Step 4 Listening

2a Listen and number the pictures 1-5.

2b Listen again. Fill in the blanks in the sentences in 2a.

Step5 Language points

1. My alarm didn't go off so I woke up late.

alarm n. 闹钟

e.g. What time shall I set the alarm for?

我该把闹钟拨到几点钟响？

2. I was waiting for the bus when it began to rain heavily.

1) begin v. (began) 开始

e.g. I'll begin whenever you're ready.

你什么时候准备好我就开始。

常用的句型： begin to do与begin doing

一般来说，begin to do和begin doing可以互换，但在以下三种情况下，用to do。

I. 主语不是指人，而是it等。

如：It began to rain.

II. begin后接表示心理活动的词。如：begin to know还有believe, wonder, think

等词。

III. begin本身是ing形式，为避免重复后接to do。 即：beginning to do

2) heavily adv. 在很大程度上；大量地

e.g. moving heavily 吃力地移动

It was raining heavily. 雨下得很大。

3. So, when the rainstorm suddenly came, ...

suddenly adv. 突然；忽然

e.g. I suddenly remembered that I hadn't locked the door.

我忽然想起没有锁门。

4. That's strange.

strange adj. 奇特的，奇怪的；不可思议的