1.hear_from　　　接到......的信

2．(be)_dying_to 极想；渴望

3．the_other_day 不久前的一天

4．participate_in 参加

5．dry_out (使浸水等之物)完全变干；干透

6．dry_up (指河流、井等)干涸

7．stick_out 伸出

8．come_across 偶然遇到

1.include some photos　　　　　　附有几张照片

2．picture the places 想象出这些地方

3．down a muddy track 沿着一条泥泞的小路

4．the most challenging subject 最富挑战性的课程

5．the weekly chemistry experiment 每周一次的化学实验

6．the local English dialect 当地人说的英语方言

7．my first visit to 我第一次到......

8．have fantastic views 看到奇妙的景色

　　三、这样记句式

先背熟 再悟通 后仿用 1.The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere!

不久前的一天，我正给男孩子们做每周一次的化学实验的演示，我还没有明白怎么回事，混合剂就到处冒气泡了！ be doing ... when ...意为"正在做......，就在这时......"；when为并列连词。 I was_walking in the street yesterday afternoon when I met my English teacher.

昨天下午我正在街上散步，这时我碰到了我的英语老师。 2.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教师真的去访问了一个村庄，那是其中一个男孩汤贝的家。 助动词do/does/did放于谓语动词前，表示强调。 He did_realize the importance of English after he went abroad.

出国后，他确实意识到了英语的重要性。 3.We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views ...

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...... from where we had fantastic views是"介词＋where"引导的定语从句。 The boy climbed into the third storey of the building,from where he could look farther into the distance.

那个男孩爬到了那栋建筑物的三楼，从那个地方他可以看得更远。