Unit4SHARINGLanguagepointsReading&Thinking8MarchIjustgotaparcelfromhome!Ittookabouttwoweekstoarrive,anditwasabitdamaged,butitwassonicetogetsomesweetsandjamfromhome;I’vebeendyingtohavesomeofmyfavouritesweets,andit’salwaysnicetogetmail!Para1Jamn.(C)堵塞n.(U)果醬

v.塞滿；擠；卡??；夾傷；干擾；猛壓parceln.包裹v.打包aparcelof一包……；一堆……8MarchIjustgotaparcelfromhome!Ittookabouttwoweekstoarrive,anditwasabitdamaged,butitwassonicetogetsomesweetsandjamfromhome;I’vebeendyingtohavesomeofmyfavouritesweets,andit’salwaysnicetogetmail!bedyingfor/todosth:極想得到，渴望得到，渴望做某事egThegirlwasdyingtogoskating.She

wasdyingforapetdog.long/beeager/desire/beanxioustodosth.渴望做某事long/beeager/beanxiousforsth.渴望得到某物Para1SoI’vebeenhereinthejungleforaboutamonthnow.Mysecondaryschoolisabushschool.Theclassroomsaremadeofbamboo,withclayfloorsandrootsofgrass.Ittakesmeonlyafewminutestowalktoschooldownadustytrackcoveredinweeds.WhenIreachtheschoolgrounds,I’mgreetedbyachorusof“goodmorning”fromtheboys.Unlikestudentsinourcountry,theseboysdonotwearcottonuniforms,andmanyofthemalsohavetowalkalongway,sometimesforuptotwohours,justtogettoschool.chorusn.合唱曲,

合唱團(tuán)

vt.合唱；齊聲說(shuō)achorusof齊聲，異口同聲inchorus

同時(shí)；一起e.g.“Happybirthday!”Theysaidinchorus.某人花費(fèi)...時(shí)間、金錢做某事:

Ittakessb.sometime/moneytodosth

sb.spend(s)sometime/moneyonsth./(in)doingsth.

sth.costsb.somemoneysb.paysomemoneyforsth.Para2upto多達(dá)，長(zhǎng)達(dá)，高達(dá)It’suptosb.todosth.由某人負(fù)責(zé)/決定做某事There’snoelectricity,runningwateroreventextbooks,nottomentionlaptops,tablets,orothermoderndevices!Allthestudentshavearepencils,rubbers,andpaper.I’mstilltryingtoadapttotheseconditions.I’vehadtobecomemuchmoreimaginativeinmyteaching.Scienceismymostchallengingsubjectasmystudentshavenoconceptofdoingexperiments.Thereisnoequipment,andsincethereisn’tevenawashroom,ifIneedwaterIhavetocarryitfrommyhouseinabasin!It’simportantnottobetoorigidaboutruleshere,too.TheotherdayIwasshowingtheboysachemistryexperimentwhen,beforeIknewit,themixturewasbubblingoutofthetesttubespillingeverywhere!Theclassbecameacircusastheboys,whohadnevercomeacrossanythinglikethisbefore,startedjumpingoutofthewindows.SometimesIwonderhowrelevantchemistryistothesestudents—fewwilleverbecomechemists—andmostwillbegoingbacktotheirvillagesafterYear8anyway.Tobehonest,IdoubtwhetherI’mmakinganydifferencetotheseboys’livesatall.nottomention=nottospeakof...=tosaynothingof...更不用說(shuō)；且不說(shuō)Para3bedoing...when...正在做...這時(shí)...

