【故事复现】差点闯祸的足球（上）
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: What happened to the man in the boat?
问题：船上的男人发生了什么？
• 词汇准备
• Wayle n. 威尔(河名)
• cut 穿过
• row 划（船）
• kick 踢
• towards 朝，向
• nearly 几乎
• sight 眼界，视域
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by
the Wayle on fine afternoons.
威尔河是横穿过我家附近公园的一条小河。我喜欢在天气晴朗的下午到河边
坐坐。
It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.
上星期日天气很暖和。于是我和往常一样，又去河边坐着。
Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing
on the river.
河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在划船。
Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing
boat.
突然，一个孩子狠狠地踢了一脚球，球便向着一只划过来的小船飞去。
Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.
岸上的一些人对着小船上的人高喊，但他没有听见。
The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the
children, but there weren’t any in sight: they had all run away!
球重重地打在他身上，使他差点儿落入水中。我转过头去看那些孩子，但一
个也不见，全都跑了!
The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the
children and threw the ball back to the bank.
当那个人明白了发生的事情时，笑了起来。他大声叫着那些孩子，把球扔回
到岸上。
第二十七单元
【故事复现】差点闯祸的足球（下）
• Step 3: Listen again and answer the questions.
第三步：再听一遍，回答下列问题。
1 Did the writer sit by the river last Sunday or not?
2 Were some children playing games nearby or not?
3 Who kicked a ball hard? Where did it go? (and)
4 Did the man in the boat see the ball? Did he hear people shouting? (neither...nor)
5 Did the ball hit the man or not? What did the children do? (and)
6 Was the man angry or not? Where did he throw the ball? (However...and)
Answer: The writer sat by the river last Sunday. Some children were playing
games nearby. One of the children kicked a ball hard and it went towards a
passing boat. The man in the boat neither saw the ball nor heard people
shouting. The ball hit the man and the children ran away. However, the man
was not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1 The writer ________.
(a)likes sitting on the bank of the river when it's fine
(b)rarely goes to the river
(c)likes sitting on the bank of the river all the time
(d) likes sitting on the bank of the river on Sundays
2 One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a)Some people tried to warn the man about the ball
(b) Some people shouted to the writer but he didn't hear them.
(c) The children laughed when they realized what had happened.
(d)The man was angry with the children and kept their ball.
3 There is a river near the writer's home. It is called ______.
(a)a Wayle
(b)Wayle
(c)this Wayle
(d) the Wayle
4 It cuts across the park. It goes _______ it
(a)through
(b)over
(c)round
(d) along
5 Why did they kick the ball so________?
(a)hardly
(b)hard
(c)hardy
(d) hardily
6 The ball went towards passing boat. It went __________of a passing boat.
(a)forwards
(b)forward
(c)in the direction
(d) in direction
7 There weren't any in sight. They_______.
(a)couldn't see
(b)hadn't seen
(c)couldn't be seen
(d)weren't seen
8 The man was rowing, so he was using________.
(a)rows
(b)sticks
(c)oars
(d)rudders
9 Some people on the bank ________the man.
(a)cried
(b)cried with
(c)cried for
(d)cried to
10 The man in the boat didn't ________anyone shouting.
(a)hear
(b)listen to
(c)mind
(d)take care of
11 The ball ________ him very hard.
(a)knocked at
(b)beat
(c)bounced
(d)hit
12 They had run away, so they had
(a)dismissed
(b)disturbed
(c)displaced
(d)disappeared
Key: 1a 2a 3d 4a 5b 6c 7c 8c 9d 10a 11d 12d
第二十七单元【语法点拨】
半助动词的形式和用法
▶ 半助动词(Semi-auxiliary Verb)可大体分为三种类型:
▪ 以be 为中 心成 分： be about to, be bound to, be going to, be sure to, be
certain to，be (un)likely to, be to等。
• He is unwilling to help me with my English.他不愿帮我学习英语。
• We were about to start when it rained.我们正要出发，突然下起雨来。
▪ 以have为中心成分：have to, have got to, had better等。
• The boy has to make living by barbecuing.
这男孩不得不通过烧烤维持生计。
• I don’t have to buy a new house.我不必买新房子。
• You’d better stay at hospital for another few days.
你最好在医院再住几天。
▪ 以seem to为中心成分：appear to, come to, fail to, get to, happen to, seem to,
tend to, turn out to
• He seems to be very disappointed.他好像非常失望。
• Danger seems to attend everything they have tried.
他们所尝试做的每件事似乎都带有危险性。
▶ 半助动词的转换
这些结构之所以叫做“半助动词”，是因为它们在语法上既有主动词的特征又
有助动词的特征。它们可与主动词搭配构成复杂动词词组并表示情态意义，有
时也可与助动词搭配。
▪ 带 有 半 助 动 词 作 为 动 词 词 组 的 组 成 部 分 的 句 子 , 有 的 可 以 转 换 为
“It…that分句”结构，而有的却不可以。从这个角度看半助动词可分
为两类：一类是可以作上述转换的，其中包括 be certain to, be(un)likely
to, appear to, happen to, seem to等。
• They are certain to win the game.他们肯定会在比赛中获胜。
→ It is certain that they will win the game.
• He is likely to let you down.他可能会使你失望。
→It is likely that he will let you down.
• He appeared to have taste for music.看来他对音乐有一定的品位。
→It appeared that he had a taste for music.
▪ 另一类半助动词不可以作上述转换，这一类包括be about to, be bound to,
be going to, be to, had better, have to, have got to, tend to等。
• He is about to arrive.他即将到达。
• He is bound to win.他一定会获胜。
• The boy tended to be late.这孩子经常迟到。
▪ 半助动词也可用于there-存在句
• There is going to be storm.就要有暴风雨了。
• There is sure to be some rain tonight.今晚一定有雨。
• There is likely to be a large audience.观众人数可能很多。
• There is certain to be trouble at the factory.厂里一定有麻烦。
• There appears to be no doubt about it.看来这是毫无疑问的了。
▪ 如果“It…that+ there存在句”的主句谓语动词是 is said, is believed等被
动态,那么转换过来的there-存在句的谓语动词也应是被动态。
• It is said that there’s trouble at the factory.据说厂里有麻烦。
→ There is said to be trouble at the factory.
不过，这里的 is said to(be)已经不是半助动词了。
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