7. as though = as if　

eg.1) I remember the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.

　 2) She felt as if the girl were a member of her own family.

6. do for sb./ sth.　 “破坏,　 使…失败.”

　 eg. 1) The spelling mistake in the exam did for him.

　　 2) 若资金不能在十五天内到位，工厂就完了。

　　　 The factory will be done for it if capital can’t arrive in fifteen days.

　　 do for “ 设法弄到” 常用于how , what 开头的疑问句中.

　eg. How did you do for food when you were in the desert?

5. all of a sudden = suddenly / unexpectedly

　eg. 1)All of a sudden, the tyre burst.

　　 2)他转过身来但是忽然跌倒了.

　　 He turned around but fell down all of a sudden.

4.knock about = knock around ① “ 漫游, 流浪” ② “ ( 狠 )打”

eg. He has knock about all over Europe.

　 After he graduated from college, Joe knocked about for a year seeing the country before he went to work in his father’s business.

　 They say he knocks his children about.

3. dirty adj. = ( of the weather ) rough and unpleasant

2. close adj. = lacking fresh or freely moving air

　eg. She noticed that the air was very close.

　　 The atmosphere in a steam- heated building is often close

1. on board = in or on ( a ship, an aircraft or public vehicle)

　eg. 1) Have the passengers gone on board yet?

　　　 2) 一上船， 我总想吐。

　　 As soon as I’m on board I always feel sick.

5. It was the lowest reading he had ever seen in his life

　 (If Ss couldn’t understand the sentences, allow them to discuss with their partner.)

　Deal with language points after that.

4. They could only move the ship over the high sea and into the very eye of the wind.

3. When the hurricane struck the ship with full force, they were all on the bridge.