beabouttodobeonthepointofdoing...when...正要做...這時(shí)...had(just/hardly/scarcely)done...when...剛剛做完...這時(shí)...There’snoelectricity,runningwateroreventextbooks,nottomentionlaptops,tablets,orothermoderndevices!Allthestudentshavearepencils,rubbers,andpaper.I’mstilltryingtoadapttotheseconditions.I’vehadtobecomemuchmoreimaginativeinmyteaching.Scienceismymostchallengingsubjectasmystudentshavenoconceptofdoingexperiments.Thereisnoequipment,andsincethereisn’tevenawashroom,ifIneedwaterIhavetocarryitfrommyhouseinabasin!It’simportantnottobetoorigidaboutruleshere,too.TheotherdayIwasshowingtheboysachemistryexperimentwhen,beforeIknewit,themixturewasbubblingoutofthetesttubespillingeverywhere!Theclassbecameacircusastheboys,whohadnevercomeacrossanythinglikethisbefore,startedjumpingoutofthewindows.SometimesIwonderhowrelevantchemistryistothesestudents—fewwilleverbecomechemists—andmostwillbegoingbacktotheirvillagesafterYear8anyway.Tobehonest,IdoubtwhetherI’mmakinganydifferencetotheseboys’livesatall.Para31.berelevantto與...有關(guān)

=berelatedto;belinkedto/with;

beconnected/associatedwith2.relevancen.關(guān)聯(lián)；切題

have(no)relevanceto與...有(無(wú))關(guān)3.relevant

experience/information相關(guān)經(jīng)驗(yàn)、信息

tobehonest

說(shuō)實(shí)話，老實(shí)（不定式短語(yǔ)作插入語(yǔ)）

類似的短語(yǔ)有：

tobefrank,tobeprecise,tobesure,totellyouthetruth,tomakemattersworse,tosumup,tostartwith,tobeginwithLastweekendImademyfirstvisittoaremotevillage,hometooneofourstudents,Tombe.AnotherteacherandIwalkedfortwoandahalfhourstogetthere—first,upamountainfromwherewehadfantasticviews,andthendownashadedpathtothevalleybelow.Whenwearrivedatthevillage,Tombe’smother,Kiak,sawuscomingandstartedcrying“ieeeieee”.Weshookhandswithallthevillagers.EveryoneseemedtoberelatedtoTombe.Para4同位語(yǔ)Tombe’sfather,Mukap,amanwithastrongjawandawrinkledforehead,ledustohishouse,alow,roundbamboohutwithnowindows,withadoorjustbigenoughtogetthrough,andwithgrassstickingoutoftheroof—thisshowsitisaman’shouse.Suchhousingisdarkinsidesoittooktimeforoureyestoadjust.FreshgrasshadbeenlaidonthefloorandtherewasaplatformforJennyandmetosleepon.Therewasafireplaceinthecentreofthehut.TheonlypossessionsIcouldseewereonebroom,afewsaucers,akettle,cups,pans,andacoupleofjars.Para5伸出；探出V-ing做定語(yǔ)修飾grass句意：Tombe的父親，Mukap，有一個(gè)結(jié)實(shí)的下巴和皺巴巴的額頭，把我們領(lǐng)到他的房子，一個(gè)低矮的，圓的沒有窗戶的竹屋，門剛好夠穿過，屋頂上有草，這表明這是一個(gè)男人的房子。Tombe’sfather,Mukap,amanwithastrongjawandawrinkledforehead,ledustohishouse,alow,roundbamboohutwithnowindows,withadoorjustbigenoughtogetthrough,andwithgrassstickingoutoftheroof—thisshowsitisaman’shouse.with介詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)主語(yǔ)謂語(yǔ)同位語(yǔ)同位語(yǔ)賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)with介詞短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)修hutPara5同位語(yǔ)定語(yǔ)Mukapbuiltafireoutsideandlaidstonesonittoheat.Hethenplacedthehotstonesinanemptyoildrumwithkaukau(sweetpotato),ripecorn,andgreens.Hethencoveredthevegetableswithbananaleavesandleftthemtosteam.Itsmelleddelicious.Weateinsidethehutsittingroundthefire.Ilovedlisteningtothefamilytalkingsoftlytoeachotherintheirlanguage,eventhoughIcouldnotparticipatemuchintheconversation.Luckily,Tombeinterpretedforus.Para6動(dòng)詞原形詞性詞義過去式過去分詞現(xiàn)在分詞lievi.說(shuō)謊liedliedlyinglievi.躺下;位于laylainlyinglayvt.放置;下蛋l(fā)aidlaidlayingparticipatein參加;參與participatewithsb.insth.與某人一起參與某事participantn.參加者;參與者participationn.參加;參與Later,Inoticedacanstandingupsidedownonthegrilloverthefire.Afterawhile,Tombethrewitoutofthedoorway.Tombetoldmethatthecanwasheatedtodryouttheleftoverfood.Hisfamilybelievesthatleftoversattractbadspiritsinthenight,soanyleftoverfoodisdriedupinacanandthecanisthenthrownoutofthehut.Para7(使)變干；(使)干透Weleftthevillagethenextmorningaftermanygoodbyesandfirmhandshakes.Mymuscleswereachingandmykneesshakingaswedraggedourselvesdownthemountaintowardshome.ThateveningIfellhappilyintobed.ItwassuchaprivilegetohavespentadaywithTombe’sfamily.Para8privilegen.優(yōu)惠待遇；特權(quán)；榮幸havetheprivilegetodosth./ofdoingsth. 有幸做某事Itisaprivilege(forsb.)todosth.(對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō))做某事是個(gè)榮幸privilegedadj.榮幸的;享有特權(quán)的;特許保密的be/feelprivilegedtodosth. 做某事是榮幸的dragvt.拖；拽

