students who have skills in several areas.

　　当决定接受哪些学生时，雇主和大学都寻找那些在多个领域有技能的学生。

　　[句型点拨]状语从句的省略。

　　[佳句赏析]当观看春节联欢晚会时，我收到了朋友的短信。

　　When watching the Spring Festival Gala, I received a message from my friend.

　　2．[教材原句]Exam grades are very important, but so are the after­school activities.

　　考试成绩很重要，但是课外活动也很重要。

　　[句型点拨]so＋助动词/系动词/情态动词＋主语。

　　[佳句赏析]书本上的知识非常重要，但社会活动也很重要。

　　Knowledge in the books is very important, but so are social activities.

　　3．[教材原句]We spent hours studying the structure of leaves under the microscope.

　　我们花了几个小时的时间在显微镜下研究叶子的结构。

　　[句型点拨]spend time (in) doing sth."花费时间做某事"。

　　[佳句赏析]在他是个孩子的时候，他经常花数小时观察天上的星星。

　　When he was a child, he often spent several hours observing the stars in the sky.

　　4．[教材原句]It was not until the 1920s that pompoms began to play an important part in cheerleading.

　　直到20世纪20年代，彩线球才在拉拉队队员的表演中发挥重要作用。

　　[句型点拨]强调句型。

　　[佳句赏析]直到2016年他的书才被允许出版。

　　It was not until 2016 that his book was allowed to be published.

　　Reading and Vocabulary (3)

　　After­school Activities

In America, the development of social skills is considered as important as the development of intellectual skills. To help students develop these social skills, schools offer a large number of after­school activities, in other words, activities that take place outside classroom lessons. When deciding which students to accept, employers and colleges look for students who have skills in