7.the other day 不久前的一天
8.participate in 参加;参与
9.shake hands with sb. 与某人握手
10.be made of 由......制成
1.[教材原句]But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and I did visit a village which is the home of one of the boys, Tombe.
不过,上周末我和另外一位叫珍妮的老师真的去访问了一个村庄,那是我的学生汤贝的家。
[句型点拨]句中visit前用了do表示强调。
[佳句赏析] When we do make a mistake, we must correct it fully, openly, and as quickly as possible.
当我们的确犯错误时,我们必须尽快地、公开地并完全地改正它。
2.[教材原句]We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below.
我们步行了两个半小时才到达那里--先是爬山,爬到山脊能看到奇妙的景色,然后下一个陡坡,一直走到下面的山谷。
[句型点拨]句中from where引导定语从句。where是副词,相当于"介词+关系代词"。
[佳句赏析]We went up to the roof, from where we had a good view of the procession.
我们到了屋顶上,从那里我们能清楚地看到游行队伍。
3.[教材原句]When hot, he placed them in an empty oil drum with kau kau (sweet potato), corn and greens.
待(石块)烧热之后,他把石头连同考考(红薯)、玉米和青菜一起放进一个空的油桶中。
[句型点拨]状语从句的省略。
[佳句赏析]When (he was) asked his opinion, he remained silent.
当问到他的意见时,他默不作声。
1.It was wonderful to hear from you.(P29)
收到你的信真是太高兴了。
★hear from接到......的信