7．hold up 举起；支撑；阻挡；使延误

　　8．help (...) out 帮助(某人)摆脱困境或危难

　　1．[教材原句]It was a time when the killer whales, or "killers" as they were then called, helped the whalers catch the baleen whales that were on their annual migration.

　　那个时期，虎鲸--当时被称为"杀手"，帮助捕鲸人在每年须鲸迁徙时捕捉它们。

　　[句型点拨]It/That/There was a time when ..., when引导定语从句修饰先行词a time。

　　[佳句赏析] It was a time when anything seemed possible.

　　那是一个任何事都可能会发生的时代。

　　2．[教材原句]This was the call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.

　　这是宣告捕鲸行动马上就要开始的呼声。

　　[句型点拨]be about to do ... 表示即将发生的动作。

　　[佳句赏析]We were about to set out when it began to rain.

　　我们正要出发，这时天开始下雨。

　　3．[教材原句]A few minutes later, there was no Tom, so George started beating the water with his oar and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leading us to the hunt again.

　　几分钟之后，汤姆不见了，于是乔治开始用桨拍打水面，汤姆出现了，转回到船边，又领着我们前往捕猎处。

　　[句型点拨]现在分词短语作伴随状语。

　　[佳句赏析]After class, I found Li Ping seated at her desk, listening to popular music.

　　下课后我发现李萍坐在她的课桌旁边听流行音乐。

　　1．It was a time when the killer whales, or "killers" as they were then called, helped the whalers catch the baleen whales that were on their annual migration.(P19)

　　那个时期，虎鲸--当时被称为"杀手"，帮助捕鲸人在每年须鲸迁徙时捕捉它们。

　　★本句属于"It/That/There was a time when ..."句型，其中when引导的定语从句修饰先行词a time(一段时间)，when在从句中作时间状语，有时可以用at/during which代替。

　　(1)That/This/It is the first/second/ ...time (that) ...

(现在完成时)这/那是......第几次做某事

　　That/This/It was the first/second/ ... time (that) ...

　　 (过去完成时)这/那是......第几次做某事

(2)It is (high/about) time＋(that) sb.＋did/should do sth.