7.Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.

6.Tell me and I’ll forget.Show me,and I may not remember.Let me try,and I’ll understand.

5.You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.

4.Be careful of the person who does not talk,and the dog that does not bark.

3.It is less of a problem to be poor than to be dishonest.

2.When an ant says “ocean”,he’s talking about a small pool.

1.One finger cannot lift a small stone.

2.But my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun③.

但是我和我的朋友们认为那肯定是年龄在十几岁的青少年们在开心地玩耍。

have fun的汉语意义为“玩得开心”

We had great fun at the party tonight.

我们在今晚的晚会上玩得很开心。

例题探究：

Did you have fun________(play)football with these kids?

解析：have fun doing sth.表示“做什么事情很开心”。

答案：playing

3b　 Write another paragraph about Bell Tower using these notes.

　利用这些记录写一段关于钟楼的短文。

Chu family-late night footsteps in the hallway-might be the neighbors

楚家-深夜走廊中的脚步声-可能是邻居

Lao Zheng-someone trying to get in the window-might be the wind

老郑-有人试图钻入窗户-可能是风

Xiao Ning-finds garbage in front of her house-might be cats

小宁-在她屋前发现垃圾-可能是猫

3c　 Look at this headline and finish the article about the strange events in Bell Tower.

看看这个标题，完成有关钟楼怪事的文章。

No more mystery in Bell Tower neighborhood钟楼无怪事

We now know what was happening in Bell Tower Neighborhood.The director of the local zoo says that three monkeys　 escaped from...

我们现在知道发生在钟楼附近的事情了。当地的动物园的负责人说有三只猴子逃出了……

4　 Think of a dream you had recently and tell your classmates about it.Your classmates guess what the dream might mean.

回忆你最近做的一个梦并且告诉你的同学。让你的同学猜猜那个梦意味着什么。

A:In my dream, I was swimming in an ocean of paper.

我梦见自己在纸的海洋里游泳。

B:Maybe it means you’re afraid of too much homework!

它也许意味着你害怕太多的作业！

SELF CHECK

1　 Fill in the blanks with the words given.Then make your own sentences with the words.

用所给的单词填空,然后用这些单词造句。

2　 Read these proverbs from around the world.What do you think they might mean?Discuss with your classmates.

读这些世界上的谚语。你认为它们是什么意思？和同学探讨一下。

1.Our neighborhood used to② be very quiet.

我们的附近的地方过去通常很安静。

used to表示“过去常常……”，后面跟动词原形。

He used to be late for school.

他过去常常迟到。

这一结构的一般疑问句，通常由did引起。

Did he use to smoke?

他过去常吸烟吗？

注意：此时的used在助动词did后面用原形。

其否定式一般有两种情况。

He usedn’t to smoke.

He didn’t use to smoke.

他过去不常吸烟。

例题探究：

将下面的句子变成反意疑问句。

My father used work very late，________?

解析：一般来说，否定句有几种变化方法，反意疑问句也就有几种方法。

答案：My father used to work very late, didn’t he?/usedn’t he?

2.I really need it because I have a math test on④ algebra tomorrow.It’s crucial that I study for it because it counts ⑤ 30% to the final exam.

我真的需要它，因为我明天要进行代数考试。这次考试十分重要，它占期末成绩的30%。

(1)on在本句中是“关于、有关……方面的”的意思。

a lesson on history历史课

a book on breeding rabbits一本有关养兔的书

(2)count vt.&vi.计算，共计

Can you count from one to fifty?

你能从一数到五十吗？

3b　 Talk about the words you don’t understand.Use “can’t”,“must”,“could”,or “might”.

谈论你不明白的单词。使用“不能，一定”，或者“可能”。

A:What do you think “anxious” means①?

你觉得 “anxious”是什么意思？

B:Well,it can’t mean “happy”.

哦，它不可能是 “happy”的意思吧。

A:It might mean “worried”②.

它可能是 “worried”的含义吧。

B:Oh,yes.She’s worried because of her test.

是。她由于考试而闷闷不乐。

do you think是插入语，它影响到后面句子的语序。具体来说，它后面的句子使用陈述语序。

例题探究：

(1)你认为他什么时候会给我们作报告？

When do you think ________ give us a lecture?

A.will he

B.he will

because of是介词词组，表示“因为……”。它引导的是名词或代词。

I’ll have to put off my visit because of the bad weather.

由于天气糟糕，我不得不推迟访问了。

(2)I can’t go to school because it’s raining heavily.(变成简单句)

4　 Look at the things in the backpack below.Make guesses about the owner of the backpack.Write your ideas in the chart.Then talk about your ideas.

看下面的背包中的东西。猜猜是谁的。将你的想法填在表格里。然后谈论一下你的想法。

A:Here are① some earrings.The owner② can’t be a boy.

这儿有些耳环。它们的主人不会是个男孩。

B:Well,it could be a boy.The earrings might be a present for his mother.

哦，它可能是个男孩。也许这些耳环是他送给妈妈的礼物。

SECTION B

1　 Look at the pictures.Then use the words　 from the box to write a sentence about each picture.

看图画，然后用框内的单词来给每一个图片写一个句子。

2a　 Listen and number the pictures above.Then write two or three sentences to finish the story.

听并且给上面的图片编上号码。然后写两三个句子来完成该故事。

2b　 Listen again and complete the sentences.

再听一遍，完成(表格中的)句子。

2c　 Role play conversations between the man and the woman.

表演那位男子和妇女之间的对话。

A:Why do you think the man is running?

B:He could be running for exercise.

A:No,he’s wearing a suit.He might be running to catch a bus.

本句中的介词for表示目的，其汉语意义是“为了……”。

Did you come to Paris for the purpose of simple leisure,or for business purposes?

你到巴黎来的目的纯粹是为了休闲娱乐,还是为了做生意?

3a　 Read the newspaper article and underline what people think could be causing the strange things that are happening① in Bell Tower.

读报纸上的文章，划出人们认为能造成发生在钟楼里的奇怪的事情的句子。

strange events in Bell Tower neighborhood

钟楼附近的怪事

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