹把一张纸贴在了我的背上,上面写着“请打招呼”。
All morning at school ... 翻译:整个上午学校里……
Can you remember a lucky or an unlucky day? 翻译:你能记起幸运或不幸的一天吗?
What happened? 翻译:那天发生了什么事?
Make some notes about what you remember. 翻译:对你所记得的事情,做一些笔记吧。
What was the date? 翻译:那天是几号?
What happened first? 翻译:首先发生了什么事?
Was this lucky or unlucky? Why? 翻译:这是幸还是不幸?为什么?
What happened next? 翻译:接下来发生了什么事?
How did the day end? 翻译:那天是怎样结束的?
How did you feel about this day? 翻译:你对这一天感觉怎么样?
Write a story about your lucky or unlucky day and tell your story to a partner or the class. 翻译:写一个关于你幸运或不幸的一天的故事,并给一位搭档或全班同学讲一讲你的故事。
My lucky / unlucky day 翻译:我幸运/不幸的一天
I will always remember the date ... 翻译:我将永远记住这个日子……
This was the luckiest / unluckiest day of my life ... 翻译:这是我一生中最幸运/最不幸的一天……
When I woke up that morning ... 翻译:当我那天早晨醒来时……
Later that day ... 翻译:那天之后……
I couldn't believe ... 翻译:我无法相信……
Then / After that, ... 翻译:然后/此后,……
Finally, ... 翻译:最后,……
I think ... 翻译:我认为……
What a lucky / an unlucky day! 翻译:多么幸运/不幸的一天啊!
Self Check 翻译:自我检测
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. 翻译:用方框中单词的正确形式完成短文。
cancel 翻译:取消:终止
miss 翻译:错过
west 翻译:向西;朝西
accident 翻译:事故,意外
lady 翻译:女士
officer 翻译:军官;官员
market 翻译:市场;集市
unexpected 翻译:出乎意料的;始料不及的
Last Saturday after my French course, I decided to drive to the market to buy a meat pie for dinner. 翻译:上个星期六,在我上完法语课之后,我决定开车去集市买一个肉饼当作晚餐。
As I was heading west, I saw a huge truck in the middle of the road. 翻译:当我正向西走时,我看到一辆巨大的卡车挡在路中间。
There had been an accident and there were many police officer around. 翻译:那里已经发生了一起事故,周围有许多的警察。
I turned around and decided to go to a nearby mall. 翻译:我转身决定去一个附近的购物中心。
However, I missed the road that led to the mall. 翻译:然而,我错过了通向购物中心的路。
Then I saw a restaurant that sold chicken noodles. 翻译:然后,我看到一家卖鸡肉面的餐馆。
I went inside and the lady, who was the owner, served me the most delicious bowl of chicken noodles ever. 翻译:我走了进去,那位女士,也就是店主给我上了一碗我曾吃过的最美味的鸡肉面。
I had made an unexpected discovery! 翻译:我得到了一个出乎意料的发现!
I'm so glad that I cancelled my plan to go to the market. 翻译:我是如此的高兴,以致于我取消了去集市的计划。
Think of ways to finish the answers. 翻译:想出法子来完成这些答案。
Why didn't you hand in your science homework? 翻译:你为什么不交科学作业?
Before I could start working on it, ______. 翻译:在我开始做科学作业之前,_______。
Why didn't you take a shower this morning? 翻译:你今天早上为什么不洗淋浴?
By the time I got up, ______. 翻译:我起床的时候,_______。
Why did you have to walk home from school? 翻译:你为什么必须从学校走回家?
By the time I left my school, ______. 翻译:我离开学校的时候,______。
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