vt.&vi.緩慢而費(fèi)力地移動(dòng)dragin把……拉進(jìn)來(lái)；硬把(某人)拉進(jìn)(某事)dragon

拖延；使拖延；拖長(zhǎng)(聲調(diào)、字眼等)dragoneselfalong

(慢吞吞地)拖著腳走dragup

拉上，拔出；故意提起(不愉快的往事)LetmetryWhenthe_________arrived,thebookinitis_________________.He____________thebooks.parcelinperfectcondition包裹寄到時(shí)，書完好無(wú)損。他把書打包了起來(lái)。

parceledupUsinglanguageTraffic_____happensinthecityeveryday.Theholidaytrafficis________theroads.jamjammingUsinglanguageThegirl_____________gotoschool.Shewasdying______knowledge.for

wasdyingto很多考生急切地想知道高考成績(jī)。______________________________________________ManystudentsaredyingtoknowtheresultofGaokao.Usinglanguage很多女孩渴望變瘦變美。___________________________________________________Manygirlsaredyingtobecomethinandbeautiful.Usinglanguage那個(gè)留守女孩渴望一個(gè)小熊娃娃。______________________________________________Theleft-behindgirlisdyingforatoybear.UsinglanguageI___________________________intheriver________theguardshoutedtome:“Noswimminghere!”wasabouttogoswimmingwhenThepolice___________________________thesearch__________somethingcaughttheireyesinthebushes.wasonthepointofgivingupwhen警察正要放棄搜索時(shí)突然注意到灌木叢中有什么東西。Mary_______________________________shesawagirlsellingbeautifulscarves.waswalkingthroughamarketwhen我剛上床睡覺，這時(shí)有人在敲門。Ihadjustgonetobedwhensomeoneknockedthedoor.Mary正經(jīng)過一個(gè)市場(chǎng)，這時(shí)她看見一個(gè)女孩在賣漂亮圍圍巾。helptheneedy2.facechallenges3.comparesth.withsb.4.getthemostoutof5.ittook/takessb.timetodosth.6.bedyingtodosth.7.secondaryschool8.bemadeof9.achorusof10.uptosth.11.nottomention12.adaptto幫助有需要的人面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)與某人比較某物好好利用做某事花費(fèi)某人多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間渴望做某事中學(xué)由.....制成齊聲;異口同聲到達(dá)(某數(shù)量等)更不用說(shuō);且不說(shuō)適應(yīng)Reviewthephrases13.comeacross14.berelevantto15.tobehonest16.makeadifferenceto17.stickout18.Itisaprevilegetodosth19.berelatedto...20.getthrough遇見;發(fā)現(xiàn)與…….相關(guān)老實(shí)說(shuō)對(duì)……有影響突出，伸出很榮幸做...與…....有親戚關(guān)系通過用.....把......覆蓋參與上下顛倒變干;干透干涸美妙的風(fēng)景一個(gè)下巴結(jié)實(shí)額頭滿是皺紋的男人21.cover...with...

22.patriciatein23.upsidedown24.dryo