2) 搭载
e.g. The car stopped to pick me up. Step 8 Summary
1. 在图书馆 in the library 2. 在的时候 at the time of 3. 去上班 go to work 4. 等公共汽车wait for the bus 5. 走路回家walk home 6. 在街上on the street 7. 打篮球play basketball 8. 弹钢琴play the piano 1. With no light outside, it felt like midnight.
此句中介词with表示一种伴随状况，同时还包含着某种因果关系，表示―因某 种状况的存在而导致……‖, 因此可翻译成―由于；因为‖等。 e.g. With my parents away, I’m the king of the house. 我爸妈不在家，我可是家中的―王‖了！ I can’t work with all that noise going on. 由于那噪音响着，我无法工作。
2. Ben’s dad… while his mom was making sure the flashlights and radio were working.
1) 此句中的连词while的意思是 ―当……的时候；和……同时‖，while还可以表示―而；然而；但‖
之意，用来说明和强调两种事情或情形不同。
e.g. Tom is active and outgoing while his sister Rosa is shy and quiet.
汤姆活跃外向，而他的妹妹罗莎却害羞腼腆。
2) make sure―确认，查明，核实；确保；设法保证‖，其后可接句子，或接介词 of及宾语，用来引入需要确认的内容。 e.g. Could you make sure what time he’s arriving?
你能确认一下他几点到达吗？
Make sure you turn off the TV before you leave the house. 在你离开屋子前确认关闭了电视。
3) 此句中的work表示机器，器官等 ―运作，运转‖，这是动词work的一种基本
用法。
e.g. My watch is waterproof— that means it would work fine even if it’s in water. 我的手表是防水的
— 这就是说即便在水里它也会正常运转。
3. It was hard to have fun with a serious storm happening outside. It is adj.+ to do sth. 做??怎么样。
It is adj. for sb. to do sth. 对某人来说做??怎么样。
e.g. It is important for us to learn English. 对我们来说学英语很重要。 活学活用：
1. 在街上踢球很危险。
It is _______________ soccer on the street. 2. 每天早上读书对你来说很有必要。
It is ________ for you _______ in the morning. 3. 对他来说完成作业很容易
It is ____ for him __________________.
4. He finally fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. fall asleep 进入梦乡，睡着 asleep adj. 睡着
区别sleepy, asleep & sleep
sleepy是形容词，可意为 ―困倦的；瞌睡的‖，可作定语和表语。如： I’ll go to bed. I’m sleepy. 我要去睡觉了。我困了。
asleep是形容词，意思是―睡着的‖，强调状态，常作表语。短语fall asleep意为―入睡；睡着‖。如：
Grandma fell asleep when watching TV. 奶奶看电视时睡着了。
sleep可作动词，意为 ―睡觉‖，也可作名词，意为―睡眠；睡觉‖。 如： My father is sleeping. Please keep quiet. 我父亲在睡觉，请保持安静。 die down逐渐变弱，逐渐平息
e.g. When you saw him, his anger had died down a bit.
你看见他的时候，他的火气已经下去了。 5. When he woke up, the sun was rising.
rise是不及物动词，意为：（价格、水位等）上涨；（月亮、太阳等）上升。 e.g. It is too hot. The temperature rises by 6℃ today.
太热了。今天的气温一下子上升了6摄氏度。 Step 6 重点短语
feel like at first
fall asleep die down make sure wake up in a mess clean up
help each other in times of difficulty
过去进行时
1. 基本概念：过去进行时表示在过去某一时刻或一段时间内正在进行的动作。这一特定的
过去时间除有上下文暗示以外, 一般用时间状语来表示。
2. 结构 was / were ( not ) + 动词-ing 3. 句式 肯定式：
I/He/She/It was working. We/You/They/ were working. 否定式:
I/He/She/It was not working.
We/You/They/ were not working.
疑问式和简略回答:
Was I working? Yes, you were. No, you were not. Were you working? Yes, I was. No, I was not. Was he/she/it working? Yes, he/she/it was. No, he/she/it was not. Were we/you/they working? Yes, you/we/they were.
No, you/we/they were not. 注：
1) was not常缩略为wasn’t; were not常缩略为weren’t。
2) 一般过去时与过去进行时用法的比较: 一般过去时表示在过去某个时间发生过的动作或存在的状态, 而过去进行时则表示在过去某一时刻或某一段时间正在进行的动作。 例如:
David wrote a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚给他的朋友写了封信。(信写完了。) David was writing a letter to his friend last night. 大卫昨晚一直在给他的朋友写信。(信不一定写完。) Practice: Look at the picture and make up the dialogues.
Step 4 过去进行时中的when和while
when和while都可表示―当……的时候‖，引导时间状语从句。你知道两者在过去进行时
中的用法有什么不同吗？
请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全空格中的内容。
① I was walking to school when I saw a cat in a tree.
② When Sally arrived home, her mother was cleaning the house.
主句的动作是持续性的，而从句动作是短暂性的，此时用_______引导时间状语从句，
主句用_____________时态，从句用一般过去时态。
③ While I was sleeping in the bedroom, someone knocked at the door. ④ David fell while he was riding his bike.
主句的动作是短暂性的，从句的动作是持续性的，此时用_________引导从句，主句用
____________时态，从句用过去进行时态。
⑤ While Andy was waiting for the bus, he was reading a newspaper. ⑥ He was cleaning his car while I was cooking.
主句和从句的动作在过去的某时刻或某段时间同时发生，而且动作都是持续性的，此时
用_________引导从句，而且主句和从句都用_____________时态。
Step 6 Language points 1. passage n. 章节，段落
